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The Empowerment Studio Changing the world through bo***ir and compliments. LGBTQIA owned/affirming 🏳️‍🌈 BLM

10/15/2026

The audacity of enjoying your own company.

What do you like to do with your alone time? Tell us in the comments.

A milestone birthday, a breakup, a glow-up era. Those are all good reasons to book a bo***ir session. So is waking up on...
10/13/2026

A milestone birthday, a breakup, a glow-up era. Those are all good reasons to book a bo***ir session. So is waking up on a Tuesday and deciding you want the photos. The same systems that taught you to earn your own celebration want you to wait for a good enough reason. Wanting it is a good enough reason.

Use the link in our bio to book a free call with Kinzie and chat about what you deserve.

Show of hands: who among us could use a boost to your confidence, needs some new dating profile pics, or just wants to h...
09/24/2026

Show of hands: who among us could use a boost to your confidence, needs some new dating profile pics, or just wants to have a fun day playing in the studio?
The Empowerment Studio Bo***ir Model Call is open from now until September 29!

Every Body (Including Yours!) is Allowed to Take Up Space!!

Here's the Truth
Capitalism, fatphobia, ableism, and every system that profits off us shrinking has trained most of us to disappear. To take up less space, hide the parts of ourselves we've been taught to be ashamed of, stay small so we're safe.
The Model Call is the opposite of that.

This Is For You If:
You've had bo***ir on your bucket list for years, and you're finally ready to book a session.
or
You're ready to throw love at yourself, see yourself in a new way, or just practice joyfully taking up space in the exact body you have right now.
or
You want an experience that shakes up your trajectory – cause here in the Empowerment Studio what we do is more than “just“ photography (though, dang, is it some magical photography). These photo shoots result in a whole shift in how you relate to yourself and the world around you.
or
You're fat, q***r, disabled, aging, a caretaker (or a mix of a bunch of these things), and you know you deserve a chance to be fully cared for, and you want to receive that care in a space that is built specifically for you.
and
You're comfortable with your images being shared publicly, and you like the idea of your visibility rippling out to someone else who needs permission to take up space in their own body too.

Drop any questions in these comments and head to empowermentphotographer.com/model to learn more and apply!

A gentle nudge for you: Selfie Week starts TOMORROW and you're not signed up! Picture this: six days from now, you’ve ta...
09/14/2026

A gentle nudge for you: Selfie Week starts TOMORROW and you're not signed up!

Picture this: six days from now, you’ve taken selfies you never would have taken before. You’ve caught yourself delighting at your own face. You’ve tried a new angle, a new expression, maybe even something a little spicy. You’ve posted a picture and listened as people tell you about all the things they find so incredible about you.

And somewhere along the way, something shifts:
You realize you’re much more comfortable being seen than you were last week.

That’s what Selfie Week can do!

It’s totally free, and it starts tomorrow. You’ll get daily prompts, tips, and encouragement, plus a whole community of people practicing right alongside you.

If you are currently not signed up, this is your moment. Head to empowermentphotographer.com/selfieweek to get enrolled!
Come find out what happens when you give yourself six days to practice being seen.

You don't hate photos of yourself. You hate that judgemental voice in your head.Tomorrow is DAY 0 of Selfie Week, hosted...
09/12/2026

You don't hate photos of yourself. You hate that judgemental voice in your head.

Tomorrow is DAY 0 of Selfie Week, hosted by the Empowerment Studio and there's still time to sign up!!! https://empowermentphotographer.com/thank-you

Selfie Week is for you if:
📸You're fat, q***r, disabled, aging, a caretaker, burdened by capitalism (or a mix of a bunch of these things), and mainstream "confidence content" has never once been talking to you. We can still learn how to take care of each other and ourselves in spite of those systems.

📸Encouragement to "feel beautiful" and "love yourself" has never landed for you.

📸You've spent so long in caregiving mode -- schedules, logistics, everyone else's needs -- that you've lost track of what you look like when you're just being yourself.

📸You see other people post selfies with ease and think I could never-- but some part of you wants to find out if that's actually true.

Your inner critic is loud. We're not asking you to silence it. We're asking you to take the photo anyway.

You know how to have a good time, even when you're scared.

Have you ever done a bo***ir session? If so, how was your experience? If not, but you want to, what's getting in your wa...
09/11/2026

Have you ever done a bo***ir session? If so, how was your experience? If not, but you want to, what's getting in your way?

When we ask this question, the answer we hear most often is, “I don’t have the confidence.”

I'd like to introduce you to a crucial piece of our philosophy here at the Empowerment Studio: you shouldn’t have to BE confident before you get to practice it.

We also know that wanting to practice being seen doesn’t magically make it easy. Taking pictures of yourself can bring up fear, vulnerability, body stuff, or feelings you weren’t expecting. That’s the exact reason we created Selfie Week--to give you a low-stakes, high-impact place to practice before you ever have to feel ready.

We’ve built the Empowerment Studio around the idea that you should be able to show up without confidence and still have somewhere to practice it.

It starts on Monday! Sign up here and text your friends this link:
empowermentphotographer.com/selfieweek

You can dip a toe in, try some things out, and see what happens when you give yourself permission to show up before you feel completely ready.

Hating the way you look is not a personality trait. It's a learned skill.And like any learned skill, it can be interrupt...
09/08/2026

Hating the way you look is not a personality trait. It's a learned skill.

And like any learned skill, it can be interrupted. You can practice looking at yourself without immediately searching for evidence that you're a hideous beast. We're all practicing that skill, together, next week. COME ALONG WITH US!!!

Come find your confidence with the Empowerment Studio!
September 14-18! Sign up in the link in our bio or right here: https://empowermentphotographer.com/selfieweek

Selfie Week is back! And you’re invited, baby!Think of it as summer camp for grownups, except instead of sleeping bags a...
09/08/2026

Selfie Week is back! And you’re invited, baby!
Think of it as summer camp for grownups, except instead of sleeping bags and bug juice, we’re making gorgeous photos of ourselves, and hyping each other up in a big way!

From September 14–18, we’re spending five days practicing showing up for ourselves and each other!
Here's what you're getting when you sign up:

-One prompt every day delivered straight to your inbox
-Daily selfie guidance with a mix of written and video tips from Kinzie and the team to help you capture your actual self in a photo
-Just 2–10 minutes (you decide how much time you want to spend) a day to play, experiment, and practice
-A whole Facebook community of amazing humans you absolutely need to meet
-Live time with Kinzie throughout the week
-Genuine, undeniable compliments for yourself and the people practicing alongside you

You don't need to know how to do this. That's what we're here for. Every day comes with a simple prompt, a few tips, and your exact next steps. You’re not going to be left guessing or trying to figure out how to get it “right” on your own. You’re in good hands, promise!

The point is to spend five days choosing to see yourself.
Maybe you finish the week with five tiny pieces of evidence that you can do something you thought you couldn't. Maybe something much bigger shifts. We've seen Selfie Week create some genuinely incredible changes for people!

Or maybe you end up with a camera roll full of photos you ducking love.

We're happy with any of those outcomes.

Come play with us. Selfie Week starts September 14. Sign up here: empowermentphotographer.com/selfieweek

"Oh I wish I had your confidence!" I'm gonna hold your hand when I tell you this: Confidence doesn't magically arrive on...
09/04/2026

"Oh I wish I had your confidence!"

I'm gonna hold your hand when I tell you this: Confidence doesn't magically arrive one morning after you've become thin enough, stylish enough, attractive enough, or comfortable enough in your body.

YOU build it through repetition: being seen, surviving it, noticing that nothing terrible happened, maybe even *gasp* enjoying it? And then doing it again.

That's what Selfie Week gives you. September 14-18. It's free. It's so much fun and it's a great way to stretch that comfort zone! Build your confidence with us. Go to the link in our bio or https://empowermentphotographer.com/selfieweek to sign up.

You hate having your photo taken. But you shouldn't have to disappear from photographs just because you don't like how y...
09/02/2026

You hate having your photo taken. But you shouldn't have to disappear from photographs just because you don't like how you look in them. You deserve evidence that you were here, too.

One simple Selfie Week with the Empowerment Studio can be a surprisingly powerful way to start changing that relationship to the camera.

Head to the link in our bio or empowermentphotographer.com/selfieweek to sign up.

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