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You are the art. ✨The Skirt Project's Staunton Mural Tour is HERE, and this is just the beginning of a full SUMMER SERIE...
06/09/2026

You are the art. ✨

The Skirt Project's Staunton Mural Tour is HERE, and this is just the beginning of a full SUMMER SERIES.

This is the FIRST of FOUR mini session tours launching this season. Staunton has twelve incredible murals, and we're bringing them to life one evening at a time.

Round One kicks off on June 28th! We're starting with The Art Hive, Chicano Boy Taco, and Pizza Luca. Three stunning murals by the same visionary local artist. Three stops. Three moments to become the muse.

Here's what's included:
✨ Curated skirt collections at every location
✨ BOTH group shots and individual portraits
✨ A minimum of ten beautifully edited images
✨ New friends + supporting local artists

This is more than a photo session. It's art, femininity, and YOU becoming one.

Only a few spots per tour. Book Tour One now: https://amandashraderphotography.studio.cloudspot.io/booking/v/be_2kWa25wWguZ7eYJe4YcwHYxH7vYm

Waiting on a specific mural? Stay tuned. We've got three more tours coming this summer, hitting different murals and celebrating different artists.

Or book a Staunton Experience Session and we'll spend time at the mural that speaks to YOU.

By booking, you're helping shine more light on local art and the artists whose vision surrounds us.

Let's go become the muse. 💕✨

🌸✨ GRAND OPENING THIS SATURDAY! ✨🌸Y'all. One of our incredible Brand Muses, Megan, is opening the doors to Bloom – A Col...
05/20/2026

🌸✨ GRAND OPENING THIS SATURDAY! ✨🌸

Y'all. One of our incredible Brand Muses, Megan, is opening the doors to Bloom – A Collective Studio Space and I could not be more excited to cheer her on! 🥹💕

If you've been following along, you know Megan (.540) is one of the powerhouse women featured in our Small Business Stories series, and watching her build this dream in real time has been SUCH a gift. Now it's time to show up and celebrate her!

Here's the scoop:
📍 71 Wilson Blvd, Fishersville, VA
- THIS Saturday
- 11am – 1pm

What to expect:
✨ Meet the girls behind the space
✨ Booking specials you don't want to miss
✨ Giveaways (yes, plural!)
✨ Snacks + sweets
✨ A food truck in the lot 🌮

Let's pack that parking lot, friends! Bring a girlfriend, grab a bite, and come love on Megan and her team. 💛 They deserve it!

LAST MINUTE ALERT 🌸I went to Shenandoah Peonies last night and I need more of you to experience this beauty!!I am throwi...
05/19/2026

LAST MINUTE ALERT 🌸
I went to Shenandoah Peonies last night and I need more of you to experience this beauty!!

I am throwing together a last minute group session opportunity because this is exactly what The Skirt Project is for — bringing women together, celebrating moments, and supporting a local small business that deserves ALL the love.
Fair warning: I could not leave that farm empty handed. You probably won't either. 😂

Here's what we're doing:
✨ Individual Skirt Project portraits in the peony fields
✨ Group shots together because the magic is better shared
✨ You pick your skirt color to match the blooms
✨ Pay what you will

This is for the women who have been waiting for a reason. This is it. Right now. This Saturday.

Saturday, May 23rd | Backup: Sunday, May 24th
6:30 to 8 PM
Shenandoah Peonies, Stuart's Draft, VA

We need a minimum of 5 women to make this happen — so grab your spot and tag a friend who needs to be in these flowers with you.

🔗 https://forms.gle/cNuKpP9ffGwmzBLRA

Let's take up space in these peonies. 🌸

okay friends, it's happening 🥹As I'm prepping for the FIRST of six brand muse Skirt Project sessions this year, I had to...
04/29/2026

okay friends, it's happening 🥹

As I'm prepping for the FIRST of six brand muse Skirt Project sessions this year, I had to come on here and gush a little — because we're kicking it off with Mary of Health Your Way, and I genuinely could not have picked a more fitting woman to start with.

Mary is one of those women who makes you feel like you can exhale the second you're around her. Her whole heart is poured into helping women find health on their *own* terms — meeting them where they are, honoring their bodies, and reminding them that wellness isn't a punishment or a checklist. It's a relationship. Every time I'm around her, I leave feeling a little more grounded than I came in, and that's exactly the energy I want to carry into this season of muse work.

Sunday evening, we're heading up on the mountain 🌄 I'm gathering every shade of her brand colors, steaming skirts, and packing the car full of options. Just her, the golden hour light, and the kind of session where the goal isn't a perfect photo — it's her seeing herself the way the rest of us already do.

Six women. Six stories. One year of celebrating the muses who are changing the legacy, one empowered woman at a time.

"Growing pains." 🌿That's the chapter our Brand Muse Megan is in right now — and friend, I think a lot of us need to hear...
04/22/2026

"Growing pains." 🌿

That's the chapter our Brand Muse Megan is in right now — and friend, I think a lot of us need to hear that phrase today.

Because somewhere along the way, we got taught that if something hurts, we must be doing it wrong.

That's a lie. ✨

Growing pains are literally what they sound like: your body, your business, your life — expanding past what it used to be. The stretch HURTS. That doesn't mean you're failing.

It means you're actually doing the thing.
♥ The entrepreneur who cried in her car last Tuesday? Growing.
♥ The mother who is learning a softer way than she was raised? Growing.
♥ The woman who left the job, the relationship, the spa, the role that wasn't honoring her? Growing.
♥ The woman who is learning to be the boss, the leader, the voice in the room? Growing. 💛
♥ The one reading this right now, wondering if the ache in her chest means something's wrong? Growing.

Nothing worth having ever came easy. Nothing beautiful ever bloomed without first pushing through something hard. 🌸

Megan called this season "Growing Pains" — and I want every woman reading this to know: if you're in the pain right now, you're also in the growth.

Don't stop. Don't shrink back. Keep stretching.

The bloom is coming.

Inspired by Brand Muse Megan of .540 — in her growing-pains chapter and showing the rest of us how to keep going.

Nine years ago, I picked up a camera.Six years ago, I started collecting skirts — not knowing what they’d become or wher...
04/21/2026

Nine years ago, I picked up a camera.

Six years ago, I started collecting skirts — not knowing what they’d become or where they’d lead me. I just knew something was pulling me toward them.

The Skirt Project wasn’t born from a business plan. It was born from a feeling.

A feeling of being disconnected. From my own reflection, from my own story, from the version of myself I kept putting on hold.

I started photographing women because I wanted to create the experience I desperately needed — one that said: you matter, exactly as you are, right now.

Not after you lose the weight. Not after the promotion. Not someday.

Now.

That’s the heart behind every session, every skirt, every story we tell together.

And if no one’s told you lately — your story is worth celebrating. 📸

Spring is a good time to do something just for you.A Skirt Project session is a couple of hours where you get to be full...
04/17/2026

Spring is a good time to do something just for you.

A Skirt Project session is a couple of hours where you get to be fully seen — no hiding, no shrinking, no rushing.

Just you, showing up for yourself.

Sessions open now. Link in bio. 🌸

There's something that happens when a woman steps in front of the camera and stops apologizing for taking up space.I get...
04/15/2026

There's something that happens when a woman steps in front of the camera and stops apologizing for taking up space.

I get to witness it every single session. And it never gets old.

If you've been thinking about booking — this is your sign. 💛

A gentle reminder that you don't have to wait for the "right time" to have beautiful photos taken.You're worth celebrati...
04/13/2026

A gentle reminder that you don't have to wait for the "right time" to have beautiful photos taken.

You're worth celebrating right now, exactly as you are. 🌸

Sessions are open for 2026.
Click the link in bio to book yours. ✨

Family Session opening tomorrow evening. ✨❤️ Message me for the details.
04/12/2026

Family Session opening tomorrow evening. ✨❤️ Message me for the details.

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