Own Your Sexy.
We are women, we are fierce and we are meant to feel precious. My goal with each and every client is to make her feel beautiful and comfortable in her own skin and see herself in light she hasn't seen before. I understand the changes our bodies go through with milestones in life, having babies and medical traumas and every body at every stage is a complete gift.
My hope for you is to embrace these parts inside you are shy or self conscious about and feel on top of the world - with or without clothes on!
Meet Dana
Growing this line of photography has been my dream since my early twenties. I always knew I wanted to stick with people and women in particular. I am a mom to three beautiful children. While I had always been a hobbyist and photographed friend’s weddings on the side, when my third was born I had some big decisions to make and transitioned to being at home more with my babies and starting my own business to set my own hours around my family’s needs. It was at that time "Dana Marie Photography" was started to give me flexibility with my schedule.
I’ve always wanted to work with women in helping them feel special and beautiful. As a little girl I remember my mom not wanting to go to the public pool or be seen in a swimsuit in public, most of the women around me felt the same way about their bodies and it always stuck with me. I remember seeing Demi Moore’s nude pregnancy photo on the cover of Vanity Fair in the supermarket and thinking the photo was so beautiful and brave. During my first pregnancy I hated my body and every change it went through, I reflected back to that cover and felt nothing like the beautiful woman I saw adorning the magazine cover so many years before. I looked back at my pregnancy time after I gave birth and wished I had accepted my body and documented photos of the changes for my baby to look at later in life, with my last pregnancy I completely embraced every curve and inch my body grew and started this mission to help other mom's find that inner goddess that has always been there but sometimes gets hidden beneath our Mom personas.
As for the photography side of things, photography has been a creative outlet and passion of mine for more than twenty years. I started with film and learning on a 35mm how to "paint with light" and it took off from there. I have always worked well with posing women and understanding how curves move and shape themselves. I love working with women on their wedding days, maternity sessions and boudie shoots - when people ask what my specialty is I always want to comment boudies, brides and babies!!! I am not a very girly girl - except when it comes to sexy shoots for myself! I love dressing up and feeling feminine and pretty with make up, lashes, lingerie and tall heels! I take my own photos or have them taken every so often to tweak what I think feels more comfortable for clients or to find what draws the best experience possible.
In my spare time I enjoy spending time with my family, music, coffee dates, collecting tattoos, reading, scrapbooking, playing the piano and beach time on the summer weekends. I love live music, especially Dave Matthews Band and Blue October concerts. You can find me at least once a summer checking out their tours!
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I Love Boudoir Photography
Nothing makes you feel quite as sexy as having your hair and make up professionally done and going through with a boudoir session! I love exploring lighting and practicing my own photos to perfect poses and lighting set ups for client sessions. Renting a nice hotel room is an awesome way to bring more of a lifestyle approach to your boudoir photo session.