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Snapshots of Courage: Overcoming Anxiety One Frame at a Time
Snapshots of Courage: Overcoming Anxiety One Frame at a Time Overcoming Anxiety: A Journey to Self-Love and Rediscovery through My Lens As a photographer, I have the privilege of meeting diverse people from different walks of life. Each one carries a story, a...

The Magic of Boudoir: Embracing Yourself as You Are
The Magic of Boudoir: Embracing Yourself as You AreHello everyone, Lindsay Rae here. Today, I wanted to share an inspiring journey that epitomizes the very essence of boudoir photography. The story of our client, Kate Fitzpatrick, beautifully demonstrates why you...

Breaking Cultural Barriers: Vanessa’s Journey from Asian Beauty Standards to Self-Love
Breaking Cultural Barriers: Vanessa's Journey from Asian Beauty Standards to Self-Love The Struggle with Self Image in Asian Culture. In many Asian cultures, the value of truthfulness is deeply ingrained. Honesty is seen as a virtue, even when the truth may be...

The Importance Of Loving Your Body As It Is
The Healing and Empowering Effect of a Boudoir ExperienceInvest in Yourself: A Boudoir Experience Testimonial Have you ever thought about investing in yourself with a boudoir photo shoot? For many women, this can be a life-changing experience that helps them overcome...

Embracing Authenticity: Finding Your Inner Spark Again
Embracing Authenticity: Finding Your Inner Spark AgainIn a world full of expectations and conformity, embracing your authentic self can be a powerful and transformative experience. Our themed mini boudoir sessions provide a sophisticated and empowering setting for you...

EmpowerMOM: A Mother’s Day Self Love Experience
EmpowerMOM: A Mother's Day Self Love SaleAs a photographer, I've witnessed firsthand how women often find themselves conforming to the expectations of others. They seek validation and approval from those around them, and sometimes, they lose sight of their own worth...

Reimagining Your Journey: Conquering the 5 Underlying Issues in Boudoir & Empowerment Photography and Embracing Your Unique Beauty
Reimagining Your Journey: Conquering the 5 Underlying Issues in Boudoir & Empowerment Photography and Embracing Your Unique BeautyImagine embarking on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment, a journey that promises to reveal your inner beauty and strength....

Discovering Power and Self-Love Through a Self Love Experience
Discovering Power and Self-Love Through a Self Love ExperienceEmpower Yourself with Self Love Experience Photography As a professional photographer, it is my passion to empower women to feel confident and comfortable in their skin. I strongly believe that everyone...

We Are Confusing Confidence with Happiness
We Are Confusing Confidence for Happiness We must begin to understand that seeing someone as confident does not negate a struggle with mental health. Does it feel to anyone else as if 2022 has seen a rise in depression related deaths? Many which have...

AI Art is a Miracle for the Medical Aesthetics Industry
Human psychology tells us that people want to see an ideal version of themselves. We want to see in the mirror how we envision ourselves in our heads.
This image is now construed with filters, retouching apps and AI Art which is bridging an important and needed gap between reality and a fantasized ideal version ourselves.
What happens when we try to filter ourselves in real life via actual medical procedures?

Why host model calls if you are sold out?
Why would we host model calls when our regular sessions sell out 12 months in advance? As you know Self Love Experience prides ourselves on being trustworthy, honorable, and a safe place to explore your relationship with yourself. Part of that exploration often...

Breaking The Mold | Troy | Saratoga Springs | Albany | New York – Boudoir
Society tells women that we have to fit into this tiny narrow minded mold of what is considered beautiful. That very tiny narrow minded mold doesn't include life. We are meant to change, to evolve, to grow as our world changes around us - as it changes US. Our bodies...

Wash It Away | Saratoga Springs | Albany | New York – Boudoir
I like to explain our bodies to children by the example that our skin is like a bag that holds our organs and bones and will move and adjust as we use the bag and add and subtract from it and it all is natural and NORMAL. You can use a grocery bag as an example too and show how it moves as you adjust what is in it.

Because I am Me | Saratoga Springs | Albany | New York – Boudoir
To lift the curtain on the tricks of the beauty propaganda machine in order to help women overcome negative body image and build self-esteem is an idea worth spreading.

No Hiding | Saratoga Springs | Albany | New York – Boudoir
It is a big thing that you are able to do. To take that step and believe in yourself enough, to know that you could start from nothing again and build it back up because when all else fails, you can land on your own.

An exchange of energy | Saratoga Springs | Albany | New York – Boudoir
It really is an exchange of energy. Whether you believe in science or metaphysics or religion, we know that energy can’t be created nor destroyed. There’s always an almost tangible feeling energy in the room when we’re shooting. I think that creates a shift and makes it really a transformative experience.

Head Held High | Saratoga Springs | Albany | New York – Boudoir
We exist, as a society, in a constant state of worrying about what other people think about us. We project our emotions onto others rather than reading their emotions for what they are. That’s how we get in our little emotional spirals. We assume what other people feel and what other people think rather than taking the time to empathize and actually try to feel how they feel.

It comes from within | Saratoga Springs | Albany | New York – Boudoir
It’s not like you just wake up one day and are like, “Oh, my god, I love myself. Hey,” in the most whiny voice ever that we see online. It’s, “No, today, I like myself a little bit more. Today, I looked in the mirror and I saw my eyes and not my acne. Today, I stood naked in front of the mirror for five whole minutes and didn’t cry.” I’m up to 15 minutes now that I can stand naked in front of the mirror. You want to talk about self-love? I’m a person with a business on self-love and I am still doing the work daily.

Her Confidence Grew | Troy | Saratoga Springs | Albany | New York – Boudoir
When you can learn to look in thee mirror and just see yourself without the words of your past, you can start to see your potential. And you can start to find the parts of yourself that you like. Miss V got her first taste of that during her session. As the session progressed, her confidence grew and she found a new way to really grab onto her self-love.

Multifaceted Woman | Saratoga Springs | Albany | New York – Boudoir
You need to hang your art up. When you’re having that bad day, you can walk in and be like, “Oh yeah, there she is. Yeah. There’s the woman that I’m familiar with, that I know is inside.” And it helps you reframe how you look at yourself.

She Struggled With Her Body Image | Troy | Saratoga Springs | Albany | New York – Boudoir
Our worth is contingent on no one but ourselves.
We enter this world worthy of respect and love, and we leave this world worthy of respect and love. That includes you.

Treat Yourself | Troy | Saratoga Springs | Albany | New York – Boudoir
You want to talk about life changing moments? Watch a woman see herself the way you see her for the time. Watch her face in disbelief while she says, “I can’t believe that is actually me!’ I’m here to tell you, it has been you the ENTIRE time and I am just so glad you finally see it, too.

Do Something That Scares You | Troy | Saratoga Springs | Albany | New York – Boudoir
It’s not the, Oh, I took sexy pictures. It’s the, I made the decision to do something that scares me. I made the decision to trust someone new and I made the decision to step outside of my comfort zone and confront my body in a way that I never have before. So I think that’s really what makes this as empowering as it is. It’s not just sexy pictures. It’s an entire experience that really comes together to help our clients take that next step into themselves. A step into who they want to be and who they see themselves as, without anybody else telling them what that is.

I Am Powerful, Beautiful, Inspiring, Confident | Troy | Saratoga Springs | Albany | New York – Boudoir
Our worth is contingent on no one but ourselves.
We enter this world worthy of respect and love, and we leave this world worthy of respect and love. That includes you.

Never Thought She Could Be Sexy | Troy | Saratoga Springs | Albany | New York – Boudoir
Our worth is contingent on no one but ourselves.
We enter this world worthy of respect and love, and we leave this world worthy of respect and love. That includes you.

Your Worth Is Yours To Claim | Troy | Saratoga Springs | Albany | New York – Boudoir
Our worth is contingent on no one but ourselves.
We enter this world worthy of respect and love, and we leave this world worthy of respect and love. That includes you.

Comfortable In Your Own Skin | Troy | Saratoga Springs | Albany | New York – Boudoir
I've had to learn to be okay with myself as I exist and that means being okay showing up exactly as I am. One of the biggest parts of what I stand for is to loudly proclaim for every person everywhere - you need to learn how to love yourself now. Not when you reach...

Phoenix Moment | Troy | Saratoga Springs | Albany | New York – Boudoir
It is my job to help the client unwrap that protection around themselves. It's not my job to rip it away. It's not my job to force you into doing something that makes you uncomfortable, but just gently give you a push outside of your comfort zone with a rope that you...

But am I beautiful? | Troy | Saratoga Springs | Albany | New York – Boudoir
I'm telling you, "It's okay. You don't have to love yourself today." But today, you need to take a step towards what you're going to do to like yourself tomorrow maybe just a little bit more. Here's what Miss J has to say about her Self Love Experience: "I have a...

Acceptance Comes From Within | Troy | Saratoga Springs | Albany | New York – Boudoir
Over the past 6 years, more than 600 women have stripped down in front of my camera to rediscover their beauty. In crafting nearly 400,000 frames of these beautiful humans of all shapes, sizes, and colors, I’ve discovered firsthand just how deeply damaging our...

Healing | Troy | Saratoga Springs | Albany | New York – Boudoir
This work has not just been about healing my clients, but each person I meet is also healing me and my trauma and is part of this journey that I'm on to heal from the awful things that I went through when I was younger. Everybody comes in with different stories. Not...

The Dolce Viaggio Collection
A curated and luxe empowerment experience with award winning photographer and inspirational speaker, Lindsay Rae, also known in the media as The Body Image Activist. This will be an extremely limited and distinctive opportunity to have the founder of the Self Love...

Stars Align | Troy | Saratoga Springs | Albany | New York – Boudoir
It's not the, Oh, I took sexy pictures. It's the, I made the decision to do something that scares me. I made the decision to trust someone new and I made the decision to step outside of my comfort zone and confront my body in a way that I never have before. So I think...

The Founders Collection
The Ultimate Self Love Experience. An hour and a half of fine art boudoir photography at our private loft studio. Professional wardrobe styling session. 4 outfit changes (extra outfit change included!) Professional hair and makeup artist. Private in-person viewing to...

Media & Print
Lindsay helps women overcome negative body image and low self esteem through Self Love Experience photography sessions. Stemming from a very difficult upbringing with a family on welfare to building a multiple six figure business selling her...

Black Friday Sale 2020 | Sign Up for Early Access Pass
I am so stoked to be able to offer you wonderful ladies an opportunity to sign up for an Early Access Pass to our Annual Black Friday Sale! In 2022 we will now be offering fantasy sessions, on-location sessions, couples sessions, and mommy and me sessions to our...

A Survivor Story – Saratoga Springs | Troy | Albany | New York – Boudoir
Today I hand the mic fully over to this client. Read below to hear her story! "Have you ever felt so beaten down, so useless so depressed, so unworthy, so defeated that it seems like there is no end in sight? Because this girl has. My story goes back to when I was...

A World In Need of Saving From Ourselves – Saratoga Springs | Albany | Troy | New York – Boudoir
Message from a white girl: Where do I even begin? Maybe I will reintroduce myself first.... My name is Lindsay Rae, I am a 33 year old mom and the LR behind LRP. The world is falling apart around us, but is that "world" really just the shattering of the cloak we...

An Entire Trip For a Photoshoot? – Saratoga Springs | Troy | Albany | New York – Boudoir
We never cease to be honored at the lengths babes will travel to have their own Self Love Experience. Our furthest babe traveled to us from Australia a few years ago! It is true though, we do have women from all over the United States and abroad travel to us for...

A Shoot Story for the Books – Troy | Saratoga Springs | Albany | New York – Boudoir
Where do I even begin to tell the story of this day at Self Love Experience..... First of all it started out like a normal shoot until Amber threw a ringer at me... she told me "I want my shoot to be different from everyone else...I want to be the first for some new...

Finding “Me” in Myself – Troy | Albany | Saratoga Springs | New York – Boudoir
As someone who walks the walk and not just talks the talk I can agree wholeheartedly with what today's #LRPBoudieBeauty has to say about her session helping her to find herself. I have about 18 pieces of Estate Art in my apartment (and alot more of myself as well as...

Female Business Owners – Saratoga Springs | Troy | Albany | New York – Boudoir
There is no joke that now is one of the hardest times in our generation's history for small business owners, but what I am not seeing on the news is the incremental impact on FEMALE businesses. Not only are we fighting to keep our businesses alive but now we also have...

Pandemics and Giving Up Control – Saratoga Springs | Troy | Albany | New York – Boudoir
Hope all of you have been holding up ok! I am starting to really understand and identify with caged animals who make a run for it as soon as the doors are opened. The 1 hour car rides I take daily have become my salvation throughout this entire Pandemic. Socially...

The World is Flipped Upside Down – Saratoga Springs | Albany | Troy | New York – Boudoir
There never was a time I thought that my little brother would become my light in the dark. We are so different in so many ways....he collects guns and votes for Trump and I am a wildly independent feminist who believes in voting blue no matter who...but when the...

Nurses Are Societies Real Heroes – Saraotga Springs | Albany | Troy | New York – Boudoir
Ok well let's start off with the obvious, this cornonavirus hype and the strain it is putting on our healthcare workers..... Please be cautious as during any cold/flu season but a simple cough is not a reason to overwhelm already overwhelmed emergency room...

If My Body Fails, Does that Mean I Didn’t Fight – Saratoga Springs | Albany | Troy | New York – Boudoir
This is a post where what I have to say is irrelevant. Read below for our clients perspective. ----- "An overwhelming feeling of awe and pride radiated from me as I stepped into into Lindsay’s Self Love Experience, not for myself and what I was about to do, but for...

Moving Past Trauma – Saratoga Springs | Albany | Troy | New York – Boudoir
I have been holding onto this blog for a while now...unable to bring myself to write for it because I connected sooooo deeply to her trauma and how it mirrored my own childhood trauma. If you follow me on Instagram Stories (IG: @lindsayraephotography) you have seen...

A Line of Tshirts for Humans
“I feel like we should stop calling feminists 'feminists' and just start calling people who aren't feminist 'sexist' – and then everyone else is just human.” - Maisie Williams (aka Arya Stark from Game of Thrones) This line of shirts has been a...

Photographed “That way” – Troy | Saratoga Springs |Albany | New York – Boudoir
Who else is as excited as me for February 7th?? All of this babes wardrobe was from our Lingerie Shop and we have since added over 500 new pieces PLUS our new girl power t-shirt line. If you haven't seen it yet CLICK HERE for a link to the event! Ok, so...

Rise from the Ashes – Troy | New York | Albany | Saratoga Springs – Boudoir
Hello my wonderful #LRPBoudieBeauties! It is a new year and with that I am getting back to blogging regularly. If you have been following me on social media, then I am sure you have seen alot of MAJOR changes taking place at LRP! Before we get...