I cannot, for the life of me, talk about my work in a social setting without immediately deflecting. Someone asks what I do, and I’ll say “oh, I’m a photographer”, and then if they ask anything follow-up — anything at all — I go oh, you don’t want to hear about that.

If you told me five years ago I’d be out here taking my own branding photos… smiling… posing… and actually enjoying it? I would’ve laughed in your face. Respectfully. But aggressively. And yet—here we are. Turns out confidence wasn’t the issue…
I just needed a minute (or some practice) to get comfortable being seen.

I uploaded my photos to AI and asked it to create a comprehensive personal brand image library for my website, social media, and LinkedIn. Essentially, a complete set of personal branding photos without doing a photoshoot.

And the results?

Honestly… technically impressive.

The lighting was nice.
The skin looked smooth.
There was a laptop, a coffee cup, a workspace, a camera, even a whiteboard — everything you would expect from a business heads

Women rarely come to me saying, “I want personal branding photography.”
They usually say, “I just need a new headshot.”

But what they’re really saying is:

“I don’t like my current photos.”
“I avoid posting because I hate how I look.”
“My business has evolved, but my photos haven’t.”