More women in Toledo are saying yes to boudoir photography in 2025, not for someone else, but for themselves. This powerful shift isn’t about perfection, it’s about permission. Permission to feel beautiful now. To reclaim confidence, sensuality, and main character energy, no matter your age, size, or story. Boudoir isn’t just a photoshoot, it’s a self-love revolution happening right here in Toledo.

This blog highlights some of my favorite publications I’ve been selected for. These aren’t the pay-to-play features anyone can snag. These are earned.

Too often, folks living with disability or chronic illness are left out of visual culture. We don’t see mobility aids in dreamy portraits. We don’t see scars, fatigue, or adaptive ways of moving through the world represented in art. That ends here.

Let’s make this clear from the jump: You’re the boss of your own body.

At Ash & Thistle Artistry in Toledo Ohio, consent isn’t a checkbox

it’s a living, breathing conversation we have before, during, and after your session.

You get to choose what you wear. How much skin you show. What poses feel good and what doesn’t. You can change your mind at any time. You can say “let’s try something else” or “nope, not for me.” And I will cheer you on for it. Nudity is never expected.

Let’s talk paperwork but make it sexy.

Okay, maybe not sexy, but definitely empowering. Because I get it model releases can feel intimidating.

What exactly are you signing?

Time for a short story about my personal insecurities and how I became the ultimate intimate (boudoir) photographer aka the queen of pro selfies. A post came up in our community about flashing people. This is something I have never done in my life.

Let’s get one thing very clear, babe: unless you’re a dolphin or a wax figure at Madame Tussauds, you’ve got body hair. Yep, even that person on Instagram with skin so smooth it looks Photoshopped by angels has follicles doing their thing somewhere. And you know what? That’s perfectly normal. Actually, it’s divine.