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How to Find Your Inner Courage (aka how to prepare for your photoshoot)

29/04/2022 / Portrait photography OPEN POST

What to Consider when Choosing a Personal Branding Photographer

31/03/2022 / Creative business OPEN POST
ARIA PORTRAITS
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❄️ ON MATERNITY LEAVE UNTIL JUNE 2023! ❄️ ❄️ ON MATERNITY LEAVE UNTIL JUNE 2023! ❄️
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Time to wrap up this business year and finally dig out the holiday lights from the basement! 🌲🕯️
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Thank you to every single one of my clients this year - your investment in small businesses like mine makes a real impact in someone's actual life! 🤗✨ So again, THANK YOU.
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I hope your advent will be calm & bright ❄️ and I'll catch you back here sooner or later! 😘😉🫶
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/Emmi xx
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Ps. Sometimes things don't go as you anticipated. But if you manage to surrender, unwanted rain on your maternity shoot can turn into something really beautiful.
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#maternityleave #maternityshoot #selfportraits #bw #pienyrittäjä #naisyrittäjä #naisyrittäjät #luovayrittäjä #egenföretagare #porträttfotograf #småföretagare #firma #soulfulphotography #womanphotographers #photographerfinland #valokuvaajasuomi #femalefounder #femalerunbusiness #potraitphotographer #supportyourlocalbusiness
PORTRAITS AS PORTALS. 🌌 . . She's got her exact PORTRAITS AS PORTALS. 🌌
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She's got her exact build.
The other one's got her jawline.
I've got the same veiny hands.
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The older we get, the more new outer traits and lines appear on our faces and we all start looking more and more like versions of our Mom. ✨
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This photo of Sister reminds me so much of her; the earring hoops, the jumper are just the things she would've worn when we grew up. 
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Add to this that the photo is taken in a place where ALL of us spent our childhood Summers, in different decades nonetheless. A place my mother called the Secret Pathway, where I now bring my kids and show them the Secret Pathway…🌄
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Portraits are portals. And that's why I keep coming back to the importance of existing in photos. And the multiple stories that portraits hold. They really can be actual Secret Pathways & Sacred Story Keepers. 📖 ✨
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#sisterhood #existinphotos #octoberforestgathering #minisession #storytelling #portraitsholdstories #familyheirlooms #soulfulportraits #compellingphotography #photographywithasoul #porträttfotograf #porträtt #miljöfotografering #porträttfoto #muotokuva #potretti #muotokuvaus #muotokuvausmiljöössä #authenticallyseen #goingdeepwithalighttouch #showyourself #yourjourney #selfcare #selflove #fotografsvenskfinland #fotografösterbotten
In love with the Goddess Energy in these photos.🌙🌙🌙
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I'm drawn to photograph the sensual, confident, feminine power. I think I'm subconsciously always aiming for a portrait to send out a certain vibe...
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I want her eyes to speak of depth and mystery.
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"I'm here, but I'm not revealing it all to you."
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A portrait that embodies both vulnerability & inner strength. That ultimately makes you feel… curious. 
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Like she's keeping a secret. And you as the viewer can't help but wonder: 
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"What IS that story hiding behind her eyes?" 🌌
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#goddessenergy #empoweringportraits #thestorybehindhereyes #fineartphotography #soulfulportraits #octoberforestgathering #moodyportraits #existinphotos #inspiringportraits #personalbrandingfotograf #porträttfotograf #porträtt #miljöfotografering #autumnportrait #forestportrait #valokuvaajakokkola #fotograffinland #fotografsvenskfinland #nordicportraits #cominghometoself #reconnecttoyourself #empowerment #sensual #thefeminine
What do you think makes a brand AUTHENTIC? . . No What do you think makes a brand AUTHENTIC?
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No really, think about it for a second.
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I don't know about you, but even if you can't put it into words, I find you can always SENSE if a brand is authentic (and especially when it's NOT). Would you agree?
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I think we have a high functioning bullshit detector when it comes to spotting someone trying to sound authentic or putting on a show because being "authentic" is the thing to be. It doesn't work, people see right through it. 
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What matters is the WHY of your brand, not the what. Your audience wants to know about you and what you care about. They don't need to be informed, they want something to RESONATE with. ✨
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Just like you, they connect with the REAL, so don't try to be too picture-perfect. The real, the vulnerable, the gritty, the transparent are, in any case, FAR more interesting. Wouldn't you agree? 🤓🤓
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#brandauthenticity #honestbranding #branding101 #personalbrandingphotographer #entrepreneur #yrittäjänajatukset #naisyrittäjät #kreativaföretag #henkilöbrändi #företagarvardag #autenticitet #brandswithastory #visualstorytelling  #buildyourcreativebusiness #womanphotographers #genuineportraits #authenticphotography #moodyportraits #contentcreation #socialmediaphotography #authenticcontent #portraitdaily #porträttfotograf
When I took this photo I had no intention of showi When I took this photo I had no intention of showing it to anyone.
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This is me, at the beginning of my first pregnancy. And here’s why I'm showing it and what I want to say about it: 

Anyone can take this image.

You don’t need to be a photographer to make meaningful pictures. You don’t need fancy equipment. You don’t even need to leave your house. 

This setup is me facing a normal sized window, no lights on, sitting on two crinkled sheets that I tossed over something in the background. Take the shot with your phone, slap a black & white filter on. And boom, you’ve just created your own creative self-portrait.

I want to empower and encourage you to have pictures of yourself.  Sometimes hiring a professional photographer just isn’t an option. Don’t let that stand in your way of making your vision come to life. Schedule a creativity date with yourself! Move some furniture around, invite a friend over or use a self-timer on your camera and make a day out of it! 

What's standing in your way? Come talk to me if you want to troubleshoot or brainstorm ideas for creating your own #selfportrait ! 😘
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#beyourownphotographer #howishotthis #creativeselfportrait #selfportraits #pregnancy #maternityphoto #existinphotos #portraitart #thepersonbehindthecamera #portraitphotography #kuvaaja #fotograf #bwportraits #diyportrait #brandingfotograf #creativebusiness #personalbrandingphotographer #ariaportraits
The most exciting thing I discovered about persona The most exciting thing I discovered about personal branding? 😏😏

It was autumn and I had just decided I would rekindle my photography business which had barely been a side hustle up until then.

It's difficult to convey personal revelations and aha-moments to someone else, but I still remember the feeling when I finally "got it". 

The thing that I had heard so many times in business coaching and books. The secret behind being an entrepreneur…

You and your story.
YOU are your own secret weapon. 🌟 

You don't have to be greater, better, faster. You just need to be yourself. It’s so deceivingly simple. Discover who you are and show up. That’s how you’re gonna stick out from the crowd. It doesn't matter what you do, what matters is the "you" who is doing the doing. In Sally Hogshead's words: 

"It's good to be better, but it's better to be different."

I have this quote written in my personal branding workbook, because I want my clients to have the same revelation as I had. The quiet knowing that you’ve got something to give. What matters is Your Authentic Story. Not a glossy version of you or even that you're the best in your field, but that you SHARE YOUR STORY which makes people connect with you and invest in your brand.

(And no, you don't have to have some grand jaw-dropping story for this to work.)

I know, in that deep in my bones knowing way, that what I have to offer the world is valuable. Not because of what it is, but because I'm the one offering. When I show more of the true, gritty me, that's what will connect with my soulmate clients too. ❤️

I hope you are discovering your innate value and ways to share your authentic story! Let's talk more! 👇 How do you feel about sharing a more unpolished side of your story?
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#personalbranding #innatevalue #soulprenerurship  #empathicentrepreneur #femalefounder #entrepreneurthoughts #reconnecttoyourself #courageouswomen #rohkeastiminä #omannäköinenelämä #selflovejourney #yourstorymatters #creativestorytelling #storytellingbrand #brandsthatconnect #personalbrandingphotographer #yrittäjänelämä #företagsfotografering #företagarvardag #brandvisuals #branding101 #brandcoaching #portraitoftheday #svenskfinland
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