{"id":6425,"date":"2021-06-11T13:05:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T17:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/?p=6425"},"modified":"2021-06-11T13:05:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T17:05:07","slug":"i-am-who-i-am-love-it-or-leave-it-new-jersey-boudoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/i-am-who-i-am-love-it-or-leave-it-new-jersey-boudoir\/","title":{"rendered":"I Am Who I Am \u2013 Love It or Leave It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We\u2019re always honored when our clients tell us how beautiful and confident we\u2019ve made them feel, but it breaks our hearts that so many of them tell us that this is the FIRST time they\u2019ve ever felt this way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0029-12_0x18_0-16-A-Q01-1800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia Punk Rock Boudoir\" class=\"wp-image-6426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0029-12_0x18_0-16-A-Q01-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0029-12_0x18_0-16-A-Q01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0029-12_0x18_0-16-A-Q01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0029-12_0x18_0-16-A-Q01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0029-12_0x18_0-16-A-Q01-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0029-12_0x18_0-16-A-Q01.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve been overweight literally since birth. I&#8217;ve never been able to keep weight off no matter how hard I tried and I was constantly bullied for it. My entire life, I was told that big equals bad and gross and ugly. People in media never looked like me. I was bullied from kindergarten through twelfth grade. I was the \u201cDUFF\u201d (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). Even my family would always tell me, \u2018You\u2019d be so pretty if you lost weight,\u2019\u201d says Janet, who is literally one of the sweetest people we\u2019ve ever met and recently did a solo boudoir session with us.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0773-12_0x18_0-13-A-Q01-1800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Body Positive Boudoir Photographer North Wales\" class=\"wp-image-6427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0773-12_0x18_0-13-A-Q01-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0773-12_0x18_0-13-A-Q01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0773-12_0x18_0-13-A-Q01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0773-12_0x18_0-13-A-Q01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0773-12_0x18_0-13-A-Q01-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0773-12_0x18_0-13-A-Q01.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI guess at some point, I made peace with that being the truth. I saw being attractive and being overweight are mutually exclusive states of being. I felt that because of my physical size, I deserved to be less of an actual person. I have almost no pictures of me because I just see how big and wrong I am in them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"867\" height=\"1300\" src=\"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0157-12_0x18_0-20-A-Q01-867x1300.jpg\" alt=\"Curvy Boudoir Photo Ideas\" class=\"wp-image-6428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0157-12_0x18_0-20-A-Q01-867x1300.jpg 867w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0157-12_0x18_0-20-A-Q01-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0157-12_0x18_0-20-A-Q01-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0157-12_0x18_0-20-A-Q01-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0157-12_0x18_0-20-A-Q01-1200x1800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0157-12_0x18_0-20-A-Q01.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Janet, who is 42 and has held the same job for almost 20 years, says she\u2019s always put others first before herself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt took me 13 years to earn my BA because I kept taking breaks to help care for loved ones. We lost my mom to cancer in 2018, and I&#8217;m the person who ended up caring for her for the month she was on at home hospice. I definitely embrace the mom\/caretaker role. So much so that it trickles into my friendships,\u201d says Janet, adding that one of her favorite things to do is just hang out at home with her friends and cook them their favorite meals. \u201cI try to keep a warm and inviting atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"867\" height=\"1300\" src=\"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0525-12_0x18_0-15-A-Q01-867x1300.jpg\" alt=\"Rock and Roll Boudoir Philadelphia\" class=\"wp-image-6429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0525-12_0x18_0-15-A-Q01-867x1300.jpg 867w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0525-12_0x18_0-15-A-Q01-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0525-12_0x18_0-15-A-Q01-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0525-12_0x18_0-15-A-Q01-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0525-12_0x18_0-15-A-Q01-1200x1800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0525-12_0x18_0-15-A-Q01.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2004, Janet entered into an emotionally abusive relationship that thankfully she has since left.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI know now I was only there because I settled. I was at my biggest weight when we married in 2007 and I was convinced I had no worth and nobody else would want me. I had RNY gastric bypass in 2009 at the suggestion of a reproductive specialist. I got pregnant in 2010 and gained back the 80lbs I had previously lost &#8211; but I also gained an incredible miracle baby, my daughter, Emma,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_9990-12_0x18_0-19-A-Q01-1800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Self Love Healing Boudoir Session Lansdale\" class=\"wp-image-6430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_9990-12_0x18_0-19-A-Q01-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_9990-12_0x18_0-19-A-Q01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_9990-12_0x18_0-19-A-Q01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_9990-12_0x18_0-19-A-Q01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_9990-12_0x18_0-19-A-Q01-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_9990-12_0x18_0-19-A-Q01.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the years went by, Janet\u2019s ex began to grow violent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI realized I didn&#8217;t even like the man I was with, let alone love him. I threw him out in February 2015.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_1101-12_0x18_0-02-A-Q01-1800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"BDSM Boudoir Photography Studio Philadelphia\" class=\"wp-image-6431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_1101-12_0x18_0-02-A-Q01-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_1101-12_0x18_0-02-A-Q01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_1101-12_0x18_0-02-A-Q01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_1101-12_0x18_0-02-A-Q01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_1101-12_0x18_0-02-A-Q01-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_1101-12_0x18_0-02-A-Q01.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Janet is now happily engaged and lives with her and her fianc\u00e9 in the house she grew up in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Janet saw an ad for Allebach Photography and our solo boudoir sessions, she says she realized it was time to see herself through someone else\u2019s perspective.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"867\" height=\"1300\" src=\"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_1016-12_0x18_0-14-A-Q01-867x1300.jpg\" alt=\"Empowering Boudoir Session New Jersey\" class=\"wp-image-6432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_1016-12_0x18_0-14-A-Q01-867x1300.jpg 867w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_1016-12_0x18_0-14-A-Q01-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_1016-12_0x18_0-14-A-Q01-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_1016-12_0x18_0-14-A-Q01-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_1016-12_0x18_0-14-A-Q01-1200x1800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_1016-12_0x18_0-14-A-Q01.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Her best friend helped convince her that not only did she deserve this, but that since \u201cthere was no way she was going to get nude\u201d that it would be no different from a vacation picture in a bathing suit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Janet says she was shocked by \u201chow comfortable I was wearing next to nothing in front of two strangers. And although I loved some more than others, there was not one picture of me I hated (a huge change of pace for me).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"867\" height=\"1300\" src=\"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0932-12_0x18_0-18-A-Q01-867x1300.jpg\" alt=\"Tattooed Curvy Boudoir Models\" class=\"wp-image-6433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0932-12_0x18_0-18-A-Q01-867x1300.jpg 867w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0932-12_0x18_0-18-A-Q01-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0932-12_0x18_0-18-A-Q01-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0932-12_0x18_0-18-A-Q01-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0932-12_0x18_0-18-A-Q01-1200x1800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0932-12_0x18_0-18-A-Q01.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She continued, \u201cI thought I was going to be too reserved and awkward to pose correctly. I thought I&#8217;d feel funny and not get any good shots. I was so very wrong. Mike and Erika had me at ease and posing like a pro in no time flat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_9957-12_0x18_0-17-A-Q01-1800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"New Jersey Boudoir Photographer\" class=\"wp-image-6437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_9957-12_0x18_0-17-A-Q01-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_9957-12_0x18_0-17-A-Q01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_9957-12_0x18_0-17-A-Q01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_9957-12_0x18_0-17-A-Q01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_9957-12_0x18_0-17-A-Q01-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_9957-12_0x18_0-17-A-Q01.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Janet could barely believe she was looking at herself when she saw her photos. She looked like a beautiful, take charge badass!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"867\" height=\"1300\" src=\"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0996-12_0x18_0-04-A-Q01-867x1300.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia Boudoir Photographer\" class=\"wp-image-6434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0996-12_0x18_0-04-A-Q01-867x1300.jpg 867w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0996-12_0x18_0-04-A-Q01-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0996-12_0x18_0-04-A-Q01-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0996-12_0x18_0-04-A-Q01-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0996-12_0x18_0-04-A-Q01-1200x1800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0996-12_0x18_0-04-A-Q01.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was at a very low point with self esteem and seeing my artwork really helped. It&#8217;s for sure a HUGE confidence booster. Even during the session itself. I can&#8217;t remember the last time I got so many compliments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"867\" height=\"1300\" src=\"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0627-12_0x18_0-08-A-Q01-867x1300.jpg\" alt=\"Curvy Boudoir Photographer Body Neutrality\" class=\"wp-image-6435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0627-12_0x18_0-08-A-Q01-867x1300.jpg 867w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0627-12_0x18_0-08-A-Q01-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0627-12_0x18_0-08-A-Q01-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0627-12_0x18_0-08-A-Q01-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0627-12_0x18_0-08-A-Q01-1200x1800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0627-12_0x18_0-08-A-Q01.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She continues, \u201cThis experience absolutely changed the way I see myself. I wasn\u2019t gross. I was just different. I conveyed confidence, charisma and charm. Dare I say, even sexiness. Do I have a \u2018normal\u2019 body? I sure don\u2019t. But for the first time, it clicked. Different is not bad or gross or ugly. Different is the way I live every other area of my life. It took me a while to get there, but I embrace being different. All of my idiosyncrasies are what makes me who I am \u2013 love it or leave it. So now it\u2019s time to think about the outside the way I think about the inside. It\u2019s time to start feeling less than and time to start wielding confidence. I won\u2019t get there overnight, but for the first time, I think I\u2019m moving in the right direction. There is no way I\u2019d be here if I wouldn\u2019t have done boudoir.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0431-12_0x18_0-11-A-Q01-1800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Punk Rock Boudoir Photo Ideas\" class=\"wp-image-6436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0431-12_0x18_0-11-A-Q01-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0431-12_0x18_0-11-A-Q01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0431-12_0x18_0-11-A-Q01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0431-12_0x18_0-11-A-Q01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0431-12_0x18_0-11-A-Q01-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0431-12_0x18_0-11-A-Q01.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Having trouble seeing your own inner beauty? We want to help show you what you\u2019re missing! Book your solo session by calling 610.539.6920 or by visiting&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/contact\/\">http:\/\/allebachphotography.com\/contact\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re always honored when our clients tell us how beautiful and confident we\u2019ve made them feel, but it breaks our hearts that so many of them tell us that this is the FIRST time they\u2019ve ever felt this way.&nbsp; \u201cI&#8217;ve been overweight literally since birth. 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