Kate

When you feel confident and you know who you are, that is a gift.

It has this ability to breathe life back into your relationships.

It gives you the strength to clear away old baggage and make room for new, beautiful things.

The women I have photographed this year have each left feeling more who they are.

They each left feeling uplifted, celebrated, honored, valued, and seen . . . and when you feel that it changes you in the best ways.

To know yourself, to love yourself allows you to better know and love others.

Thank you, Kate, for knowing who you are and moving with confidence that inspires me.

Kate walks into a room with so much confidence I am often awestruck. I love when you meet people who are self-sustaining. You know the people- the ones who don't need your validation. The ones who already know their worth and their confidence isn't hitched on you constantly building them up. That's Kate.

In those easy conversations where ideas are flowing and talking is easy, beautiful things happen.

While I photographed Kate, we mostly just played.

I tested new lighting tricks and tried new stylistic ideas.

And the results are breathtaking.

Look at all that incredible hair!

Find people in life that are like Kate. People who are kind, easy to be with. People who know who they are and know how they want to be treated. Find people that drive you to be more, to be better.

And maybe, while we're out there looking for more people like Kate, we can take some time and try to become more like what we're so earnestly looking for.

Love, Melinda

Photography Studio in Athens PA.

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