Today we’d like to introduce you to Keeley Miller.
Hi Keeley, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
Hi! My name is Keeley and I am a boudoir photographer.
For more than ten years, I have shown women their beauty and power through photography. I photograph boudoir because I understand how it feels to struggle to see our own beauty and worth. Some days, I still struggle to see my own.
But I know the power that a photoshoot like this can have. I’ve seen it and created it for hundreds of women. But what we do is about so much more than taking gorgeous photos (and we will!). It’s about taking the time to celebrate you, right now, exactly how you are. It’s about telling yourself that you are worthy of celebrating and documenting you. Because you are!
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Not at all, but it’s been a great one!
A big hurdle for me was moving from Indianapolis to San Diego, and opening my first studio here in February 2020. The pandemic hit just a few weeks after I opened my studio doors, so being able to adapt and perservere has been a learning experience for me. It led me to launch beach photoshoots, since photographing indoors was not allowed or safe at the time. Now, I offer limited edition beach photoshoots every summer and they are always so much fun!
As a creative and as a business owner, there will always be hurdles. I’ve learned that it’s about trusting your gut, rolling with it, and trying to have fun along the way.
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
Absolutely!
I photograph boudoir, but my work might look a bit different than you imagine when you hear the word boudoir.
One of the most common assumptions that I hear about boudoir photography is that it is primarily of younger women as a gift to their future husband for their wedding day, and looks mostly like high heels, lingerie, and seductive posing in a bed.
And while I love lingerie and think high heels are gorgeous, boudoir is so much more than that!
Boudoir photography, in short, is a type of intimate portrait photography all about celebrating and empowering you.
Maybe you want to step out of your comfort zone and discover another side to your personality you never even knew existed. Or you’re tired of critiquing your body in the mirror and want to see yourself as a work of art instead. Or maybe you want to document your gorgeous self for your birthday to look back on in 10, 20, 40 years. No matter your reason, boudoir photography is for you.
My primary goal as your boudoir photographer is to empower you, whatever that looks like.
For some, empowering IS lace and Louboutins. But for others, it can look like your favorite band tee and knee high socks. Or a boss ass power suit. Or your favorite pair of Levi’s. Or your laugh, or dancing to your favorite music, or the details of your curves or stretch marks or collarbones or tattoos or back. Or, naturally, a combination of many things as the multifaceted human you are.
In short: beauty and sexy have no definition, and in my boudoir studio you get to define it for yourself.
Alright, so to wrap up, is there anything else you’d like to share with us?
Choosing a boudoir photographer is such an important decision since it is a very personal experience. My goal is to not only create beautiful images, but to also help you FEEL that beauty, power, and confidence, and leave you strutting out of the studio doors.
So if you want to see yourself in a new light and redefine what “sexy” looks like for yourself, I would love to photograph you, too!
Contact Info:
- Website: www.keeleymiller.com
- Instagram: instagram.com/keeleymillerboudoir
- Facebook: facebook.com/keeleymillerboudoir
- Other: tiktok.com/@keeleymillerboudoir
