Your body is your first home. Worthy of care, softness, and presence. In this personal reflection, South Florida portrait and boudoir photographer Denice Lachapelle invites you to explore what it means to come home to your body through intentional, soulful photography. This post is for any woman learning to embrace herself as she is, no matter the season she's in.

Discover the power of self-celebration through boudoir photography. In this post, I share how embracing your body and beauty, without needing validation from anyone else, can lead to deep empowerment and healing. It’s a reminder that your self-worth is yours to define—no one else’s.

When Connie first reached out to me, she shared with me, “I want to memorialize the woman I am becoming... in the midst of chaos comes beauty. That’s how I feel right now!” I loved to hear her say that, and I loved it even more that she wanted to memorialize her season of becoming with a portrait session.

Sarah’s mom Dione, first reached out to me expressing her desire to gift her daughter with a portrait session. When I spoke with Sarah, she shared with me that she was pregnant with her first child and she wanted it to be documented in a timeless way. I asked her to tell me what she was looking to discover about herself during our session and she said, “I'm not JUST pregnant. I'm still a young woman.”

I am thrilled with what Sarah and I created, and though it’s been a while since we captured her session, it makes me happy to be sharing it with you finally.

Sarah’s portrait session conveys stillness and love.

While she is with child, I still see her ✨

Hi, it’s been a while. Like a really long time. I don’t really know what happened here. But I can try to sum it up for you (and me).

Since I last shared a boudoir session on the journal, Alexandra’s birthday boudoir session — was in April 2021. I was in the thick of gaining back a normal workflow but truly not really normal since we were opening back up due to COVID shutdown and everyone wanted a session. I was super busy, life happened, and add the fact that I was four months into therapy and feeling hella vulnerable…

Approximately six months before her birthday, Alexandra (Sandy) reached out to me with a clear desire of gifting herself a boudoir session to celebrate her 40th birthday. During our creative and preparation stage of her boudoir session, I asked her, what are you looking to discover about yourself during and/or after your session? and she answered, “celebrating being comfortable in my own skin.”