Personal Branding Photoshoot

There is epic beauty in being a woman who welcomes the world with open fully expressed joyful acceptance. It happens in the way Anna Partridge mothers and girlfriends and wives and coaches; with open fully expressed joyful acceptance. Her bright can’t-get-enough smile is a flashing beacon saying “I can’t wait to love and contribute to you.” Having found a way to balance it all this Aussie beauty gives other mothers the formula to be a great mom and have a great life all at the same time. Anna, being loved and contributed to by you lights my heart and I know inspires greatness in those around you. Honored to know you!

My camera has never smelt as divine as it did after a day with Karen Gilbert. The sharp scientific mind that waxes poetic about the smell of golden fields, rain wet cement and  can bring sensual lightness to any moment. It is this sharp and brilliant contrast that makes Karen Gilbert is an expert perfumier. Having cut her teeth as an entrepreneur in the tatoo and piercing industry, Karen Gilbert is more rock and roll than pastels and lace and is taking modernizing how it is we relate to fragrance and perfume. It is her incredible genius of being equally curious about the science of fragrance, her classic English warmth and her keen design sensibility that is that is allowing women of  today to realize their dream of having their own signature perfume and to build a brand around it. Karen, your boldness and tenacity is wildly inspiring and each time I now find myself lost in vetiver and sandlewood, I think of you and wish for your voice describing the beautiful miracle of this sensual world.

Andrea Rockstein (Anera), best-selling author is that elegant regal version of beauty that reminds you of the iconic women of time immortal. A woman who has a strong foothold in the world of finance and leadership and now is ready to create a life for herself where she leads others to discover their own freedom. It is with open kindness and curiosity that she engages the world around her. Andrea, it was glorious to witness your blossoming through our day and I continue to envision a world where you take center stage and share what courage it took for you to set yourself free.

You know those women who walk into a room and without even being aware if it, everyone in the room notices her: it could be her bouncy brightness, her owning it personal sense of style and what I think it is is that Joyce Oladipo is a natural born leader, it’s in her DNA along with a willful tenacity that anyone would find admirable. Our day was a snapshot of Joyce’s journey, starting with just enough how’s-this-going-to-work to within an hour owning her inner rockstar and rocking her branding big-time in classic Paris make your own rules style. Joyce, continue to model the everyday girl with incredible discipline in service to her dreams, I see whole countries at your bidding!

I’ve said it before about Jia Ni (If you have been following my work for awhile now, you’ll recognize this gorgeous beauty from a Photoshoot we did together last January in Santa Barbara), it is so easy to be in awe of this young woman! At 22, she has been living abroad now for several years, completing her university degree in Perth, Australia and has for the last several years simultaneously been running a thriving coaching practice. When it comes to leading the next generation into seeing their untapped and unstoppable potential, Jia Ni is it. When it comes to giddy delight and peels of laughter, Jia Ni is it. When it comes to modeling a miraculous life with ease, Jia Ni is it. When it comes to tenacious growth and a straight up approach to keeping it real, Jia Ni is it. If all the leaders in her generation are like Jia Ni, the future has nothing to worry about.