Global Brand Marketer / Creative, Design & Innovation Strategist
What stops us from celebrating our own image in a photo for the world to see?
I’ll tell you what stopped me. The sense that I am a person who is forever in transition. “I’ll reward myself with a gorgeous photo when I get that fancy
role or promotion, or when I lose weight or have accomplished something big.”In other words, when I feel I’m beautiful again, I’ll capture that in a headshot. A friend introduced me to Robin because she somehow knew we’d get along. She was right. Robin and I met over coffee and we shared our stories. One thing really struck me. She said, “Sunaina, we are beautiful within the moment we are
living right now.” Beauty was relative to time and place and she assured me that she could see the beauty in me. She could see my confidence and my strength. On the day of the shoot, I was worried that I was looking ragged—mostly because, just the day before, my son had graduated high school and it had been an emotional day for me. But Robin took me for a walk and drew me out with her interest and friendship, capturing my image in lovely light amongst the flowers. I am so happy with the outcome of those images. And because she gets to know her subjects personally, she even captured a shot of me with my mom who was visiting from India and a shot of my son giving me a bright hug. I’ll cherish all of the photos that she took.
Robin taught me that I don’t ever need to wait to celebrate my image or myself. It takes a uniquely talented and special person to bring out what I hoped to see in my own image.