Freedom Session - Codie-Lyn Maki

People thought I was crazy when I told them I was looking for women or men to pose naked in front of the camera. Many people said I wouldn’t be able to find anyone to do it, but I knew once I explained myself and what I was trying to achieve with these sessions, people would understand more what this was all about. Self Love. It’s a journey to be one with yourself in nature, where we once began. To explore yourself and your body in its truest form. Once they received their portraits, they could reflect back on their experience and have a new love for themselves. A chance for everyone to truly look at themselves in a different light and see how much beauty they really hold within themselves.

This beautiful and witty lady is Codie-Lyn. She is loud and proud and has such a fiery personality! She is one of the brave and fearless women who took part in my Thesis. I was thrilled that she wanted to be a part of my adventure. I know how apprehensive she was at the beginning of baring it all in a public area but boy did she kill it! Her long, brown, flowing locks blowing in the wind made this session so beautifu, not to mention her confident little cheeky looks! This day was quite windy which made it chilly out but she still went for it cold or not! Once she got a little more comfortable, poses and different ideas starting flowing a little easier to her and she absolutely rocked it. So many beautiful and truly amazing shots came from her session. Thank you so much Codie for being a part of this. I can’t tell you how much it means to me. Love you girl!

Testimonial -
What an incredible experience! 

Whoever thought that having your picture taken could result in so many profound changes within you?!

Not me, that’s for sure. 

I truly feel so blessed and grateful that Katrina asked me to be a part of this project. As someone who has spent nearly their entire life body shaming themselves, I wasn’t sure I could do it. “You want me to pose…NUDE!….OUTSIDE?…in front of a camera!??” I was terrified. Even as we drove to our destination, I was having doubts about the whole thing.

I thought for sure I was never going to want to look at the pictures after. I thought for sure I wasn’t going to go through with it.

 Let me tell you though, everything changed when Katrina started shooting, she made me feel so confident, so natural, so beautiful. Her constant feedback from behind the lens pushed me to open up even more and really get comfortable, with myself - with nature, and with being in front of the camera. She guided me and encouraged me the whole time.

 The entire experience truly was liberating, just as she says. There’s something about being out in nature - wild and free..

It was a magical day for me, and the experience was second, only to the outcome of the photos.

I went from never wanting to look at them – straight to “OMG I want them all!” As soon as we started reviewing some shots I could not stop looking at them. They were incredible, even just the raw unedited images were spectacular, and once Trina sent me a few finalized photos, I could not get over them. I still haven’t. I still look at them All-The-Time. Lol.  

This shoot truly did so much for me. It helped me to be more confident, more comfortable with myself and my body, more at one with nature. Trina helped me to see myself in a completely different light than I ever have before. Through her lens, I would do it again and again, and I would recommend it to any and everyone!

 Katrinas’ professionalism and talent, combined with her good-natured and wholesome vibes allowed me to completely embrace this experience and my own beauty, and I am so grateful for it. Don’t miss out and book a session with her, you won’t regret it!

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2020 Thesis - Nūde.

So as you may not know, I am currently in school and will be a NAIT graduate come April! I am too excited to start my career after school! Last semester our large project was are Thesis. We could choose any theme we wanted and had to photograph 15 images. I wanted to really challenge myself with this and at the same time, I wanted to help others out too. I came up with photographing people nude in nature. I knew this was going to be very challenging because as soon as I started telling people what I chose, everyone said “Good Luck finding people who will pose naked for you!” … well, thank you for the luck! Not only did I find one amazing model, I found SIX. I found six BEAUTIFUL women who were willing to bare it all to help me out. In my quest to get my project done, I fell In love with this idea of allowing women to love their bodies in the truest form. Of course, every single woman I worked with was hesitant at the beginning but with comfortable coaching and allowing them to work at their own pace and doing what felt right for them, they too fell in love with the process and session as well. It became something bigger that I was striving for these women. I wanted them to love every curve of their body and see these portraits and show them how amazing they really looked.

People are especially harsh on their body image these days. I want to help promote female empowerment through my Freedom Sessions and let people break free of the societal norm of covering up what is yours because the world has sexualized our bodies so much over the years. I want people to look at their naked bodies and feel proud and love themselves no matter what they look like. Its time to practice self-love in a new, exciting LIBERATING WAY!

Be Liberated