I have come into Grinkie twice now and each time was truly amazing, empowering and so much fun! It all started last year with a little bet....a little 5k race and the loser needed to supply a fun calendar to the other. As we got closer and closer to the race date I was training hard because I WANTED THAT CALENDAR OF HIM! So I reached out the Christi and gave her the details and she was here for it! Race day comes and it wasn’t even close, I sat at the finish line awaiting my pending gloating. After crossing and as we walked back to the car he confirmed we would go off of whatever the online race times were. Thinking the final number would be even better I said “obviously”. Which would have been fantastic but online somehow his time was under my name and mine under his. Which is when he reminded me that online times were the final. Gulp. I even went as far as emailing the race coordinator to explain that they need to check bibs before giving them out before he came clean that he switched the names on our bib chips. I. Was. Duped.
But...I kind of wanted to do the calendar either way so we decided moral victory went to me and technical victory went to him. Calendars for both!
And let me tell you, coming into the studio I was nervous, I was sweating, I was a little self-conscious. Should I have done more sit-ups? Should I have dieted? However, I was at ease the second I walked through the door. Lela found a way to make me look magical but still like me, and Christi found every angle that I didn’t even know I had. I saw my pics and both couldn’t believe that was me and at the same time thought “hell yeah that’s me!”. I swear to you they have a way of finding your inner sparkle and amplifying it into a firework. I walked out of the studio feeling like I could take on the world and had this sense of confidence that I didn’t know I had.
And guess what....it stuck with me. So much so, that a year later I booked another session with these two amazingly talented women, and this time with my love. Couples shoot!! It was so much fun, I loved every second and was so excited to share this experience with him and the pictures we got were FIRE. Don’t wait until you reach your “perfect weight” or you lose those 5 lbs or think your body is right where it should be. You’re there, promise and you will love it!
