Hey, Hi, It’s me!

Well hey there, let me introduce myself.

As most of you know, I’m Amanda. I own Amanda Michele Studios which is a boudoir photography studio in Elma, Ny which is right outside Buffalo, NY.

Being a boudoir photographer has opened the widest door for me to spread so much love and empowerment to women who have learned through life to feel like they don’t deserve it, and I could not be more grateful for that gift to give.

When people come into my studio shaking and tell me that they hate their body and give me a laundry list of everything that is “wrong” with them, I look at them and think “I can not fucking wait to show you how wrong you are about yourself.” Let me assure you, if you tell me that you hate your stomach, I am not going to force you to take 26 images of your stomach just to force you to learn to love it. That’s not realistic. What I AM going to do is take a BEAUTIFUL image of YOU and not avoid your stomach in the process. I’m going to show you how GORGEOUS you are as a whole, with or without your stomach in the image.

Image taken by the amazing Desiree Spencer Photography

The whole concept of loving your body and loving everything about you sounds great in theory right? That truly is my goal, but trust me when I say that I understand.

The whole first half of my life I was 90 pounds soaking wet. After the stress of two horrible long term relationships, life threw in a thyroid problem and boom. I gained a lot of weight very quickly. I know exactly what it feels like to not recognize yourself and struggle in your new body.

Believe me when I say that a boudoir session is more than just self love and empowerment. It’s lighting, angles, posing, facial expressions, hand movements, and at least a basic understanding of a camera. All of that together equals the absolute best, most gorgeous version of YOU. Boudoir photography is not something to be taken lightly, and trust me, your view of yourself is my first priority.

Boudoir photography is all I do. I study it every single day, I’ve invested thousands of dollars, taken workshops and classes, and spend hours upon hours trying to perfect my craft. I know how to pose the human body. I know the slightest movements that will completely change an image. I know all of this and I want to show you that it does not matter if you feel you aren’t photogenic. You’re wrong. It’s not your job to be photogenic, it’s your photographers job to take gorgeous images of you.

With all of that being said, I love you, come see me, trust me, I’ve got you.