Something set off my insecurities recently and immediately my mind started playing the usual soundtrack: “I’m difficult. It’s hard to love me. I have to earn love. I have to be funny. I have to be good. I have to be a martyr. And I can only feel the warmth of other people’s love if…
Here’s a few random fun facts about me: * my name is Irina, I’m a portrait photographer for women! * I don’t care how you pronounce my name but I love you 30% more if you try to say it right (it’s the letter E + re + nah) * I’m a mom to one…
It will shock you to learn I didn’t always think being in front of a camera in nothing but my underwear and some sheer THING was a good time. In fact, there was a time I would have gladly chosen a root canal over showing ANYONE my belly. So you might be asking yourself –…
When I tell everyone this is my favorite dress in my closet they scoff. Surely not. But it is. It’s sheer, linen, light, white which is a “forbidden“ color for fat people, it’s revealing and natural. It makes me feel womanly, and sexy and ethereal and plump, which is exactly how I like to be…
I spent the better part of my life thinking I was fat (and that it was a bad thing to be), that I was a misfit, that I never belonged, that I was ok looking, but my teeth were too small, my voice was too deep, my thighs were too close together (wtf is wrong…
I’m slowly returning to full time in my business, and I’m very careful and mindful of what I keep from these past few months and what I choose to leave behind. We have been through a lot, after all… For example, I’m saying goodbye to burn out; I’m saying goodbye to overbooking myself because feeling…
Ok y’all – as much as I wish I could be photographing you, I also want you to be able to capture amazing selfies and improve your own shooting technique while working with a smart phone! Business owners especially need to compensate their professional personal branding images with their own personal content and it’s SO…
Since this cursed quarantine has started, I’ve struggled to figure out how to use my skills and knowledge to serve others. And so I slowly started creating self portraits to keep my hands busy and something interesting started happening – I started getting message after message from fellow friends and business owners asking me to…
As a photographer for WOMEN, I’m here to bring you a shocking revelation: WOMEN HAVE CURVES, ROLLS, FOLDS. I know, it’s crazy. But what can I tell you. As a proud owner of a BODY, it is in fact, TRUE. It’s ABSOLUTELY impossible for a woman to bend at the waist and NOT have some…
Let me tell you a story. This past weekend, I took the love of my life, my daughter to the ocean, with stars in my eyes, excitement to spend one-on-one time with her and visions of us laughing and bonding like a migraine medication commercial. And then…… it sucked. JUST TYPING THAT HURTS MY BRAIN….