Admission time. My photography hasn’t really recovered since the Pandemic. Until now.
Content Warning – Mental Health
A couple of months before the Pandemic, I’d decided to wind down taking any bookings from all my lucrative school & corporate clients as I’d started working solely with women in business and my Dark Art sessions at my safe space studio. What a mistake that was! My passion aka as my business, then stopped dead without any foresight, as did the vast majority of others.
As a (non-diagnosed at the time) ADHD neuro spicy witch, this unplanned change did my mental health absolutely zero favours. I had to work really hard to stay on top of things, received a minimal amount of support from the government unlike some (including a Back to Business loan which I’m still paying back), together with some SSRI meds to help with my anxiety & panic attacks. I completely lost my confidence photography wise and felt a total failure. I still do on some days if I’m completely honest.
With rent to pay and mouths to feed, I started cleaning people’s homes mainly working for other neuro spicy individuals. This gave me something to concentrate on and I was proud to be helping those whose homes needed a little bit more focus than ‘just’ cleaning. I then started working for Floral Image doing credit control and then moved over to an Accounts Admin role in 2023 where I’ve been happily working 30 hours a week since.
This has obviously meant I’ve had virtually no time to create, play, make regular social media noise (which I detest btw) or kick start my stalled business. I’ve had to stop comparing myself to other photographers who I see flourishing, keeping my head down, that needs must and knowing in my heart things will get better.
So here we are, almost 5 years later. I’ve been officially diagnosed with ADHD, have applied for Access to Work assistance to help with my social media, I’m sorting/organising my shit out at home & in my studio (rather a big task) and I’m feeling it. Feeling the need to photograph & create, allowing the calling to connect and knowing deep down that I am good enough to promote my services to new clients.
At the back end of last year, malware had filtered its way into my old website and despite heroic efforts by all involved, it would not go away so a new website, promoting exactly which direction has been calling me for years, was the first thing on my list.
I’ve been following Melissa Love, co-founder of StyleCloud for years. A new year sale caught my attention early January and I’ve spent pretty much allllll my spare time since then, designing it and importing new content etc Oh my … how easy is Kadence?! With StyleCloud’s ‘How to’ videos. it’s been pretty easy tbh. I highly recommend! I’ve still got to SEO it *does anyone fancy a skill swap?!* and deal with a few niggles here & there, including when it first loads which has only happened since my host moved me over to SQL 8.0+ yesterday š but it’s live and I’d love to know what you think!

“Just so you know exactly where i stand:
Trans rights are human rights
Sex work is work”
Lesley Burdett

Special Thanks
Bookings have continued to roll in since the pandemic and I am so very grateful for everyone who has recommended me and to my clients for booking me.
Props to following folks who have kept me going (mentally and financially aha): Party in Your Pants – Desexualised, inclusive, women centric nights of messy UV paint play with cracking tunes, Lilith’s Lair – Exclusive sensual parties for queer/curious women and femmes to explore each other away from the male gaze and Security and Event Solutions – A dedicated and highly experienced teamĀ are qualified and accredited in security, crowd safety, health and safety and safeguarding. Thank you all <3
The Future
I know my work and point of view isn’t going to be everyone’s cup of tea so don’t do bump your head on the way out. Women and the queer & kink communities deserve better and I’m right here for that.
