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Hicks Pics Photo LLC

Not sure if I should do personal or business or both for biography so I'll do both!

Personal: Throughout my life I was constantly being shamed as to why I never measured up to random people or more hurtful, why I wasn't like all my friends. Why my friends were better than me; physically, personality wise, etc. It was a constant noise all around, most of it from someone who should have been my biggest supporter, uplifter, guardian, etc. So the amount of emotional damage and feelings of physical inadequacy left me to believe that I would never find someone who appreciated me for who I am or my body the way it was and I became severely self critical and constantly self sabotaged my mindset. I, thankfully, never physically sabotaged my body but there are women all over the world who have because of situations and lives like this and I want to be a person who changes women's mindsets and starts them on a journey that says fuck society, screw your "standards", etc and go on living life with the utmost confidence.

Business/Photography: I was always into taking pictures for as long as I can remember. My parents used to have a little point and shoot that I would constantly steal and take pictures of whatever I thought was interesting, pretty, unique, etc. I continued that hobby all the way through high school and was fortunate enough for my high school to offer photography courses as well so I took those. After high school and getting married I was able to purchase a Canon DSLR and start taking photos for friends of their families and such. Then after a year of that, I was asked by a friend to do a last minute boudoir shoot for her and another friend to give to their husbands as gifts. I said why not I've seen it before and it looks fun but when I did that shoot and returned their images, I realized the power it had to change the feelings we carried about ourselves and I knew in that moment boudoir was what I had to do in my life and career. I've now evolved into doing Boudoir and Maternity because I've realized that working with women and helping them feel beautiful at all stages of life is SO important. I've been in "business" since 2016 but that was the cheap $50 shoot type things so I've consistently been in business since fall of 2021.