Today’s Personal Brand Photoshoot Example is of the brand Bianca Lotus Lifestyle – a heart-centered yogi, teacher, and artist with the mission to help women reclaim personal power and pleasure by facilitating Women Circle spaces, retreats, and various yoga modalities.
What you see is what you get! Beauty, strength, power, and transparency.
Photo of Bianca Lotus Lifestyle by Carolina Luna Photography
When Bianca and I discussed her Personal Brand, she was in the process of expansion: both in her personal life and business. Since her photoshoot over a year ago, Bianca launched her website and has been growing her business despite the pandemic. Her brand is fresh, inspiring, and I absolutely support and love the beautiful work she does. I have the opportunity to see Bianca perform as a vocalist, play harmonium, and sing, and I have also attended a women’s circle where she created a wonderful atmosphere for healing, community, and sisterhood.
Her vision to build a community-centered in collaboration, support, and empowerment drew me right in from the beginning.
My Personal Brand Essence Extraction Process
After Interviewing Bianca, reviewing her Brand Questionnaire, and getting to know Bianca better, I started to curate her Personal Brand photoshoot which took place on Long Island, NY.
What I learned about Bianca is that is a passionate entrepreneur and artist. What you see is what you get! Beauty, strength, power, transparency, and the desire to serve others.
- She is a seasoned performing artist who sings, dances, plays the guitar and the harmonium;
- She is committed to teaching yoga effectively (understanding the body and mind connection and delivering a message that inspires a person to commit and integrate the practice into their daily lives)
- She facilitates spaces for healing via movement, breathwork, sound healing, touch, and dialogue.
- She loves hiking, being in nature, swimming in the ocean, and reading
- She is extroverted, confident, assertive, powerful, quirky, and intuitive.
Services Offered by Bianca:
- Live Broadcast Yoga Studio
- Sound Healing (harmonium and mantra) and Voice Activation
- Private Women Empowerment Workshops
- Private and Small Group Yoga Coaching
- Bodywork
- Live Music and Sacred Song Circles
Creative Direction of The Photoshoot
Based on her future goals which included hosting more retreats in exotic locations and goddess parties, I found a “secret location” right here on Long Island, NY. Our location was sacred… a gift from a goddess to another, perfect for all that we had envisioned.
Theme: Sensual Goddess
Context: being in one with nature and herself, embodying the goddess energy, singing, playing harmonium, and dancing.
Mood: joy, pleasure, connectedness
Wardrobe: yoga/ belly dance costume, nude
Props: Harmonium, red sheer fabric
Makeup: Ali Long Island Hair and Makeup
Location: One secret location
Below you will see (and feel) her goddess energy. I have picked some of my favorite photos of Bianca’s to showcase the essence of a Personal Brand photoshoot, curated specially for her. If you are curious about the process, I have added some of my branding notes too.
Our Q&A and Photoshoot review follows below.
If you’d like to elevate your personal brand with photography to customize your website, give context to your social media posts, and give your viewers a reason to stop on their tracks and comment on your posts, I running a Winter Sale to help entrepreneurs get Headshots and Lifestyle Photos at a discounted rate for a limited time. Or you can invest in a customized Personal Branding photoshoot. Check out my rates here.
To connect with me, please message luna@carolinalunaphotography.com to book a consultation. Prices are lists under services.
Happy 2021! Enjoy browsing!
Yours truly,
Carolina Luna
“In this new space, I started to rebirth the pieces of me I had abandoned. Through tantric yoga studies with teachers such as Sofia Sundari and Kim Anami, I developed a self-pleasure practice to connect me back to the beauty and power in my erotic nature. I began to show up to an ecstatic dance practice, where I explored the use of my body as a vessel to give my emotions movement and shape. As I surrendered my mind to my body on the dance floor, I no longer had to fear my emotions, I could just be witness to them.” Bianca Lotus
“…To embody this voice meant I’d have to make a choice. Stay in service to my ego, playing it small and safe, or allow myself to ‘discover and expand into the fully-expressed, pleasure-filled, untamed woman that was calling me into being. I chose me. And I chose my daughter. Aware that my self-expression, or lack of, would forever shape the woman she is to become.” Bianca Lotus
“One of my most profound moments of awakening came while on a retreat to Peru with ecotherapist and spiritual guide, Lauren Pacione. During an Ayahuasca ceremony, I had a vision of women gathering in a circle. But as I looked deeper into the vision, I became aware that these women were only shadows of themselves. My heartfelt an immediate calling through them and I knew it was my purpose to create and hold space for women to retrieve the parts of ourselves that within our society, relationships, and the roles we play…gets lost somewhere in the shadows. I knew that by stepping into my highest and most authentic self, I could present this work to other women with unconditional love and transparency; opening them up to their own eroticism, freedom, beauty, and divinity.” Bianca Lotus
“You see, I was still living a life in service to my ego. You know that little voice inside your head that whispers you’re not enough and supports it with a million reasons why. Well, that little voice told me that I’d be “enough” when I was married to a “good man.” A man who adored me, provided a home for me, and financial stability. A man who by societal standards made the perfect partner and father. And by all the external reflections of those beliefs, my man did. But when I looked within, there was nothing about the life I was living, other than our daughter, that felt like a reflection of my truest self and desires. Apparently, the ego’s version of me was sexually disassociated, repressed, unexpressed, and disconnected. But there was another version of me, calling out in that same voice I had found through yoga. The voice of my soul.” Bianca Lotus
“Perhaps if we stop censoring ourselves we will stop tolerating censorship of any kind. It is our human right to speak and be heard. It is our human right to hear the truth and to know the truth. Please don’t forget. And if you have forgotten, please remember.” Bianca Lifestyle
“I also began exploring my voice in a completely different resonance. Once focused on perfection in my performances, I started to view my voice as the purest bridge for my soul’s expression. And by setting my intention in singing to share the light of God, I was able to quiet the old voice of my ego, telling me I wasn’t “good enough.” Today there is no difference whether I am singing pop music to a packed venue with The 90’s Band or leading a devotional Bhakti practice through mantra, chanting and Kirtan…I am always singing in the resonance of my soul.” Bianca Fisher
Q&A with Bianca Lotus & Photographer Carolina Luna
Luna: Why did you say YES to working with me?
You are captivating. You truly embody the divine in your ability to be present with me. You listen and have helpful insights to offer.
Luna: In which ways was your Branding Experience with me helpful in making a difference in your business?
Before working with you, I wasn’t clear on the message that my brand delivers.
After working with you in our photoshoot I felt an immediate shift in my state of mind and being. Feeling foggy and uncertain before, now feeling a sense of empowerment and clarity. The photos we captured have been really useful in marketing and social media content.
Since we have completed our photoshoot, what result are you most thrilled with?
My online image finally matches my skill level!
I just love the moments we captured and cannot wait to share more of them once my website is up and running.
I love being in front of the camera. It feeds me energy and I feel alive and powerful.
When you look at your brand photos, how do you feel? Did they capture what you want them to convey?
Yes! Again, I feel empowered by them. They show my eroticism, my beauty, and my strength. They say you are beautiful and capable in all the ways that God made you.
What are people missing out on if they choose not to work with me?
They are missing out on your presence, your love, and your dedication. You are truly a gift to the world Carolina. You show up 100% for people.
Is there anything you would like to add? I am all ears…
I love you for being you in this world. For being brave enough to break the mold that society says we should be instead of being you authentically. You inspire me to do the same.
Please visit Bianca Lotus Lifestyle’s website and follow her!
She currently offering a full schedule of online classes, work with students privately in mentorship, host and lead in-person Song Circles, share virtual and in-person Sacred Song Concerts, lead/co-lead virtual and in-person retreats, and more!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biancalotus/?hl=en
Website: https://www.biancalotuslifestyle.com/
Bianca Lotus January 2021 offerings:
Jan. 10th is the beginning of Evolve, a 21 Day Challenge to develop vitality and life force energy. You can register here.
https://www.biancalotuslifestyle.com/21-day-tibetan-challenge
Try a free virtual class offer with Bianca this month using the code RENEW at checkout.
Embody the Divine Retreat, a virtual half-day event for the courageous warrior woman who is ready to fearlessly open her heart.
Sunday January 24th from 8:30am to 12:30pm via zoom. Includes a sacred care gift bundle. To register: https://www.biancalotuslifestyle.com/embody-the-divine-with-marci-baron
Embody the Divine
Half-Day Virtual with Bianca Fischer & Marci Baron
