" We saw the photos! My mom was dying and Pete was getting all teary eyed... They're so so beautiful, Linda you're incredible. You were by far the very best person we worked with that day and the best decision we made about the whole thing. 

I'm so self conscious and dreaded all the attention and all eyes on me but you made me so much more comfortable and you were so sweet and patient with everyone even amongst the maniacal chaos!

I don't even know how to thank you enough, I have been and will continue forever to recommend you to anyone that will listen. " 

Erin and Pete (wedding)

"The important thing for us (husband and me) is human connection; if we don't feel a spark, we don't work well together. If energy is important to you, run to Linda! 

Before we even spent our wedding day with her it was like we were all old friends. I STILL feel like she's my friend. 

Something else to know about us: we are self-conscious about photos and don't like posing. I didn't think about it a single time during my wedding day because Linda made me so comfortable AND was like a lightening pixie running around our location capturing pictures of everything." 

- Eve and Kalen, wedding

"Linda, I keep meaning to start this email, and then I can’t because there’s so much to say. 

Thank you so much for capturing such a wonderful day - we literally cannot stop talking about how comfortable and connected we felt around you. 

Tony specifically requested that I tell you that he’s asked several times if we’ll ever see you again because he misses  your positive and warm energy. I hope you know that you're the best and that we will always consider you part of our team."

- Angela and Tony (wedding and engagement shoot)

"Never in the way… Linda was constantly capturing every precious, meaningful, genuine moment without us even realizing that she was there! 

She appreciates the tiny fleeting moments that would have otherwise been missed. Not only that, but she handled and accommodated family and friends with sensitivity and professionalism. I  cannot stress how much we ADORED this photographer. Linda just got our personalities and was well-humored. She understood what was important to us and acknowledged who we really are as individuals. 

Not only did my husband and I love her, but, honestly, Linda Abbott was all our families and friends could talk about. 

Everyone was comfortable with her and could tell that she takes pride in her work. This isn’t just a job to her, it is clearly her passion. "

- Alice and David (Wedding)

For our wedding, we really wanted candid shots and special, very *real* moments captured and Linda totally nailed it! She somehow translates tone, emotion, and sense of place into her photos to create a genuine expression of what something FEELS like... her photos quietly and gracefully encapsulate all of those things that you feel but can't put into words. She also impressed my very-hard-to-impress cinematographer father. Personally, she is also lovely and amazing! She's relaxed and super chill, yet she was somehow EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE!! 

Mira Rao - Engagement, Pre-Wedding Bruncheon, Wedding Day

Before we met Linda, my husband and I had never been professionally photographed. We came into our engagement shoot feeling pretty nervous and shy…but Linda’s warmth, humor, and photojournalistic style of photography made the experience so much fun and comfortable. Her pictures are much more than just generic poses. When my husband and I look back at our wedding pictures, we remember exactly what we were feeling and living at each captured moment. To be able to capture these moments in such a beautifully artistic way is what makes her an amazing photographer. - Liz and Don

Linda's work with photography (especially with her Woman Alive sessions) is truly innovative. She uses her craft as a means to help empower women to reconnect with their true essence. 

Of course, at the surface level, the images she captures are stunning, but the work Linda is doing goes much deeper than that. 

As women, we so rarely have healthy arenas to truly witness and presence each other without judgement, thoughts of comparison, or without the expectation that we need to entertain others with our bodies or presence. 

Through Linda's work, a woman has a safe place to explore herself on her terms for herself, but she also has the opportunity to be witnessed by another woman who has no agenda except to lovingly hold space for her as she lets her truth emerge. 

It's exhilarating to experience this process of self discovery under Linda's loving guidance! It's not an  exaggeration to call this work a potent vehicle for healing around some of our deepest wounds connected to our identity of self.

- Amy Lombardo

"Linda's women's sessions are so special.

We are losing our wild nature, both on the planet and inside of us. We have to go up into the wilderness and reclaim it in whatever state the wilderness is in, in whatever state WE are in, and be brave and courageous and still be naked in the midst of it. 

We need it as much as the wilderness needs it. We need it now more than ever."

--Marysia, co-founder of The Gaia School of Healing

To be honest, I made fun of my friends who had already signed up to do the sessions because I just thought nude photos in nature? What? And I had never resonated with regular boudoir or thought of myself as someone who would do that. But then I met you, and I heard you talk about it in front of the women, and I was just blown away. Everything you said made so much sense to me.

I wanted to feel. I wanted to connect to my body again. I wanted to get in touch with the raw and strong parts of me. I wanted to feel grounded. I wanted every part of me to connect with nature.

This experience was very healing and empowering. And what I love most is that it felt authentic to me.”

It's a rare opportunity in this world to embody our feminine essence in safety, power and joy. With Linda’s guidance I awoke, reclaimed, let loose and let free, the parts of my physical and psychological wild side that don’t get enough shine time. Women Alive Sessions are the needed medicine for a women whose ready to meet more of her true self, in a fun, real, raw and powerful way.

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