Kate Rhodes Photography

Y O G A M I N I S E S S I O N S

30th April - Passage Studios

Limited spots available, message me for details!

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S E L F T A L K

“Positive self-talk can dramatically improve mood, boost confidence, increase productivity, and more. Much more. In fact, as evidenced by Professor Hart and his studies, it can be one of the key components to a happy, successful life. The bad news is, the reverse is also true: Negative self-talk can not only put us in a bad mood, it can leave us feeling helpless. It can make small problems seem bigger – and even create problems where none existed before. Here’s the breaking news, your self-talk is fu***ng you over and in ways you can’t even begin to imagine”
Gary John Bishop, Unfu*k Yourself

Apparently, this study has been retracted because of some data manipulation, but for me, it doesn’t alter the validity of what’s being said. Everything we think is made up, just because we have evidence in the past of being a total f**k up (for example), doesn’t make it true. It’s likely we could find just as many, if not more, examples of when we crushed it…. If we cared to look. We get more of whatever we focus on, so when we get into these negative frames of mind, we’re going to be looking through the doom and gloom lens, and down the spiral we go.

I work with different medicines to keep my vibe sparkly and get out of my head; Acceptance practices, Gratitude practices, acknowledging people, creating fun, getting into nature, Will Ferrel movies, cold showers, funny animal videos……..

What do you do to when you start talking s**t to yourself?

Photo of the amazing 🤍

M E D I C I N E W O R K

I’ve been quiet. Spent the last 3 months causing myself an epic breakdown which shifted a whole load of stuff that wasn’t working and out of alignment. I was disconnected from why I do what I do, and I almost dropped photography all together!

***This is not a “feel sorry for me” post.***

I’ve been working on REALLY bringing myself into alignment and restoring basic integrity. Things have shifted and I feel more clear than I ever have about why I do what I do and how it serves life.

Over the last few months I’ve been working inside of a shamanic perspective and this is what I have to say about that today………..

Photography is medicine - for you and for me.

It can take courage to be seen, to really show up, to drop any pretence you have. It takes courage to drop expectations of how it’s going to go. It takes trust for both of us to relax and allow what wants to happen. Everything always works out perfectly and sometimes it can feel terrifying to let go and stand in that.

Having your photo taken, to be seen, by me and your audience, is great edge work and it has you know your worth when you’re connected to you really are. What you do is important, who you are is valuable and this (sometimes terrifying) experience of a photoshoot, gives you access to embody that, which is like rocket fuel.

You know what else is great medicine? Fun. That’s standard practice and a top priority as far as I’m concerned.

Be warned…. there are known side effects of my medicinal photoshoots; you might start to be outrageously self expressed, you might experience heightened levels of confidence, your business might sky rocket in unimaginable ways, you might experience a bunch of weird/cool magic and random bursts of psychic abilities. That last one is weirdly, quite a common side effect - if I can’t communicate telepathically to you by the end of the session something’s gone horribly wrong!

I’d love to hear your thoughts and if you’re feeling a pull to do some medicine work or grow your brand with a fun, creative shoot… get in touch!!

Wooooo Nathan!

This is Mel from Siyanda & if you want to know what’s important to her, or who she’d want to face the zombie apocalypse with, read on…..

What is your business?
𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘣𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 😉

Why you do what you do?
𝘐𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 …𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬

What’s important to you?
𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦.

Your most embarrassing moment?
𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘵…𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘭 (𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭)

Favourite accomplishment?
𝘚𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵

Most epic fail?
𝘛𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘤𝘰𝘸 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳

If you were a cartoon/movie character who would you be and why?
𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦

Favourite podcast right now.
𝘈𝘶𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵

Favourite book.
𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘌𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘬

Who would you want to be stuck in a compound with during a zombie apocalypse?
𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘙𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴. 𝘞𝘦’𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘴

Continued in comments……

Here’s to all my weirdos, the reality alterers, the change makers, the woo woo entrepreneurs, the ones who are slightly out of step from the everyday world.

Could you imagine a world where everyone knew that they were at the source of their experience? Where no one had to live at the affect of anything or inside of some inherited reality? Where manifestation and magic were as normal and everyday as stress and “hard work” is now. Wouldn’t that be fu***ng cool?!

I know you’re all out there making a difference to open people’s eyes to other possibilities, whether it be through health care, nutrition, yoga, meditation, education, embodiment, energy work, coaching, design, fashion or corporate business.

I’m here to serve the people like you, who are bringing a new possible reality into existence.

My number is in my bio - give me a call to see how a creative branding photoshoot could elevate your business and help you fulfil on your purpose.

(Also, not suggesting we all go out and mutilate glitter girl dolls - that’s strictly a Halloween thing).

xoxo

L A S T M I N U T E S P O T

I have an opening for a session that just became available for this afternoon between the hours of 1:30-5:30 TODAY in a beautiful, white, natural light studio in Calgary.

This is for you if you’re really in need of some branding images but didn’t quite have the budget for a full shoot.

I’m offering this at a discounted rate - please text me if you’re interested, it’s first come first served.

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Calling in people to play with!!!

The days are getting more and more gorgeous in Calgary and I’m looking for friends to go out with me in the evenings to play.

What does playing with kate look like?
•We go cool places and I take photos of you. We chat. We laugh. I swear.

What is required?
•Being open to having photos taken of you.
•Bring props, maybe things to wear & fun ideas.
•Being open to having an awesome time.
•Being willing to be creative, free and adventurous.
•Being open to having conversations about the nature of reality, consciousness and expansion.
•Being able to be with sarcasm, swearing and playful ridiculing of things.

I’m in! How do I let you know?
Comment below and send me your phone number via DM. If you’re not in Calgary and want to play let me know and I can come visit you when I travel.

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W H A T D O Y O U W A N T
to be when you grow up?

I’ve got a list; a rally car driver, a vet, an eco warrior, the computer lady from Knight Rider, and a photographer.

I’ve had a few sports cars over the years and that was fun, but I wouldn’t want to rally for a living anymore.

I’ve been an IT technician and that was also pretty cool. I can design and hard wire a network in a flash and trouble shoot tech problems like a bad ass - but to be fair most problems I ran into were things not working because they were plugged into the wrong port 😉

I changed my mind on the whole vet thing when I found out I’d have to kill people’s pets from time to time 😬

I’ve always had a sense that I wanted to make a difference in the world though, so here I am (amongst other things) elevating the businesses of conscious entrepreneurs & spiritual gangsters with photography.

What did you want to be when you grew up???

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M A G I C
When 3 creatives get together

Tresa really wanted to create the impression of merging with her artwork, so she hired one of the best body painters in the land to get the look she wanted.

I think they nailed it! Check out their accounts for more 😍

C R E A T I V E S H O O T S

Who’s had one? Who wants one? What would you use one for?

These are the sorts of shoot where we grab some things and totally surrender to the creative flow. With two people tapped into and that creative energy, the photos are ALWAYS mind blowing!!

This shoot was for Pam who is a poet and a photographer amongst many other things. We got such a huge variety of photos for her to use in her creative endeavours, ranging from really dark and moody to bright, light and airy.

Send me a message and let’s chat about how a creative shoot could benefit you!

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Styled shoot with a theme!

Chelsea started her coaching program - The Comeback Queen and wanted some photos to launch with.

This shoot was an absolute blast!

See my previous posts on how to win a styled shoot of your own ✨