Capturing Breath on Film

Return to yourself. Embody your truth. Watch everything shift.


Carrie Anne Moss, in her private residence, Los Angeles

 

I’m capturing your breath, your heartbeat,

your dreams, wishes and desires on film.

This isn’t just a photo session.

It’s a ritual of returning home - to yourself.


 
 

This is an experience designed
to slow you down
so you can remember
what’s always been there.


Film cameras and Polaroid
because truth is felt
in the process of creation
and it shows up
in the blur, the soft focus,
the rich texture of the grain.

Holly Whitaker, Bowery Hotel

 
 

 

Danielle Laporte, Vancouver, BC, Canada

 

 

“Holy Sh*t that’s my favorite photo ever”

-Chelsea Diane, Poet, Author
Photo Session, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles

Chealsea Diane, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles

 
 

Marking a Moment that Matters

This isn’t about being “ready”. It’s about honoring this sacred moment in your life.
A decision to see yourself more clearly…during the turning point, the grief, the joy, the anticipation of the next chapter, the inner yes.


 
 

“Since I was aware I had a body I have hated and hidden my body. I’ve been on a journey to reclaim it. This was about the right to exist and be seen. This isn’t just about beautiful photos, though it is: it’s about seeing your own power and being in your body and claiming your space in this world. It’s worth every penny and more.”

-Holly Whitaker, Author “Quit Like a Woman” & Founder of Tempest and Hip Sobriety. @holly
Photo Session, the Bowery Hotel , NYC

 

Location Options

Sessions are held in places chosen for beauty, intimacy and light
My apartment in Paris
A sexy hotel room in NYC or Milan
A beachside airbnb in Los Angeles
A classic London flat
Your own backyard


2025/2026 Travel Schedule and Available Sessions

  • NYC · Sept. 15 - 21 · 2 sessions available

  • Paris · Nov. 5 - 18 · 3 sessions available

  • Miami · Nov 28 - Dec 9 · 2 sessions available

  • LA · Dec 12 - Feb 12 · 3 sessions available

  • Milan · March 26 - 20 · 2 sessions available

  • London · May 11-20 · 2 sessions available

To inquire about a session or to hosting Catherine in your city

 

Session Tiers


2-Day Immersive Luxe Experience - $10,000

  • Luxury Hotel or Airbnb overnight stay included

  • Studio Manager to help oversee every aspect of the experience.

  • Photo Assistant to make sure your wardrobe, hair, make-up, lighting is all 100% glorious during the session.

  • Professional hair and make up team both days

  • Up to 6 hours of photo session time, broken up into 2 days, designed to work with your own rhythm.

  • Up to 4 wardrobe changes per day

  • Room Service / food & non-alcoholic beverages delivered both days

  • Up to 12 analog 4x5 portraits with B&W and/or Color Film

  • Medium format film & Polaroid cameras used when it feels right for the session

  • Film professionally developed, scanned and uploaded to a digital gallery

  • Two 16x20” Photographs professionally printed on museum quality archival paper, signed and dated on the back.

  • Professional matting and framing

  • Framed pieces packed and shipped inside the US.

 

 

Full Day Portal of Transformation - $3500 *most popular

  • Photo Session at Catherine’s location (hotel, photo studio, airbnb, depending on travel) or in your own home or backyard.

  • Up to 4 hours of photo session time *with breaks to eat and refresh

  • Studio Manager to help oversee every aspect of the experience.

  • Photo Assistant to make sure your wardrobe, hair, make-up, lighting is all 100% glorious during the session.

  • Professional hair and make up team

  • Up to 4 wardrobe changes

  • Room Service or food & non-alcoholic beverages delivered

  • Up to 4 analog 4x5 portraits with either B&W or color film or both

  • Medium format film & Polaroid cameras used when it feels right for the session

  • Film professionally developed, scanned and uploaded to a digital gallery

  • One 11x14” Photograph professionally printed on museum quality archival paper

  • Professional matting and framing

  • Framed pieces packed and shipped inside the US.

 

 

1-hour Return to Self - Inner YES - $888

  • Meet Catherine at her hotel, airbnb, photo studio (determined by travel locations)

  • Photo Assistant to make sure your wardrobe, hair, make-up, lighting is all 100% glorious during the session.

  • Two analog 4x5 portraits with B&W or Color film

  • Medium Format and Polaroid used if it feels right for the session.

  • Film professionally developed, scanned and uploaded to a digital gallery

  • One 8x10” Photograph professionally printed on museum quality archival paper

  • Flat Photograph is packed and shipped inside the US

    Can be added for addition fee
    -Professional Hair and Make up team
    -Professional Matting and Framing


 

Ready to mark a moment that matters?

These sessions are deeply personal and spots are extremely limited.
If you’re feeling the pull let’s connect

 

“This was unexpectedly one of the most profound experiences of my life. It was my own Super Soul Sunday.” -Tracy Nash, Luxury Realtor-Nash Luxury-The Keyes Company, Co-Host of Selling Mega Mansions .

Photo session, my apartment in Paris

 

Caitlin, Oaxaca, Mexico

Ashley, Paris, France

 

Nice, France

Your Embodied YES.


 

Optional: Slow Motion Film in the bathtub.

Wear a favorite dress in the bathtub or nude surrounded by your favorite flowers or bare and out of focus.

 


To be frank? There are no words that truly do the magic of Catherine’s work justice. To say she sees people in all their beauty is like saying the moon moves the sea. Catherine’s work is transcendent. She’s an artist. Not a portrait photographer. Her mission is to see your essence, and to capture it in all of it’s beauty. For two years I’ve trusted her with my voice and my soul in her lens, and those two years have turned my business into the one I see today. She sees me, and in seeing me, I see myself. All of me. All of the potential, the joy, the movement, the raw energy. She’s a soul alchemist. Her medium is photography. Hire her. You will not be disappointed. - M.
— M.H.
So here is a wee secret.
I loathe getting my picture taken. I also have to put myself “out there” a LOT in my businesses. Pretty much more with every passing month. So a lot of the time this has meant taking iPhone photos in my house, taking 100 and selecting 2, editing the living hell out of them and calling them my professional photos.
I am crazy uncomfortable in front of cameras, or...I was. This week Catherine Just and I were both in Cabo at the same time. Catherine is far beyond talented. So I knew I couldn’t pass up the opportunity, weird phobia or no. But her special sauce goes beyond the lens. She has a unique ability to make her subjects feel seen, and loved. Safe.
I gave Catherine just over 30 minutes and she gave me magic.
Thank you Catherine, you are SO.INCREDIBLE.
I mean, have you met you?
— Erin

 
 

Kim Sevy : Bowery Hotel : NYC

You have a magic that makes the images so beautiful. You really do have a gift and it makes people so open, so true, so themselves. It’s a spiritual experience. It’s a sacred ritual. I’m honored to have had this photo session with you.
— Kim Sevy

“Catherine is a master. We met yesterday for one of her luxe photo sessions and it was a day of laughter, friendship, kindness and photography. We have known each other for close to 13 years. I’ve taken photography courses with her, been on photography retreats with her, hired her to take photos of me at various stages in my life as an artist, creative and human. Yesterday was one of those really special experiences that comes from deep respect and friendship. Thank you Catherine for capturing this moment and being my friend throughout this journey! Love you, appreciate you and will cherish our time together always!!” — Sarah S.


“Catherine sees me. Some of my most transcendent moments have been in front of her camera” — Danielle Laporte


“It was such a pleasure to hang out and be in Catherine's creative energy. Catherine does the photography for a lot of my clients, we've been accidental collaborators for about two years now and it was such a pleasure to meet her in person. Catherine's vision and how she moves through the world, leaves a trail of light in her path.” —Alyssa B.


This was so different from anything I’ve ever done before. I don’t like having my picture taken and that’s not what this is about. It was about capturing a moment, an intention, a transition, a letting go, a breath. Catherine is a bit of a magician.
— Kerstin M.

Working with Catherine changed my life. You won’t regret it. I’ve never felt so safe and supported. Catherine helped me find my voice and know that I’m worthy of taking up space.
— Kara

“[Our Session] felt like a Spiritual Experience. It felt like a landing inside myself that I’ve never felt before. It was an infusion of self and the intention put into that moment was huge. I have shivers. This experiene forever changed me.” — P.J. D.

 
 

 

Venice Beach, California, 2017

Valbonne, the South of France 2019

Mallorca, Spain 2025

 

I love the slow process of working with film cameras and the instant magic of Polaroid.
I’m in the early stages of building a traveling darkroom, using direct positive film and caffenol to develop by hand.

Working fast and slow at once allows me to drop into the present moment and listen with my entire being. This work is a ritual of returning to the breath, to stillness, to the poetry or the in-between.

I love investigating what lives inside the moments we cannot see but we can feel deeply. Meet me there.


 

 
 

REFUND POLICY

Catherine does not give refunds on photography sessions. If you need to cancel the photo session the money can be used toward another session or an online course. You can read more about the refund policy HERE.