Capturing Breath on Film
Fine-art portrait sessions rooted in presence, truth, and intention.
Meet me in Paris, Milan, London, Los Angeles, or Vancouver BC
Capturing your breath, your heartbeat, your dreams, wishes and desires on film.
No performance. No posing. No persona.
Let go of what’s no longer true, call in what is, and let the camera meet you there.
I personally have the experience of a lifetime of learning how to belong to myself fully.
I’ve made it my mission to support others in this deeply important work.
Getting out of your own way so you can make the work you’re here to make and really knowing your value, worth and beauty from the inside out changes everything in your life. The universe and the world rises to meet you at the frequency you’re radiating.
Capturing Breath on Film Sessions create a space for you to come home to yourself.
“Catherine sees me. Some of my most transcendent moments have been in front of her camera.”
- Danielle LaPorte
These sessions have two integral parts for deep soul medicine:
the 4x5 Capturing Breath on Film experience
and the deeper portrait work (sensual / branding / embodied presence).
Capturing Breath *Click on an image to see full frame
How it Works:
Part 1.
1. Intention Setting
Write out what you're ready to release, what you’re stepping into and gratitude for who you already are.
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2. Dropping into Presence
I intuitively guide what’s next. Breathwork to ground, future-writing to step into your next chapter, NLP, Toltec intuitive guidance. This is unique to each person and what feels good and right.
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3. Capturing Breath on Film
With my large-format camera, and an invitation to close your eyes and be with your intentions, we anchor you into what’s real.
This is slow, intentional, meditative. I create images that capture more than a 60th of a second which is the usual for photography. This is a longer exposure, capturing your own individual hum. Your breath, heartbeat, dreams, wishes, desires, intentions, recorded on film. the images show your natural movement created by being alive, your heartbeat and your rhythm of your breath. Making your unseen life force energy not only seen, but made into a sacred photograph that reminds you of your intentions, dreams, and your connection to all things. The pulse of the planet.
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4. Ritual of Release
You keep, burn, or rip the intention note.
Either way, the old unravels.
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Part 2.
5. The Deepening
We create portraits that honor truth:
• embodied, sensual fine-art imagery
• quiet, powerful portraits
• branding photographs that feel aligned
Or a combination.
We design this based on what’s right for you.
I use Polaroid, Film Cameras and Digital.
Branding Images *Click on an image to see full frame
Fine art, sensual, connected, grounded, embodied. * Click an image to see full frame.
6. Darkroom & Delivery
I hand-print the 4x5 images in my traveling darkroom and develop and scan film.
You receive one-of-a-kind capturing breath on film 4x5” prints and up to 100+ images for personal or professional use.
The 2-Day Immersion includes a one of a kind Polaroid or a 4x5” Photograph with red embroidery thread handstitched at your heart. A metaphoric mending. Signed and dated on the back.
Caririe-Anne Moss, Los Angeles
1-Day or 2-Day Immersive Experiences
2-DAY IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
INCLUDES:
Pre-Session Connection Zoom call to design the session together and answer any questions.
1 night in hotel room or Airbnb ($500 budget) *includes overnight parking
Up to 10 hours of photo session time, broken up into 2 days, designed to work with your own rhythm.
Up to 5 wardrobe changes per day.
Intuitive grounding techniques, future writing, NLP, Toltec wisdom.
Room Service or food & non-alcoholic beverages delivered both days.
Up to 6 4x5 portraits made with the large format camera.
Up to 100+ images created with a variety of film, Polaroid and digital cameras.
A one of a kind Polaroid with hand stitching by Catherine with red thread.
Film professionally developed, scanned and uploaded to a digital gallery.
FULL DAY IMMERSION
INCLUDES:
Pre-Session Connection Zoom call to design the session together and answer any questions.
Up to 6 hours of photo session time *with breaks to eat and refresh
Up to 4 wardrobe changes
Intuitive grounding techniques, future writing, NLP, Toltec wisdom.
Room Service or food & non-alcoholic beverages delivered
Up to 4 analog 4x5 portraits with large format camera.
Up to 100 images created with a variety of Medium Format film and Polaroid cameras.
Film professionally developed, scanned and uploaded to a digital gallery
INVESTMENT
Special Pay-in-Full Holiday Pricing
(Payment plans remain at standard rates)
Special Pricing is available through Jan 1, 2026
Only 12 spots available at this price
(or when sold out, whichever comes first)
Two-Day Immersive Experience $5,500
Pay-in-Full → $5,000 (save $500)
HOLIDAY SPECIAL PAY IN FULL →$4000 (Save $1500)
or
Secure your spot with a deposit: $500
(Holiday special applies only to Pay-in-Full)
Payment plan set up after deposit
Payment Plans (start 30 days after deposit is paid)
• 5 monthly payments of $1,030
• 9 monthly payments of $572
• 12 monthly payments of $429
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Full-Day Immersion $3,300
Pay-in-Full → $2,500 (Save $800)
HOLIDAY SPECIAL PAY IN FULL →$2000 (Save $1300)
or
Secure your Spot with a deposit: $500
(Holiday special applies only to Pay-in-Full)
Payment plan set up after deposit
Payment Plans (start 30 days after deposit is paid)
• 5 monthly payments of $577
• 9 monthly payments of $321
• 12 monthly payments of $241
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Secure with $500 Deposit
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Pay in Full — Two Day Immersion
Holiday Special Pay-In-Full Pricing $4000 (Save $1500)
$5000 (Save $500)
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Pay in Full — One Day Immersion
Holiday Special Pay-In-Full Pricing $2000 (Save $1300)
$2500 (Save $800)
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Once you secure your spot, we will contact you to set up your zoom session, payment plan, and we will email a contract over for you to review, sign and return. Please note the refund policy. We do not give refunds unless Catherine cancels your session without rescheduling. If you cancel without rescheduling we do not give refunds. If you reschedule the session there is a $250 rescheduling fee.
Not sure which option fits best?
Have questions?
Schedule a free 15-min call with me.
Travel Schedule and Availability
Meet me in Los Angeles, Milan, London, Vancouver BC, Paris
or
Bring me to a favorite city of yours
*Travel fees apply outside of my scheduled locations and dates
Los Angeles
December 12th - Feb 12th
4 Sessions Available
Milan
March 17th - 25th
3 Sessions Available
Vancouver BC
May 4th - 10th
3 Sessions Available
London
May 11th - 25th
3 Sessions Available
Paris
June 16th - 26th
5 Sessions Available
Chealsea Diane, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles
“Holy Sh*t that’s my favorite photo ever”
-Chelsea Diane, Poet, Author
Photo Session, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles
“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
the Bowery Hotel , NYC
To secure your session:
Pay a deposit or pay in full (and save).
Once payment is made, I’ll reach out to confirm your preferred date/location.
I’ll send the contract
We’ll schedule our Zoom call to design your immersion experience.
Spots are limited.
If you feel the nudge, trust it and reserve your 2026 session now.
I’m looking forward to creating soul medicine with you.
xo Catherine
Tracy, Paris
“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 .
Caitlin, Oaxaca, Mexico
Ashley, Paris, France
Nice, France
Your Embodied YES.
“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.”
“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? ”
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. ”
“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.
“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. ”
“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. ”
“[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.
Catherine Just is a visual artist and photographer living in Los Angeles. Her fine art explores the unseen and unsaid emotional & psychological terrains of love, loss, and what lives in-between them. Her “Capturing Breath on Film” photography sessions are opportunities to slow down and experience deeper belonging to yourself.
With 38 years of sobriety from a meth addiction, her creative path is a parallel journey of healing, shaped by her personal apprenticeship with Miguel Ruiz (Author of the Four Agreements) and a devotion to image-making as transformation. She’s certified in subconcious reprogramming techniques and weaves them into her offerings. She works mainly with Large Format Film Photography, Polaroid and Alternative Photo Processes.
Mallorca, Spain 2025
Catherine’s work has been published on the cover of National Geographic Magazine, inside O Magazine, and has been shown internationally including London, Paris, Milan and Australia.
She holds a BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and is represented by Alta Vista Arts, 3C Gallery and Fabrik Projects Gallery.
She teaches online courses, leads art retreats in France, mentors creatives.
Catherine is a single /co-parenting mom to her son Max, who has Down syndrome. Together, they create projects that challenge ableism
Published on the cover of National Geographic Magazine
Artist’s Statement:
At the root of who we are, before identity and story, there is breath and pulse…the hum of existence itself. Some call it soul, some call it God, some call it consciousness. It’s larger than language and older than story.
This is what I am making visible. The camera becomes a vessel, a witness, a measuring instrument of being. Each long exposure gathers breath, heartbeat, stillness, and micro-movement, recording your invisible life-force.
This is the pulse of the planet, a shared current that runs through every human being, the hum of humanity, the universal thread that binds us across our experiences of separation.
No matter the details of our lives, where we come from, who we love, what we believe, how we identify, the rhythm of breath and pulse is our common ground. It is the primal truth beneath all difference, the shared architecture of being human.
These portraits are not simply likenesses. They are artifacts of existence. Evidence of presence. Primordial seismographs. They reveal the imprint of life happening.
This is an opportunity to belong to yourself in a deeper way and to connect with the beauty and truth of who you are.