Get inspired as Meka illuminates what a profound impact celebrating natural beauty and embracing self worth has… especially as a foundation to your own transformative journey.

• Embracing the full circle of life, including down times

• The scary concept of complacency

• Taking ownership of our lives and our choices

• The importance of doing the pre-work before opening

   the door to the rest of your life

3rd Annual presentation of 10 Categories of Nominees

& Winners for awards that recognize YOU — the brave souls who triumph over fear of facing the camera and show up gloriously for your clients and for yourself.

In her talk, “Photogenic is a Dirty Word”, Meka rips apart misleading concepts, terms and myths that have saturated our culture with a long history of toxic messaging.

Hear Spider’s story and insight into how we can shape our world and create more beauty, navigate power, and embrace therapy. We guarantee you’ll leave feeling lifted up and grateful you connected.

Ben & Sam talk to Spider about how doing portraiture is like being a heart surgeon and that she gets to help people look inwardly.

Debbie & Meka discuss being a heart-centered entrepreneur, and creating a space for people to show up for themselves and as themselves.

Meka shares her journey from corporate life into the world of starting her business . When your job, as wonderful as it may be, feels like it’s stifling your creativity, venturing out on your own can be so liberating.

A delightful addition to your Awards Season line-up! Watch as we give honor to selects from last year’s fabulously photographed faces. Could next year be yours?

Listen to Meka discuss the challenges many of us face while connecting with our own identities and learn how the experience of portrait photography can change the way we see ourselves. 

Ida, Meka and M come together to talk about how they created a space where mothers can be seen for the completeness of who they are, and not just seen as a mom.

SMP has been selected for Giggster’s “Top Portrait Photographers of 2021.

An end-of-year celebration of Portraits and Personal Branding to honor some significant individuals who have graced The Silk Studio! With co-host: Megan Robinson.

Listen to Meka & Tara talk about

“Vulnerability, Truth and the Power of Being Truly Seen”

Catherine digs deep into Meka’s statement that everyone is beautiful in her blog: What face do you show the world?

This platform of womxn-owned businesses highlights how Meka transitioned from celebrity Photoshop-ing to promoting the message of natural beauty portraiture.

Meka educates us on what a portrait is and the many significant ways documenting ourselves elevates our lives in this visual & expository video.

“I remember the 300-point list of why I’m doing this. A person with one reason will give up. A person with a hundred reasons will keep getting up.”