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WomenInTheValley – Natasha

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Natasha and I connected a few months back and she said to me, “Abhi, this is something I have been planning to do for a long time and never really was able to find the time, but now I am ready.”

If you know Natasha, she has the softest voice and gentlest demeanour. She is a doctor by trade (though she can totally be a model) and usually never wears makeup. She said to me, “I would love to have portraits done but I don’t know how to pose in front of the camera,” and I said, don’t worry Natasha, that’s my job. I am glad she took me up on the offer as she literally blossomed in front of my camera.

This is how she came in the door. Isn’t she beautiful?

After we did her hair and makeup and me posing her :-

I love her attitude of gratitude. In a world when most of us are counting things which we do not posses. Natasha says, “There is so much to be Thankful for in my life. My parents will always be the wind beneath my wings and today it’s my hope that I have made them proud. My partner in wine, food, raising kids and Game of Thrones! My confidante and best buddy, Sandeep my better half for the past 13 years and counting. My pillar of strength who has stood by me through thick and thin. I love him with all my heart. I am so lucky to have two adorable munchkins .The amount of time, patience, energy needed to raise them just unbelievable but so worth it. Last but not the least my brother and in-laws who have always been so very supportive.”

She derives her strength from accepting her mistakes, amending them and moving forward. How many of us are open to doing that?

Her Philosophy in life is, “Live and Let Live. Help others, truly listen to people, be empathetic and make the person in front of you feel better. “

It was only natural that I photograph her with flowers.

Thank You, Natasha for letting me photograph you, your beauty and your essence! It has been a privledge to work with you, know you and hear your thoughts on making the world a better place one person at a time!

I loved creating these portraits with you, for you!

“The portrait for me is to capture the essence of the moment which will never come back. To capture a part of me which I never knew existed.” ~Natasha Devdas

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August 23, 2017February 24, 2019 by Abhi Bhadouriya

WomenInTheValley – Doreen

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“You are not a drop in the Ocean, You are the entire Ocean in a drop.” ~Rumi

I met Doreen through a mutual friend and I am truly grateful to Liz who introduced us. With a heart of pure gold Doreen has a penchant for going out of her way to help other small business owners.

Growing up in a poor family, she learned early on that one has to work hard in life. Combine that with traditional (strict) Hindu upbringing where girls do not enjoy much freedom, she wanted to break all the glass ceilings of tradition and culture, she went against everything that was comfortable.

“The American Dream isn’t just getting a great job but making something of yourself.” ~Doreen

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“I broke the “blue collar” job stereotype that immigrants get labeled with and created a massage company. I didn’t do it alone. I had the help from my then business partner, and kid’s father, Robert Vignoli. I found that true success isn’t just helping people get out of pain but also to lift others up and to help support others in my community.

Don’t let your past define you! All this is possible when you can define true happiness.” ~Doreen

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“I’m a domestic violence survivor but it doesn’t define me. I know what makes me happy; my family, my business, and my support team. My kids were born in 2010 & 2011 and they are my driving force. I want to offer them the voids of my childhood along with the freedom of having a carefree spirit.”

She owns and manages TherapiaLLC . She is on the board of Police Activities League which helps thousands of kids in the San Jose region through their sports programs. She supports many other organizations such as Silicon Valley Cares, NFL Alumni Association, Silicon Valley Pet Project, Next Door Domestic Violence Center.

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June 29, 2017December 20, 2018 by Abhi Bhadouriya

Women in the Valley – Sucheta

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“Its YOUR light that lights the World.” ~ Rumi

The first time we spoke and Sucheta mentioned why she wants to create these portraits –

“I want to create these for my daughter to look at when she misses me… and I want her to have these pictures as glimpse of me and my heritage …”

– I cried and she consoled me! She said, don’t cry I have known this for years, lived with it and in-spite of it for years. So really yes, she was trying to uplift my spirits. Over past few months I have come to realize, that’s Sucheta!

Sucheta suffers from Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension which doesn’t have a cure “yet”… She is on the transplant list and her health is failing, but I have seen that she has not let that define her. She dances to her own tune, sings her own melody and life follows …

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“I listen to my conscious thats basically all I do. I do things which I like to do and don’t do things that I don’t. I keep it simple. I cry freely and I laugh freely. I do not like to judge. I don’t judge others and I don’t judge myself. I do not think about strengths or weakness cause they do not exist. There is a “you” and its one of a kind” !

~ Sucheta Keni

I agree, there’s only one of every one of us!

When she described to me what she wanted me to create, all I could think about were the paintings we grew up with, the oil on canvas, the rich colors, textures. I wanted to create something new – so yes Sucheta (the warrior) , the GOLD canvas was painted for you 🙂 !

She has inspired me in so many ways even though I have known her for a very short while … here’s to many more years of her friendship to come !

“The cause thats close to my heart is research for drugs for Chronic diseases and Rare diseases. Cause going through one myself I feel there is less awareness of them and hence less interest there is for raising funds for research for these diseases.”

Even though I have known you for only a few months, it feels like I have known you forever, and yet, not enough! I get the sense that I have only scratched at the surface of the “mystery called Sucheta”. Since the session I miss our 11 pm exchanges of ideas, can we get started for the next one please 🙂 ….

I am grateful to have met you and hug strength like no other and to be inspired by you to create these… Thank You !

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April 25, 2017December 20, 2018 by Abhi Bhadouriya

Women in the Valley – Rosetta

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I am not a writer but I read somewhere if you want to get good at something you do it consistently and one day you WILL get good at it!

While I still have doubts about my writing skills, I am passionate about this single cause, I want to celebrate each and every single woman on the planet (yeah I know, huge ask) but then baby steps I say to myself – Baby steps!

Today in the series of celebrating women, I want to shine the spotlight on Rosetta.

Her website :- www.rchow.MyRandF.com

People often ask me what do I do, and there is a short answer which is “I am a portrait photographer” and a long answer. I could go on and on with the long answer but to put in a nutshell “I want the everyday women, the moms, the sisters, the grandmoms and girls to see (to really see) how exceptional, intelligent, strong and beautiful they truly are. And I want the people around them to see that their true beauty lies in their resilience, their character, their integrity and not the shape of their body, the size of clothes they wear or the color of their skin.” And to show that, I chose this profession, I want everyday women to come and experience a celebrity style photo-shoot. With all the other factors taken out of the equation when you see yourself in a picture which looks like it belongs on the covers of a magazine – You Change ! You Shift ! You confidence grows multi-folds and then something amazing happens – The people around you start to shift !

Rosetta is a Rodan + Fields Skin consultant and we created these images not just for her social media but also for her to show to her customers, how truly these products work. I love her dedication to her cause as she has been using these products for years now and and you can see how amazing her skin looks in this un-retouched photo …

“I believe that my strength comes from within. The knowledge of knowing that I can change someone’s life for the better is what keeps me going and makes me confident to share and make connections with people. I think one downfall I have is being able to take compliments better when people give them to me. I feel that many people also have this downfall. When we give someone a complement like “oh I love your dress you’re wearing”. What’s usually the response? ” oh this old dress or “I’ve worn it many times before”. Instead of just saying “thank you or thank you for the compliment”. This is something I know I have to work on.”

Well Rosetta, I would say this is something we all may have to work on because as women, we are taught from childhood to be submissive, humble, self-effacing! Not anymore I say, not anymore… lets change so that we can be confident in our skin, aware of our talents and Proud of them !

“Do not ever feel bad about being a confident strong positive woman. As women we need to embrace our confidence. There is a big difference in being confident and being self-centered.” ~ Rosetta Chow

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March 22, 2017December 20, 2018 by Abhi Bhadouriya

WomenInTheValley – Kathryn

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This thought has been with me for a while now – I am a woman and a mom. My portraits focus on the moms in the family more than anything. I want every woman in this world who is hiding from the camera to come forward and own amazing portraits of herself! So when I am surrounded by these amazing everyday women why not share their stories. When a woman says I am mom, she is really saying, she is the chauffeur/scheduler/cleaner/chef/manager/accountant/HR/VP and CEO of her family. These are not easy hats to wear and anyone who has been in her shoes knows that!

So here is my celebration of #WomenInTheValley – The everyday women who you see in your neighborhood and are “so much MORE.”

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Kathryn, has a Bachelors in Math and an MBA in Finance. She has spent time in the banking and trust industry as well as in the high tech industry as a financial analyst. She is a wife to a wonderful husband and mom of three teenage kids. She is a problem solver and finds her work with Profit Trackers (as a bookkeeping specialist preparing financial reports, sales tax and payroll tax returns for her bookkeeping clients) fulfilling.

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In her own words, “Education has always been important to me, but in particular a cause close to my heart is the education of children with special needs. I have spent a lot of time volunteering with the local school district advocating for children of special needs and helping other parents understand the strength they have as a parent. No one can ever be a better advocate for a child than his/her own parents. Having a child with special needs, I learned early on in her education that when you dedicate yourself to your role as parent advocate, you find the strength to speak up and deal with difficult situations. That strength comes from the love you have for your child”.

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One thing that she will share with other women : “Expectations of women to have a career and raise a family have grown in the last 30 years, but for me it was not a matter of choosing one over the other, but in doing whatever worked best for me and my family at each stage in our lives. I want to share that it’s ok to ignore pressures to be everything to everyone and put yourself and your family first.”

She is Beautiful and Strong.

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February 3, 2017December 20, 2018 by Abhi Bhadouriya

Women in the Valley | Sixty is Fabulous!

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Phyllis is an inspiration to me personally. She is sixty years old and fabulous! I could not believe that she had never – ever had her portraits done (well as far back as she could remember)! She was an air-hostess and is retired now but she has travelled to countries I have only dreamed of going to one day.

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So needless to say I had to get her to come into the studio. She was so excited by the idea of her own magazine style shoot, that to my delight, she immediately said “Yes, lets do this!” Her energy is contagious, its hard not be with her in the same room and not be affected by it.

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She also was celebrating her personal achievement, which to me is awesome. Anyone who knows me knows that I have struggled with weight half my life. It goes down and goes back up… typical yo-yo of a plus sized person. Well, she was 60-70 pounds heavier than what she is right now. She told me, she decided one day that she is not going to be a plus sized woman anymore and that day she started walking… just walking. She ate right and walked, walked every two hours around our neighbourhood for 15 mins (15 mins every two hours.)

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I see her walking when its hot and sunny and not even a fly would venture out, she walks with her hat. When its raining she walks with an umbrella. With sheer determination she not only achieved her target but went past it, but that didnt stop her, I still see her walking everyday – “Its become a way of life for me now.” (she tells me)

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She taught me that age is just a number in your head and no matter what your goals are if you set a target and march straight to it, you will achieve success.

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Isn’t she beautiful?

Phyllis (Air Hostess)

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August 21, 2016December 20, 2018 by Abhi Bhadouriya

Portrait Shoot | Prachi

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Prachi is a long time friend. She is one of those kindred spirits whom you meet and can form an instant connection with. When I met Prachi, we were at the same stage of our lives, recently married and moved across the Pacific looking forward to the start of a new chapter in our lives and what a journey has it been so far!

Prachi is multi-talented ~ she excels in her corporate job, volunteers at schools and has a passion for food.

She has these classical good looks and got this red dress which took me instantly into old world portraits and I had to try these ….

And the light was as beautiful as the model that afternoon

I asked Prachi to give me 5 fun facts about her which people generally dont know of. Here is what she had to say ….

1. I have a naughty side that very few know of.

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2. I am an “equalist”, not a feminist.

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3. I am a problem solver – be it technical or otherwise.

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4. Cooking is my stress buster. Baking brings out the creative side of me.

5. I will do anything to get a good cup of coffee 😀

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The experience of an Abhishikhaa Bhadouriya Portrait Session in Prachi’s words :

“I am an Indian woman in her mid 30s. Culturally, taking care of myself always come last! There’s always something or someone to take care of. But I am also a woman of this century, so I am learning to put myself ahead – and that was what I did with this glam photo shoot.

I wanted a day that is not like any other day, a day where I could do something I don’t normally do, a day where I could be edgy, glamorous, sexy all at once. It was a day where I pushed the envelope and tried out a very glam make up and hair and trendy wardrobe – the whole shebang – and guess what, it was hot.

I felt pampered and naughty and sexy, and I gotta tell you, the look on my family’s faces when I returned told me it was all worth it. Thank you, Abhi! “

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July 19, 2016December 20, 2018 by Abhi Bhadouriya

ABOUT ABHI

My name is Abhishikhaa(Abhi) Bhadouriya and I am a portrait photographer.

My style is Luxury, Comtemporary Portraiture – Vanity Fair Style for the EveryDay Women.

The out of the magazine style is no longer reserved for models and celebrities.
You can have your very own magazine style shoot worthy of pages of Vogue!

I have photographed everyone from newborns to 60 year old’s, families to corporate and personal branding.

Everyone is beautiful in their own way. But not everyone knows how to pose in front of a camera so that this beauty is captured. During my sessions I will direct you and pose you so that your inner beauty shines through. I bring out that is already there in you – a light that shines in every soul!

I invite you to come and have a session with me. No two sessions are the same. Each is custom designed with you and only you in mind.

June 29, 2016July 15, 2016 by Abhi Bhadouriya