In the latest episode of the Empowerography Podcast, I decided to record a solo episode talking about my “why” I am the owner/founder of Visuphoria Photography and The Empowerography Podcast. In this episode I talk about my “why”, giving back, photography, podcasting, finding my purpose and women of strength and inspiration.

My name is Brad Walsh, I was introduced to the world of photography at the young age of 17, and many of you will remember that there was no such thing as a consumer digital camera at that point. A 35mm film camera was the key that helped me discover myself, and something magical.

It was in the High School Darkroom where I saw my visions come to life on photo paper right before my eyes, and it was there that I would begin the journey to become the photographer that I am today. Fast forward 15 years into the digital age, and I have fallen in love with photography all over again.

Photography has been a huge part of my life for a very long time and being a boudoir photographer allows me to do what I absolutely love and give back to women and have an impact through my passion and my love of photography. With Boudoir I want to show women everywhere that they are beautiful, just the way they are. I want to show that the “beauty standard” is actually more about loving oneself than comparing our bodies to other people.

In addition to my boudoir photography business, I am the creator and host of the Empowerography Podcast. I created this podcast in order to provide a platform that enables women’s voices to be heard and to share their stories/journeys and successes in business or life with the hopes of helping other women who may be dealing with or going through similar struggles. I genuinely believe my passion and love for what I do radiates and shines through and that’s what sets ME apart. I am all about helping women feel empowered one episode at a time.

For me the fact that I was raised by two very strong women in my life, both my mother and grandmother raised me up with the values and lessons to respect women ALAYS. Seeing them and what they had to do to make ends meet and especially my mother going back to work to help raise my brother and I after she left my father and my grandmother stepping in to help raise us when my Mom was at work. They gave me an appreciation for women, albeit I was young but these values they instilled in me from a young age have stuck with me to this day. These two women were instrumental in making me the man I am today and were amazing role models for me.

Now being a father/parent myself of two beautiful girls and a husband to a beautiful wife, these 3 women along with my Mother and Grandmother are my “WHY”, my inspiration. I’ve first hand come to experience the struggles they’ve had with a positive body image. Both my daughters were bullied and picked on and seeing the effects this had on them as young kids, then carrying on into their preteen and teenage years and now young adult lives it's horrible that young girls have to go through all that and carry it with them into adulthood.

Their journeys inspired me to create this podcast and that is my "WHY" or at least a big part of it. From early pre-teen years into adulthood, women everywhere struggle with meeting society’s “beauty standard”. So please join me in spreading the word about this mission/collective/movement I am creating to help provide a platform for women to help empower and inspire other women out there in the world.

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Brad Walsh Episode