12 women. 12 stories. 12 awakenings.
THE RECLAMATION PROJECT
what are you ready to reclaim?
I’m looking for 12 women to be part of The Reclamation Project — a portrait experience for women who are ready to stop waiting for some future version of themselves.
Maybe you’ve been waiting until you lose the weight.
Until you feel more confident.
Until your body changes.
Until life settles down.
Until you have a “good enough” reason to do something entirely for you.
What if you don’t need another reason?
What if the woman you are right now is already worth celebrating, photographing, remembering?
Maybe you’re ready to reclaim your confidence.
Your body.
Your sensuality.
Your voice.
Your identity outside of who you are for everyone else.
Maybe you can’t even fully name it yet.
You just know there’s a part of you that’s been a little too quiet for a little too long.
This project is about bringing HER back.
She was never gone. She was waiting for you.
maybe you didnt' lose her.
maybe she just got quiet.
The Reclamation Project is a limited portrait project created for 12 women who are ready to take something back.
Maybe you did everything right.
You built the life. Loved the people. Raised the babies. Built the career. Kept the appointments. Took care of the house. Remembered what everybody needed.
Checked every damn box.
And somewhere in all that doing, loving, giving, and becoming everything to everyone else… you got a little harder to find.
Not all at once.
Maybe you gave little pieces of yourself away one yes at a time.
This isn’t about becoming a different woman.
It’s about reconnecting with the woman who has been there all along.
The bold one.
The soft one.
The sensual one.
The woman who takes up space.
The woman who stopped waiting for permission.
The woman who deserves to see herself as more than all the roles she fills for everyone else.
WHAT IS THE RECLAMATION PROJECT?
You are allowed to want yourself back.
IF YOU'RE SELECTED
As one of the 12 women chosen for The Reclamation Project, you’ll receive:
Selected participants receive more than $1,250 in Reclamation Project benefits.
You’ll still place a booking payment when reserving your date, but every dollar of that payment will go directly toward your portrait collection.
YOUR $300 SESSION RETAINER - WAIVED
Selected Reclamation Project participants receive a $1,000 credit toward the artwork collection of their choice.
A $1,000 ARTWORK CREDIT
COMPLIMENTARY ARTIST-SIGNED MATTED 5×7 PORTRAIT - $200 VALUE
I’ll personally select one of my favorite images from your session, professionally print and mat it, then sign it as the artist before it leaves the studio.
A little piece of your Reclamation experience, chosen by me and created especially for you.
COMPLIMENTARY WHITE SHEETS BONUS SET - $250 VALUE
A classic boudoir look Marmalade clients have loved for years. It's simple, sexy, and timeless - just like you!
IF YOU'RE SELECTED
As one of the 12 women chosen for The Reclamation Project, you’ll receive:
YOUR $300 SESSION RETAINER - WAIVED
A $1,000 ARTWORK CREDIT
You’ll still place a booking payment when reserving your date, but every dollar of that payment will go directly toward your portrait collection.
Selected Reclamation Project participants receive a $1,000 credit toward the artwork collection of their choice.
I’ll personally select one of my favorite images from your session, professionally print and mat it, then sign it as the artist before it leaves the studio.
A little piece of your Reclamation experience, chosen by me and created especially for you.
COMPLIMENTARY ARTIST-SIGNED MATTED 5×7 PORTRAIT - $200 VALUE
COMPLIMENTARY WHITE SHEETS BONUS SET - $250 VALUE
A classic boudoir look Marmalade clients have loved for years. It's simple, sexy, and timeless - just like you!
Selected participants receive $1,750 in Reclamation Project benefits.
This is where she comes back into focus.
LET’S TALK MONEY, BECAUSE I DON’T DO SURPRISES.
The Reclamation Project is not a free photography experience.
If selected, you’ll receive $1,750 in Reclamation Project benefits, including a $1,000 credit toward the Photo Collection of your choice.
Portrait collections begin at $1,500 after your $1,000 project credit is applied. A $200 booking payment reserves your session date and is applied directly toward your collection balance.
Collections include your finished images and, depending on the collection you choose, may also include physical artwork and additional session experiences.
Reclamation Project participants also receive exclusive extended payment plans that may run for up to 90 days after your session date, making it easier to spread your investment out over time.
You’ll receive the complete collection menu and payment details before you commit to a session date.
No weird surprises. No “gotcha” pricing. Just clear expectations from the start.
You'll never see yourself the same way again.
WHO I'M LOOKING FOR
I’m looking for women who are ready to feel something different.
This is for you if...
Maybe you’re reclaiming yourself after a major life change, motherhood, divorce, weight loss, an empty nest, a changing body, or years of putting yourself last.
Maybe you’re tired of saying, “Someday.”
Maybe you miss the woman you used to be.
Maybe you’re ready to meet a version of yourself you haven’t fully stepped into yet.
You don’t need a dramatic story to apply.
You just need something you’re ready to reclaim.
You want to reconnect with your femininity, confidence, sensuality, softness, boldness — or all of the above.
You want to see yourself differently.
Or you simply read:
What are you ready to reclaim?
…and immediately knew your answer.
Maybe it's time to bring Her back.
MEET YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER
Your photographer, pose coach and professional hype woman.
I'm Marinda
Hi, Gorgeous,
I have specialized in photographing women for more than seventeen years, and I believe this work is exactly what I was placed here to do.
Not simply to take pretty photographs.
To help women reconnect with themselves.
That’s part of why Reclamation feels so personal to me.
I’ve spent 2025 and 2026 reclaiming little pieces of myself I didn’t even realize I had lost. As physical weight came off my body, emotional weight started coming off too. Confidence. Identity. Femininity. My voice.
And somewhere along the way, I realized I needed to reclaim my business, too.
I had started letting algorithms, trends, competition, and outside noise have too much say in how I showed up. I started questioning things I used to know in my bones—my work, my value, my voice.
I’m done with that.
I’m reclaiming Marmalade, too.
The Reclamation Project is deeply personal because I’m not standing on the other side asking women to reclaim themselves.
I’m right here doing it with you.
What are you ready to reclaim?
Your boudoir images are private and will never be shared without your separate permission.
Because The Reclamation Project is a storytelling project, each participant will be photographed for one non-intimate Reclamation Portrait — a close-up, fully covered image — that will be featured in the project gallery alongside a few short reflections about what reclamation means to her.
Participation in the public Reclamation Project gallery is completely optional, but highly encouraged.
No lingerie or intimate images are required to be shared as part of your participation.
Your privacy matters.
There is no fee to apply.
Submitting an application does not obligate you to book a session.
I’ll personally review every application and select 12 women for the Reclamation Project.
Tell me a little about yourself below.
Most importantly…
Reclamation Project sessions are photographed on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Marmalade Boudoir studio in Columbus, Indiana. Please make sure weekday availability works for you before applying.
Tell me what you're ready to reclaim.
APPLY FOR THE RECLAMATION PROJECT
