Is there a Difference Between Beauty -inspired Personal Portraits and Boudoir-style Photography? There is a difference and it encompasses an entire range of ideas and what is possible. Actually, the ideas and feelings and “the why” we are doing a given photo is endless, and therefore, very exciting. There is Boudoir photography and there is a portrait and between there is what is called Glamour. This leaves the stage open to anything and everything. The middle of this story is …
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We are always striving to create amazing photos for our clients and this post all of what we do with our highly specialized retouching!! We first strive to do great pics in the camera while shooting, so our retouching is all about enhancement rather than correction. That is our philosophy! Here is a small sampling of before-and-after photos. This will give you an idea of what can be done. We love to make the dreams of our clients a reality. …
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I cannot tell you how many women have come to us and told us that this #boudoirphotoshoot was at the top of their #bucketlist! It is something that you will never forget and something that you will be so happy about! You bit the bullet and called, and guess what, you’ll end up with the experience of lifetime. Let us take iconic images of you so that you will forever have them in your treasure chest. Every single one of …
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In these days of really fast changes and memories going by so fast, and with the explosion of short videos for social media, I am really thrilled to be a still photographer; don’t get me wrong, I find myself shooting more and more videos for clients who are asking for it but it also forces me to make more compelling images that tell a story — emotional portraits. This is what we try to portray with our Boudoir Café images. Cherie and …
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WHAT YOU NEED FOR A SUCCESSFUL BOUDOIR SHOOT There are always things that look amazing on film and so I thought I would write this blog to explain how it works. Certain props and attitudes have to come with you on the day of. My first recommendation whoever you shoot with is to get professional make-up. Make-up artists are just that Artists. They spend their life thinking about how to make you beautiful and the best products and contouring, which …
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BOOKING A BOUDOIR SESSION WITH US! IT IS TOTALLY OK TO BE NERVOUS. Most girls are because after all most of us are not in front of the camera for a living! Also, you are going outside of your comfort zone! I promise you that once you get to our studio and talk to us for a few minutes, the nervousness will totally disappear and it will blend into an, “OMG I am having …
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Here at The Boudoir Café, we are very excited that through our photography we also work on empowering the women that we shoot. We know that most of the photos on our website look like models but the truth is they are just regular women of all backgrounds and sizes!! From start to finish we pamper our clients make them feel totally beautiful. From our expert makeup artists to picking the finished very high end products it is all a …
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We have been shooting a lot and posting so little 🙁 Sorry, w e’ve been uber busy making artwork of our amazing clientele and sending it all over the world! Such an exciting thing to do includes creating iconic images for our girls and then making art of them to be printed and placed on many a fabulous wall around the globe. We have been shooting so many new clients and interesting things are from couples boudoir to many …
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It suddenly occurred to me as we were shooting our most recent clients this week, that Cherie and I have a very unique shooting style. We shoot side-by-side with different cameras and different lenses and we get two different perspectives at the same time using a combination. Flash and Continuous Light We are constantly pushing to get the next great shot. All the while making the clients get over their fears of being the subject and being photographed we create a …
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We have been getting a lot of men calling us and asking for us to shoot their wives and girlfriends. And, it has been a really great feature for us. We love connecting with the recipients of these shoots and hearing from them afterwards. We like the painters to be involved if it is not a surprise and, “Hello boys,” you all know that you want these pics for you! I have many male clients that area the reason their …
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