Exciting news, boudoir fans!! The Boudoir Café was featured on the popular current news website, The Daily Beast! : Journalist Samantha Allen was kind enough to contact me and The Boudoir Café team as prime contributors to her article, “How Boudoir Photos Are Redefining Sexy.” The article itself is lovely, and has a lot of good words to say about boudoir by those who have participated and been changed by it; and by boudoir photographers (including Hedley and myself!) …
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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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This is the year to celebrate yourself. After seeing all the images we took for our clients in 2016, we are convinced that the very best way to do something amazing for yourself is to make sure you get a lifetime of cherished pics. They make a fabulous gift for your husband or boyfriend and bring on your sexy! I am convinced this is one of the best ways for a woman to feel fabulous about themselves and sustain that …
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Whether you come to us for a sexy boudoir shoot or a looking fabulous personal portrait the results are the same! We are here to empower and make you feel so special and beautiful it is a crime not to do this for yourself! Society seems overloaded with images and ideas what it means to look perfect, sexy and beautiful. Just because you are not a size 2 or weigh a certain amount doesn’t make you any less beautiful than …
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The History of Boudoir Photography Boudoir photography has picked up in popularity over the past several years, but there are still those who consider sexy images of the female for to be taboo or inappropriate. To understand the beauty behind that art of boudoir photos and photography, you must know the history. Boudoir art started to come about in the 1920s as an alternative to the illegal activity of nude photographs. As we know from Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, “well behaved …
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Bridal Boudoir Photography There has been a trend for gifting new husbands after the wedding that has become super popular; bridal boudoir photography. Unlike the previous photos and selfies you have sent your significant other, a professional should take your bridal boudoir photos. Many wedding photographers will offer bridal boudoir shoots as an added service, but if your photographer doesn’t offer this service, then most cities offer photographers who specialize in this boudoir photography style. Keep in mind that while these are …
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Lingerie for Every Body — literally! Lingerie is meant to make a woman feel sexier, but what happens if she doesn’t feel sexy in her own skin due to her physical appearance? The solution is quite simple, lingerie! With so many styles, fabrics and cuts there is a lingerie style for every body type that will accentuate what makes you most beautiful and help hide those things you’re less than happy with. Our friends at 3Wishes have a broad array …
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The Boudoir Café, Cherie and Hedley could not be more excited to be on the stage with a photo legend Yervant for the Graphi Studio/Yervant Photography Symposium, with some of the without a doubt great photographers in the photo world! And then, they invited us! We cannot wait to speak about our Boudoir photography and our techniques and insights to what we do and how we do it in Seattle, presenting on July 19th at the Alexis Hotel ~ 1007 …
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I wanted to give a special shout out to Nikon NPS for sponsoring us on a recent talk at the Mystic Seminars for a conference in Portland, OR. We had what I would say was the “Best Time Ever” and it was only because Nikon believed in us as speakers and educators that it happened. Also, a special Shout-out to Mike Corrado, Nikon NPS, who has become a very special friend and part of our family as Nikon people often …
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More exciting news!! Hedley and I will be speaking at the 2016 Wedding & Portrait Photography International Expo! And NOT ONLY will we be speaking, we will be teaching a MASTER CLASS. The Boudoir Café’s class, “The Crazy, Sexy Art of Boudoir!”, will be in session on Wednesday, March 9 from 3:30 to 5:30PM! The WPPI expo will be held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas from March 7th through 9th this year. This is very special because WPPI …
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