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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Hello this is Hedley Jones, Cherie Steinberg’s partner and husband at the Boudoir Café. Our style is that we shoot side-by-side and are a part of the show! It’s 2017 and we have been shooting at The Boudoir Café exclusively for about 4 years at our studio in #beverlyhills, but we are also very much open to destination shoots. Our local area of travel from Los Angeles includes Las Vegas and San Fransisco, but we are open to any romantic …
YES IT IS TRUE. TO DO A BOUDOIR SHOOT AND GET ICONIC, ARTFUL IMAGES OF YOURSELF IS A MUST. A TOTAL, BUCKET LIST MUST! WITH WELL OVER 50 YELP TESTIMONIALS OF WHY THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING FOR ALL WOMEN TO DO, THE QUESTION IS WHY HAVEN’T YOU? I KNOW, IT’S BECAUSE YOU FEEL YOUR BODY IS NOT UP TO SNUFF, YOU’RE FEELING FATTER THAN NORMAL, YOUR CONFIDENCE IS NOT THAT GREAT, YOU’RE NERVOUS AND SCARED TO GO TO A PHOTOGRAPHER …
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 …
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 …
Top 10 Boudoir Props to Enhance the Beauty of your Boudoir Photos As explained in our post about the history of boudoir photography, props and accessories started to be incorporated into the images and tasteful photography around the 1940s. The list of boudoir props is endless but we composed a list of our top 10 favorites that are most easily used during glamour photo shoots, but easily accessible. While a boudoir photo of a female with a horse or elephant …
