We often hear that we should love ourselves first, but what does that really mean? Furthermore, how can we do it? For me, a recent boudoir photo shoot rekindled that feeling. Boudoir photography is about so much more than just taking sexy pictures. With the best boudoir photographers, it’s about celebrating your body, your unique style of femininity, and loving yourself just the way you are. My experience with boudoir photography was transformative. Not only did I walk away with …
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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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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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We have become well aware that men want their wives and girlfriends to do a boudoir shoot, whether the girls know this or not! The men love-LOVE-love to have these little goodies on their phone to look at while the day drags on or when they are traveling. Imagine, photos of you on-hand is a must! So men, we know you want it so let’s get on it!! We will make the best package possible to make your girls feel …
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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 …
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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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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 …
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Here at The Boudoir Café we are always striving to do new and exciting things in the form of making very cool artwork for them! Actually doing this kind of work has also attracted galleries from around the world that love our work and are not selling it worldwide. With all that said it really started with our desire and excitement to make exciting things for our clients. Not just the same old boudoir shots and poses and photos. So, …
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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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