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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HELLO LOVES, I am so so so excited because VALENTINES DAY IS SOON! Everyone at The Boudoir Café loves this holiday – and, with a little boudoir photo magic, you definitely will, too! The Boudoir Café is currently booking for #ValentinesDay. Tired of the boring old chocolate and flowers for your boy? Want to make him more warm and bubbly than Champagne? Surprise him with the sexiest #VDayGift. Consider some sexy, professional pics of you from The Boudoir Café!! …
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Hello Chickadees! I hope everyone has had a wonderful holiday season and A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR. But just because the holiday season is over doesn’t mean that gift-giving is over! A very, very important holiday is coming up: Valentine’s Day! And while we at The Boudoir Café like chocolate and flowers and wine and dine as much as any other girl. We believe in something a little more sexy is preferable for this romantic holiday. Sure, you can treat …
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Buying a Christmas #gift can be tough. And, if you’re not getting your loved one a Boudoir Café photo package, gifting can be even tougher. Lucky for you – we have yet another wonderful #gift solution! (Which works perfectly in tandem with a Boudoir Café photo shoot…) My lovely friend, Carla Vaz de Almeida, makes wonderful, hand-crafted shoes. Her company, Lisbon Shoemakers, is getting attention for its elegance (and its edge) in their one-of-a-kind creations. Like the Boudoir Café, Lisbon …
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Okay, we’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: curvy is beautiful. Girls, your curves are the reasons men drool after you. Men don’t have curves. They’re all angles, squares, and straight lines. The soft curves of your body are fascinating to them, they crave to get to know the wonders of them. That being said, sometimes we want to tone up. Sometimes, we don’t feel too comfortable with every single centimeter of our curves. And that isn’t a problem. Yes, …
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I think we all remember the first time, as little girls, when we tried on high heels. We stumbled like baby giraffes, trying to emulate the way we saw our mothers walk. And later, as teens, it was runway models we had in mind as we slipped on strappy stilettos. And, of course, there is a reason for this. When we saw our mothers walk in high heels, we admired her stature and her grace as our first role models. …
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Hi beautiful, boudoir divas! The Boudoir Café photoshoot package doesn’t just include a photoshoot. It includes a full hair, makeup, and general pampering! It’s what we call our Queen for a Day session and love treatment! We all work so hard, every day, that we deserve to treat ourselves and relax. Guys, there’s no reason to gift her just a regular spa day. And girls, there’s no reason why you should settle for even giving yourself such a small, few-hour lasting treat. …
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Happy autumn darlings! Sooo not only is The Boudoir Cafe the #1 best boudoir photographer in LA, we also happen to be one of the top general photographers as well! Yes, our boudoir is renowned — but so is the work of our other photo studio, CherieFoto. My style — and indeed the style of Hedley and everyone on our wonderful team — tends to the innovative, the imaginative, the whimsical, and (often) reaches into the deep recesses of the …
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