HOW TO FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR BOUDOIR IMAGES
Your boudoir session is top of mind and you are looking for ways to ensure you really love these photos. It’s an investment! And like anything else worth doing, it will require some work from you. Here are 5 things you can do to ensure that you fall in love with your boudoir images.
1 - READ THE BOUDOIR GUIDE
This is listed first for a reason, you can not skip this!!! After you are officially booked [proposal complete, contract signed, deposit paid] you will receive the PDF version of the boudoir guide. [private session babes will also receive a printed copy via snail mail] This guide is FULL OF INFORMATION : what to expect, how to prep your nails and hair, suggestions on where to shop for outfits, the posing guide (with step by step instructions on how to move through 5 boudoir poses), frequently asked questions, and a checklist to make sure nothing gets missed. Read this guide from front to back, back to front, side to side, repeat as needed. Read it early, and read it often. Getting familiar with this information will start to suppress some of the nerves that might pop up because you are fully prepared!
2 - PRACTICE POSING
I’m gonna get right to the point : Practicing these poses will give your body the chance to get familiar with these shapes so you feel less awkward doing them. It also helps you strengthen your mind-body connection. Some of these shapes can be difficult to get into and will require some physical work from your body*. Doing them for the first time, at your session, in front of my camera will probably feel overwhelming. Giving yourself the time to practice at home, in front of a mirror or recording yourself on your phone, can make you feel all the more born to do this! The posing guide is here to help you! Located in your client portal, it breaks down 5 boudoir poses through step by step instructions so you can practice before your session.
Finally LEAN IN! If there was ever a time to leap outside your comfort zone, try new things, be vulnerable AF - this is it! Don’t overthink what anything looks like and do your best to drop into the feeling of it all; get out of your head and into your gut. It has incredible, life-changing benefits.
*Here are BARE, we pose for mobility; modifications and advancements are always offered and honored. All poses can be done in different variations for different bodies. All bodies can succeed during a boudoir experience. Each session is unique and personalized to you.
3 - INVEST IN QUALITY LINGERIE
I highly suggest prioritizing one quality piece of lingerie. Something that you have had your eye on and you know won’t threaten to fall apart after one wear, looking at you SHEIN! Investing in something of high quality will mean it’s made better and will provide a better fit. You can even opt to get something fitted and sewn for your own body.
For your session, bring more than you need. Having that extra insurance will ease your mind should something dramatic happen to on of your pieces. Make sure you try them on, multiple times, leading up to your session. You should even be practicing your posing in them! See how they move around on your body, how your body looks as you move around while wearing the pieces. Get familiar with your outfits!
The client closet is available to all clients. It has a variety of pieces of different styles and sizes, from body suits to pasties. I encourage clients to only use the client closet as a supplement to an outfit that they bought but didn’t love. Do not come empty handed, expecting the client closet to have exactly what you need; but let’s manifest it has exactly what you never knew you needed.
4 - DON’T SKIP ON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
At almost every single session I am able to visually witness the confidence level of my clients increase after they get their hair and makeup done. When she hops off the glam chair and steps in front of the mirror, her face lights up; she can’t help but surrender to the giant grin that is taking over her face. She tousles her hair and she is ready to slip into some lingerie :)
It is incredible what our glam team can do to provide that intense boost of confidence. Creative direction is fully up to you! You can opt for full on glam moment or take a more natural look. We will consider the color of the outfits you will be wearing and what your everyday relationship with makeup already is. Our team will support and guide you to feeling and looking your absolute best. Because who doesn’t want to look hot AF?!
Hair styling and makeup services are included in all sessions.
5 - BE YOURSELF!
My last and final tip on how to make sure you love your images is to be yourself. Make sure you are doing this session for the right reasons. Ask yourself if you are ready to take this next step in your journey, will this be a helpful or harmful experience based on where you are in your mental space. Being in a positive, open-minded, healing headspace can offer up live changing experiences. This can only happen by being your truest self, exactly who you are meant to be.
Allow your personality to come out and shine during your session. You do not have to try and be something that you are not. If you are a more gentle or goofy person, we don’t need to try and turn you into a dominatrix, we can come at it with a softer vibe. If you’re a natural sex kitten, I’ll bust out the handcuffs ;) Whatever your natural essence is, we lean into it hard.
Feeling like you are ready to book a session?!