We ask SO many (like soooooooooooooooooo many. so. so. many.) questions to our clients during the planning and preparation stage of their boudoir session. 

What images are you most drawn to?

Are there any props you plan on bringing?

What kind of snacks and beverages would you like to have at your session?

Have you ever had your hair and makeup done before?

What has prompted you to book this boudoir session? 

That last question is often answered with stories of anniversaries, weddings, life milestones, birthdays, etc. A lot of times this boudoir session is done with the goal of gifting the images to a current significant other (or future!!! Bc you just NEVER KNOW). However, even though my lovely clients speak about gifting the images, most (read: all) of the time the underlying and real reason that they have booked a boudoir session is for themselves.

Cue the whole 'How Stella got her groove back' soundtrack on repeat. 

Part of your boudoir session is sitting with me (Sarah!) and selecting your images. After doing this for the better part of a decade I started to notice a trend... so many of my clients are choosing images with the thought of someone else in mind. They leave images of themselves that they've fallen in love with on the cutting room floor in order to select ones that someone else will fall in love with. Of course they love the images we choose together, but I wanted to figure out a way for all current or future parties to be happy!

Enter the Little Black Book. 

Starting last week I've created an option for my clients to not only have amazing images that they love to gift to someone else but to ALSO have images that they'd love to gift to themselves! 

The Little Black Book is a 5x5 album that is available as a $250 add-on to any of the image purchases my clients make. It is also available complimentary to some of our bundled collections of albums and digitals! Woot woot! 

Think of it as a perfect way for you to not have to leave any images behind, a way to create the perfect 'travel' album, a way to be generous when you meet someone deserving, a way for you to keep some of the –ahem– dirtier images in their own separate book, or a way for you to keep your favorites close by at all times for when you need a little "HELL YES I AM HOT AS F***" pick-me-up. 

Either way... it's just for you! 

Treat yo' self, 

Sarah

As summer winds down to an end (and with it the summer wedding season) I am already mentally existing in the excitement of fall. It helps that my birthday is in October and I like to celebrate my birthday for the entire season. 

Of course there is also FALL wedding season to look forward to and that means that there are fall bridal-boudoir sessions to look forward to! For all of you that are considering a 'for his eyes only' type of wedding gift a Bridal Boudoir session is just for you! Read below to hear about one client's experience, and the reconfirmation that I make you get into uncomfortable positions in order to capture the best photo!

1) How old are you... or if you prefer, who were you listening to at age 14 :)?

30

2) What do you do for a living?

Nurse… studying to be a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner 

3) What/who made you decide to book a boudoir session?

I chose to do a boudoir session to give my husband something special and sexy for our wedding day.  I wanted something for his eyes only that would be tasteful and give him something to think about all day leading up to our first look!  I also wanted to do it for myself, because you’re only young once!

4) Did you have any obstacles or fears about boudoir?

I don’t consider myself “sexy” and was afraid I wouldn’t look as good in my photos as some of the others I had seen.

5) Why did you choose OWN? 

Because I remembered you from college and had seen some of your work on social media!  And had seen some of your work with my friends.  When I researched other boudoir photographers, I realized you are the BEST so it was an easy choice.

6) How was the actual session different from what you expected (if at all)?

You gave a ton of direction, which I loved.  You told me exactly what to do so that there was no guessing.  I did not realize I would have to hold such uncomfortable positions for so long!

7) What was your favorite part of the entire experience? (priming, the shoot, seeing images, giving the images..etc) 

The shoot was a lot of fun!  Also, getting the images and sharing them with my friends and with my husband was fun!

8) How has the response been to your images?

My husband says they were so sexy and he looked through the book like 30 times to take it all in haha. He loved it.

9) What is your advice for women interested in such a session?

Get your hair and makeup done, and wear whatever makes you feel pretty!!!! 

10) Did anything change about the way you see your own beauty as a result of this session?

 Not really that I can think o!!!!!