Shopping for lingerie can be such a pain.

paiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin. 

Yea, that beautiful bodysuit looks incredible on the model with her long flowing locks and perfectly bronzed skin… but will it look good on YOU? Will it look great for your boudoir session after you’ve worked an entire day that started with a brand new monster-pimple and a 45min 1.3mile drive? Will it fit your butt and your boobs in the EXACT way that you need it to? Will it help you create a gorgeous set of boudoir images, or will it be regretable

It’s so hard to tell, so here is an example (the first in a long line of examples) of what lingerie can look like when purchased and used for your boudoir session! What looks terrible on the hanger can look INCREDIBLE in photographs! 

Here is one of the bodysuits currently offered by Victoria's Secret: 

This body suit is wonderful for bigger busts. The high neck really elongates the torso and the wider bust straps help conceal!

And here is that same bodysuit... but it is photographed in my studio by me! It totally works :) 

Today I received that question during one of my in-person consults. 

It isn't the first time I've received that question, and honestly I'm surprised that it doesn't get asked as often as "Can I please have some champagne (or a shot of tequila) before I get stripped down to my lingerie?". 

Of course, the answer to both questions is 'yes' and 'yes'! I will say, we'll take it easy on the tequila during your boudoir session, but we will make SURE you are a real-woman-model. Why can't we combine the terms 'real woman' and 'model'? The clients that are featured on my website have given me permission to showcase their images because they felt incredibly beautiful, sensual, and modelesque. If the goal of a model is to sell you on something, then I would say that they have graduated to the job-title of 'Model'... or dare I say 'Supermodel'?? :) 

These women have found such joy in their images, in their experience, and in themselves that they sometimes will beg me to show them off. I'm like "oh yes girl absolutely!!!'. When I have someone ask me if the women on my website are models it makes me want to email all of my featured clients and suggest a career change. 

I imagine it would go something like this:

"Hey Nancy!!!! Just wanted to let you know that someone took you for a model today. You may want to quit being an orthopedic surgeon/saving lives and pursue some print-ads for Victoria's secret." 

While I am completely flattered that bits of my work could be mistaken for a modeling gig, it is more flattering to my clients that others see such a classic form of beauty and sensuality in them. My clients are moms, teachers, surgeons, newlyweds, independent-women-that-don't-need-nobody, accountants, lawyers, and all around HUMAN. If the result is that they end up feeling and looking like a model, then cool. The ultimate goal, however, is for them (and YOU the viewer) too see their OWN individual beauty in a way they never have.