A fun boudoir sample session is now available on our facebook page. Click the photo below…
Margaret’s enthusiasm and joie de vivre comes through strongly in her portrait collection, and I love the way her session illustrates a few very distinct looks you can have during your shoot. Everything from a high couture hairpiece to her partner’s comfy sweater contribute toward a wide range of options for the book she will put together as a gift for her husband.
Some funny photos from our new Portland studio space are now up on the new studio facebook page.
And! Portland gals – if you’re thinking about doing a boudoir session as a Valentine’s day gift, contact me ASAP as there is a two week turnaround time for the sessions. (I can rush production but it would incur additional fees.)
I just sent out the monthly studio newsletter but wanted to share with readers that I am opening the studio for three Saturdays this winter before heading out on maternity leave.
January 28
February 18
March 3
Weekdays are always available by request but still require booking ahead.
Session prices for winter 2012 start at $450. Only three spots available on each date.
Thank you Jennifer, for your spirited endorsement! I’m so glad you enjoyed the personalized in-home boudoir session. You and your husband will hopefully love the photos for years and years to come.
It’s that time of the year when you start to think about what to do for your spouse, fiancé, partner as a special treat…
How about the gift of boudoir?
I’m opening the studio for one-hour sessions on Saturday, January 28. Three slots available, early afternoon times. Session cost is $450 (or $950 with the disc of image files). Hair and makeup styling included.
Real women only please; those with perfect bodies apply elsewhere.
Email me if you’re interested in booking our services.
I’m available on alternate days [weekdays] for private in-home or studio boudoir sessions as well, please email to inquire.
I like this little advert – it manages to be totally sexy but also cute. French music is charming.
Apparently Fifi Chachnil is a hugely enthusiastic stylist, an unconditional fan of the Crazy Horse, and a devoted artist of the female body. Her aim? To give each woman a feeling for HER own beauty, HER distinctive sensuality. Intellectually curious and inspired, Chachnil has worked with the music business, photographers and film-makers, invariably demonstrating the truth of her essential maxim: “To try to be sexy is to be vulgar”
FASCINATING! (source) duly noted: Le Crazy Horse is a strip club, a type of institution I do not endorse or support.
There’s a US version that only made it one season in 2008 (?), but personally I find US host Carson Kressley more difficult to watch than the Gok Wan, the UK host.
What I love about this show is that it shows REAL WOMEN coming to terms with their bodies and learning to appreciate (and flatter) what they have without going to surgery or manipulative photo retouching to feel desirable. There’s a tangible life difference when you get that self-confidence boost – a ripple effect on relationships and quality of life in general, which leads to confidence and success in all areas. I’ve seen this firsthand in the 100+ boudoir sessions I have photographed over the years.
Of course as a photographer, I love that every episode starts with a woman who basically hates her body, and ends with a confident, nude portrait session. It’s thrilling to hear the women talk candidly about how her life is and will be different moving forward now that she has come to terms with her curves and sensuality. We’re talking about a transformation that literally changes lives.
Gok: How are you feeling inside, honestly?
Sonya: Quite proud of myself. You know what I’ve learned today, more than anything… the most terrifying thing you can possibly think of doing, if you just do it, it’s never as bad, never ever ever. It kind of releases all this tension in you and you think “actually, I wonder what else I can do in my life?” You don’t actually have to live your life looking in the mirror and thinking “I hate what I see” – you don’t have to do that.
