We can’t WAIT to get our new boudoir sample album from Graphi Studio! Graphi is going to have some REALLY exciting news coming soon – we can’t give away too much, but just know that it has to do with boudoir photography and the Boudoir Divas. 🙂 It MIGHT also have something to do with this album sample that we’re waiting to receive. Ok, enough hints. Here is our album design for one of our favorite clients – Miss Sarah. We wanted to give you a little teaser and share a few of her album spreads with you. We’ll most definitely share more pics when we receive our sample album, AND we’ll also keep you updated as soon as we’re allowed to share the exciting news from Graphi!
PS – if you’d like to get this look for your boudoir books, check out The Boudoir Divas’ Tres Tres Chic boudoir album templates!
Drumroll, please…. awwwww, yeah…. it’s the LAST BOUDOIR DIVAS WORKSHOP OF 2011!!!! (In the United States, that is). 🙂 As you may already know, we do have a few crazy travels coming up in the next few months (New Zealand & Spain!)… you can see us there this fall. BUT, if you’d like – this is the FINAL workshop of 2011.
DATES: September 13-14 ***NOTE: THIS WORKSHOP HAS SOLD OUT! 🙂
DAY ONE: Covering shooting style, lighting, posing, demo shoot and hands on practice using our equipment and 2 of our favorite sets! You will be able to shoot “models” to build your boudoir portfolio. Some one on one shooting with models as well as small group shoot settings.
DAY TWO: Covering marketing, pricing/packages, post-processing, and more – all about the boudoir business! You’ll also get 1-on-1 time (ten minutes) with either Marissa or Kimberlee to identify the next steps to implement with your business.
HOW TO SIGN UP: 50% deposit ($600) to lock-in your spot. (Click here to sign up & pay the deposit now!)
LIGHTING: If you like our boudoir images, you’ll probably notice that a huge part of our style is all wrapped up in the lighting that we use. Lighting is SOOOO important for boudoir, and over the past six years of having THE premier boudoir studio in Southern California, we have developed a lot of tips and tricks for boudoir lighting. It is absolutely essential to learn how to light a woman in a flattering way, to show off her best assets, and maybe even minimizing some of the areas she may not want to emphasize quite so much. At the boudoir workshop, we’re going to show you the simple lighting recipes that we’ve created for our boudoir clients. We’ll be focusing mainly on our favorite lighting set-up (what we call our ‘hot lights’), and then you’ll also have an opportunity to work with natural light and video light.
POSING: Ah, yes, boudoir posing. First off, I think we all know that when it comes to boudoir, this is NOT something that just ‘happens.’ If you can think back to your first boudoir session that you shot, you might say that posing was one of the MOST difficult aspects of the boudoir session (don’t you agree?) Your typical client is not a professional model; she’s an everyday woman who does not know how to pose or ‘be sexy’ in front of the camera… and as the photographer, it is your job to coach her through the entire boudoir photography experience. We created our Posebook a few years ago simply because we kept receiving emails from photographers, asking for advice on how to pose their boudoir clients. Even though posing can be quite difficult at first, we don’t want you to be overwhelmed! We want to empower you with some of our top posing tips. And we want to share some of our favorite poses (also our TOP-SELLING poses!) If you can get comfortable with some favorite poses that are flattering for all body types, then before you know it, you’ll be coaching your client into poses without even thinking about it!
SHOOTING: One of the big benefits of coming to a Boudoir Divas workshop is the shooting time. We set you up with a few GORGEOUS past clients, and you get to work on our sets, with our lights, and have the opportunity to capture some BEAUTIFUL images for your boudoir portfolio! You’ll be shooting in small groups, and then you’ll also have a little 1-on-1 time, where you’ll be able to work by yourself with one of the clients. We’ve had past workshop attendees come to this workshop without ANY previous boudoir experience… and then they walk away from the workshop with a solid portfolio of images – ready to post online on a new website, or create a sample photo album. Our goal: that you will be in LOVE with the images you get at this workshop!
BOUDOIR BFFS: We all like meeting new friends, right? Especially friends in the photography industry, who are also passionate about something that you are passionate about. At all of our workshops, it seems that our little diva attendees establish some really cool friendships with each other. We’ve seen our attendees start new Facebook groups with each other just so that they can all stay in touch after the workshop – and we always see this amazing community develop, where all of these new boudoir photography BFFs share, connect, and help each other out! Love it!
OUR STUDIO: We have a 4500 square-foot studio, and we’re opening it up to all of YOU! We’d absolutely love to have you join us here!
THE SWAG BAG: Ahhhh, yes, the goods. We have hooked you guys UP with the goods. We’ve got some amazing vendors who are giving you some amazing gifts and special deals! You’re going to receive over $500 worth of sweet hook-ups and deals!!!! Just a FEW of the awesome vendors you’ll see in your swag bag: Bay Photo | Graphi Studio | Totally Rad Actions | Shootsac | Drop It Modern
LEARN FROM US: Ok, so we are obviously not super cool, heehee! If you’ve ever watched our Youtube channel or spent any extended amount of time hanging out with us, you’ll know that we are more nerdy than cool. But in any case, we would LOVE to hang out with you for two days. If you’d like to know more about who we are and why you should learn from us, go check out our BIO.
QUESTIONS: Want to know more? Email me (Kimberlee), and I’d be more than happy to answer any questions you may have about the September boudoir workshop!
Alright… so… Have we got you interested??? Check out this Video overview of the Boudoir Workshop:
And if you’d like to watch a more DETAILED video, showing our brave workshop attendees talking about their experiences, here is a longer video, with the unedited testimonials. If you are thinking about coming to this workshop, I HIGHLY recommend watching this. We left the video camera in the back while everyone else was hanging out in the lobby… and just let the gals have free-reign to chat and share all about what they learned. The Boudoir Divas did not have any part in the filming of this video. 😉 Seriously, though, M & I can ‘talk ourselves up’ and try to convince you to come hang out with us in SD, BUT, we think that it’s way better to hear it from the mouth of our past workshop attendees. (Thanks to all of you wonderful June Workshop ladies who shared!) xoxo
Ok folks… how are you all doing on this fine Tuesday afternoon? Hope you’re having a great day. So we just wanted to announce the winner of our adorable little HEART giveaway! Congrats, Marj! I love your idea of creating a fun sash with this cute little heart. Shoot us an email ([email protected]), tell me your mailing address, and I’ll ship a sweet little heart to you!
I am thrilled to announce our newest set! Thank you so much to my mother, Cecelia, who turned an older little vintage sofa with great framework into a masterpiece for our studio. I mean even look at the details of the millions of tacks! Wow. Then thank you to Cie and Chris who let us have the background from their wedding booth backdrop…..AND huge thanks to our past boudoir client Jennifer who came in for another shoot and helped us debut it. It has all come together marvelously and although we want to add a few more details we couldn’t be happier! What should we call it? Thinking maybe “Demure” something. “Demure Sweetness,” “Frenchy Frou Frou,” or ????
I know I’ve already said this on Twitter & FB, but wanted to ‘officially’ share the news here on the blog – along with a little video from the night I got engaged! Quick recap of the story: So last month, I’m in San Diego, Eric is back home in Washington. Right after the June workshop, Eric texted me and told me that he had booked me a massage for that day… such a great (unexpected) surprise for me. He told me he wanted to pamper me after a long week of work (so sweet of him!) Little did Eric know, that was a day that M & I decided to work on a HUGE project (which we’ll announce later)… we were in the midst of a big, all-day photo shoot for this project, and there was no way I was going to make it to the massage appointment. So I had Ashley call to change the appointment. (I just HAD to throw a little wrench in the plans). When the spa called me back to tell me that I couldn’t change my appointment after all, M told me that I could leave and she’d finish up the photo shoot without me (thanks M!). So I had the most amazing, relaxing massage… and afterward, my masseuse leads me out to this beautiful private pool area overlooking the ocean… with a firepit, champagne, and Eric there waiting for me. So then… he got down on his knee, popped the question, and I said YES!
After the proposal, we headed to a local restaurant for some food… and this is where the next surprise was waiting… my whole family, AND Eric’s whole family, waiting there to celebrate with us! As soon as I saw everyone, I was just completely overwhelmed (as you will see in the video below). 🙂 A HUGE thank you to my future bro-&sis-in-law, Andy & Leah from Thomson Images, for shooting this video – it’s so special to me, to be able to look back and remember this moment! (Thanks you guys!)
Ok – so now for a funny story. Eric, being the sweet guy that he is, tried to be sneaky with getting my ring. Since he didn’t know what size my ring finger is, he snuck into my house and stole one of my rings from my room. Only thing is, he stole a thumb ring. 🙂 So… my beautiful ring fits PERFECTLY on my thumb!
We are incredibly honored to be a part of the Sallee Nordstrom Turn the Key Tour 2011! These wonderful photographers have asked us to be the hosts of the San Diego tour stop next week, and we can’t WAIT! We’ll be sharing our Top ‘5 KEYS’ to making your clients FALL IN LOVE!
Visit the Turn the Key Website for more info or to register for the tour! See all of you San Diego photogs soon!
We couldn’t help ourselves! When I got the ban.do newsletter this week, my heart skipped a beat… then I skipped right over to the website to purchase not one – not two – but FOUR pairs of hearts! One for me, one for Marissa, one for the San Diego boudoir studio, and one for… YOU!
That’s right, friends! We want to send a pair of mini hearts to one of our fabulous blog readers. We LOVE getting comments from you all – and we LOVE hearing your thoughts! When I told M about these cute hearts, she said she just HAD to have them. Then she wrote: “I have no idea what I am going to do with them, I think I just want them in my jewelry box!” I am thinking the same thing… not sure how I’ll use them, but I must have them. (Maybe I can somehow incorporate it into my upcoming wedding?) Any ideas? Let us know how you think we should use these mini hearts… what we could do with them… and if we love your idea, we will send you a pair of hearts! Happy Wednesday! xoxo, K & M
I have so much I have been wanting to blog, but it’s summer which means we are slammed! Yay! Love it! But that means that my “to be blogged” folder will just have to wait a while I guess.
I shot this beauty today, Miss Kelenda, and while I loved these images and was so excited she gave permission, I knew that if I didn’t blog them asap that I may not ever get to it. And, if I am honest, I have tax stuff to do tonight so I may be filling my time with more fun things to do in an effort to avoid it. Tee hee 😉 Hoping in the future I will be able to show off more of her images, however some are pretty racy! And I say that to remind those who are wondering if we do shoot nudity that while we don’t show them on the site, we do shoot implied nudity. What that means is no actual bits n piece (lol) but strategic nude poses so the client looks naked without actually seeing anything……definitely a gift to add a little heat to the marriage! xo- Marissa
Heeheehee… I just HAD to post this!!!! In the midst of our photo shoot, while we’re dancing, moving, and being silly in front of the camera, M had a little wardrobe malfunction, a la Janet Jackson at the Superbowl halftime show. 😉 (Scroll down)…
OMGosh I just LOVE this photo; it makes me laugh every time I see it! Hope you all have a wonderful day. Don’t take yourselves too seriously… hope you find something today that makes you laugh!
Ok, so this is JUST A LITTLE BIT belated (since her bday was actually over the weekend!) Sorry M! I know I’m late on this, but I couldn’t let it go by without taking a moment to say how much I love you. Thanks for being the most amazing friend, business partner, and confidant. God knew that I needed a “Diana” (aka kindred spirit) in my life, and I’m SO thankful that He brought us together five years ago. I love you so much and I’m excited for what’s ahead, all the adventures we are still going to have together, and all the postcards we are going to buy to add to our scrapbook. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
PS: if you don’t know how M & I met, go check out this blog post and find out! 🙂
