Paris Workshop attendees

I know we normally post this BEFORE our workshops start, but with the volcano and travel delays and everything else, I am a little behind. My apologies; but better late than never!  Here is some information on our awesome attendees from our Paris boudoir workshop, week 1. This isn’t everyone, but I wanted to post the attendees who I did have information on! If you are one of the Paris Workshop attendees, you can still send me your information and I will update this blog! Thanks again for all of those who attended!

FIRST WEEK WORKSHOP:

Nikki McLeod
City you represent: Dalgety Bay, Fife, Scotland
Your website: www.nikkimcleodphotography.com
How long you have been shooting boudoir: 5 years
Why you got into shooting boudoir: I enjoyed seeing the Divas work on DWF, and loved what their approach could do to woman who were insecure with their bodies. I hadn’t really much interest in portraiture until I had seen the Divas work, but this changed my mind!
Your favorite part of The Boudoir Divas workshop: the posing first of all was the most useful for me; positioning the girls to get the best out of their bodies was a real lightbulb moment! I also enjoyed the marketing, being shown the different styles of lighting; actually everything was useful! I have 7 pages of a word document of notes to digest, and several hundred images to process!

Annamarie Stepney
City you represent: Sussex
Your website: www.leboudoirrouge.co.uk Website coming soon!
How long you have been shooting boudoir: 1 year – just starting to do it more seriously and am creating my website as I type.
Why you got into shooting boudoir: To encourage women to celebrate their bodies and see how beautiful they really are.
Your favorite part of The Boudoir Divas workshop: The whole workshop was really excellent…if I HAD to pick my favourite bit it would have to be…the strawberries and nutella combo! – no seriously, although that was good, it would have to be hearing and watching the BD’s instructing the models to pose, and then after having an opportunity to practice them one-t-one with the models themselves.

Lulu Ta
City you represent: Calgary
Your website: www.ltphotography.ca
How long you have been shooting boudoir: about 1 year
Why you got into shooting boudoir: i wanted to show woman that they can be comfortable in their own skin regardless of their shape, size and color. i wanted to revive that inner confidence that we all should have of ourselves.
Your favorite part of The Boudoir Divas workshop: was having such an intimate experience with the divas and the attendees – some great support and friendships were build there and i hope that it lasts a lifetime.

SECOND WEEK WORKSHOP:

Laura Evans
City: i’m not sure, Ramstein Air Base i guess
Website: www.levansphotography.etsy.com
How long you have been shooting boudoir: since day one of the divas workshop
Why you got into shooting boudoir: thru seeing the work of the divas & wanting to try & learn from them
Your favorite part of The Boudoir Divas workshop: learning

Laura Boyd
City you represent: NYC
Your website: www.ownyoursexy.com
How long have you been shooting boudoir: I just launched the boudoir side of my studio this year.
What got you into shooting boudoir: I started seeing boudoir popping up everywhere and just loved it and wanted to try it myself. It is my favorite thing to shoot! I love that is is fun and girlie and at the same time empowering.
Your favorite part of The Boudoir Divas workshop: My favorite part in terms of amount of fun was getting to shoot in Paris with those amazing models. But I was also blown away by how much valuable info Marissa and Kimberlee shared with us about the business side of boudoir. It was all-around an extremely worthwhile experience that I would definitely recommend to other photographers!

Anne Buennig
City you represent: Duisburg/Germany
Website: http://anne-buennig.com (It’s a blog)
How long have you been shooting boudoir: Since 29th of April 2010, it was the first workshop day.
Why you got into shooting boudoir: I love boudoir photography because I love the idea of making women feel gorgeous and sexy beyong their imagination.
Your favorite part of the workshop: I loved the two shootings with all the posing tips from Kimberlee and Marissa, because I think this is a huge part. Very good was also the business part, because I am a complete newbie and it was awesome to get some help from these amazing business ladies. So, I guess, I just loved everything about the workshop.

Dixie Pearson-Shute
Website: I’m working on it. Should be up soon!
How long shooting Boudoir: Just started and loving it!
My favorite part of the Boudoir Divas workshop: Shooting on the streets of my favorite city in the world~Paris! What a great experience!!

Anita Larsen
City you represent: Copenhagen Denmark
Your website: http://ByAnitaLarsen.com
How long you have been shooting boudoir: 2.5 years
Why you got into shooting boudoir: A close friend asked if I was interested in doing a boudoir session for her and I instantly fell in love with the style.
Your favorite part of The Boudoir Divas workshop: Everything! Especially learning the DIVA style, and Marissa and Kimberlee sharing their experiences.