Why You Should Consider Doing a Bridal Boudoir Photoshoot

Are you ready to add some extra glamor and excitement to your relationship? Then consider a bridal boudoir photoshoot! Boudoir photography is the perfect way to capture your beauty and femininity tastefully and elegantly before your wedding. Read on to learn more about why you should consider doing a bridal boudoir photoshoot.

Capture Your Best Self

A bridal boudoir photoshoot is a perfect way to capture your inner beauty and femininity. From sultry to sweet, you can choose the style that best reflects your personality. Whether you choose to show off your curves or focus on your natural beauty, your photos will be a stunning reminder of how beautiful you truly are.

A bridal boudoir photoshoot is also a great way to document the changes you've gone through in the lead-up to your wedding day. Most women are in the best shape of their lives and the best place emotionally in their lives during this time. This makes it the perfect time to express yourself in a unique and meaningful way.

Showcase Your Personality

A bridal boudoir photoshoot is not just about taking pictures; it's also an opportunity to express your personality and show off your curves in a sexy and sultry way! From lacy lingerie to wedding day accessories, you can create an atmosphere that is all your own and make the most of the pieces that you otherwise would only have worn once.

For those looking to push their boundaries, a bridal boudoir photoshoot can also be a chance to step outside your comfort zone. Whether it's with a bold lip color or a daring outfit, you can challenge yourself to be authentic and unapologetic. And at the end of the day, you'll have beautiful pictures to capture your unique self.

Make it a Gift for Your Partner

One of the best parts about a bridal boudoir photoshoot is that you can use the photos as a surprise gift for your partner. Imagine the look on their face when they open up a photo album full of stunning pictures of you! It's an extraordinary way to show your partner your love and appreciation. So many brides tell me how shocked their partner will be when they get the photos - in a good way! How fun is that?!

With a bridal boudoir photoshoot, you can capture beautiful, intimate moments that you can look back on for years to come. Not to mention, your partner will be taken aback by the stunning photos you created together! Like I always say, gift giving is just the icing on the cake.

Create Lasting Memories

A bridal boudoir photoshoot is not just about taking the perfect pictures, it's also about preserving the memories of your beauty. You'll be looking back on these photos for years to come, and they'll keep the excitement of your marriage alive, long after the bouquet has been thrown and the cake has been cut.

So don't just think of the boudoir photo shoot as just a series of pictures; think of it as a chance to capture the romance and beauty of your special relationship that you can cherish forever.

Creating a Bridal Boudoir Album

Creating a bridal boudoir album is an exciting way to express yourself and your love story! Not only is it a beautiful, intimate gift for your significant other, but it's also a great way to capture your self-confidence and beauty. This type of album is the perfect way to celebrate your love and the special bond you share. It's also a great way to look back on this special moment in your life.

When creating a bridal boudoir album, you can have as much or as little involvement as you'd like. You can choose to work with a professional photographer to capture your special moments and bring your vision to life. The album will be a unique expression of your relationship and love.

Your bridal boudoir album will be an amazing reminder of your special day and all the emotions that come with it. It's a way to look back on this moment in your life and remember the love you share.

Be the Star of Your Own Show

A bridal boudoir photoshoot is perfect for showing off your beauty and femininity. Whether you want to capture your inner goddess or express yourself more daringly, a bridal boudoir photoshoot is a perfect way to do it. Not only will it be a gift for your partner, but it will also be a lasting reminder of your journey to your wedding day. So go ahead and unleash your inner goddess with a bridal boudoir photoshoot!

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The Ease of a Brooklyn Boudoir Experience | Ms. J's Bridal Boudoir Session | NYC Photographer

Ahhhh the boudoir experience… a source of mad anxiety from the time of considering the session to showing up to the studio. It doesn't matter how much I preach about how EASY it's about to be for a woman, the idea of stripping down in front of a stranger's camera is stressful...and...well...terrifying. 

Ms. J came to me all the way from Australia! She was having whirlwind week in NYC in which she arrived, had an engagement photo shoot, had a boudoir shoot AND got married underneath the Brooklyn Bridge. Whew! Her lovely fiancé set up the shoot as a gift to her — best husband to be ever (though admittedly there was *something in it for him as well).

Like so many women who come to me, Ms. J was so nervous at first. Not to mention the overwhelming week she had ahead of her… so my main goal, as always, was to make her feel entirely 100% comfortable and for this to be the easiest thing about her week in NYC.

Good thing making women feel comfortable in front of the camera happens to be my superpower. You can read it in my rave reviews, in other past blog posts and from other client testimonials, but let emphasize the ease of this experience for any of you who may be nervous about this here.

So, what's it like?? What *exactly* goes on during a session? 

First and foremost, by the time you walk through the doors, you've already received so much information from me that there really isn't anything left to wonder about. You know how long we'll be together, how many outfits we'll be photographing you in, how long hair and makeup takes, and that I'll be giving you guidance along the way. 

We go through your outfits together and I'll offer you a beverage while you're slipping into your robe. My makeup artist chats with you about how much fun you're about to have, and calms your nerves. 

When it's shoot time, I give you another run down of the process, how it's actually fun and silly and not at all a "sensual" experience. We'll be chatting along the way. I'll encourage you the whole time. I'll be mindful of your "insecurities" and play up your favorite features. I'll direct EVERY SINGLE POSE. Every limb. Your hair. Your face. All of it. All you need to do is copy me. 

Time will FLY. It ALWAYS done. If I don't make a very conscious effort to check on the time, I would shoot all day. It's fun for me, it's fun for you, and it's over before you know it. You'll already want to do it again (and probably will...they always do ;) )

About 10 minutes into the session, Ms. J, like most of my other clients, was able to relax and find her flow. We had captured some beautiful portraits of her, with NYC as the backdrop.

Ms. J agrees:

I was really nervous about the photo shoot but you made the day really relaxed, assisting with the posing made me feel much more confident!! I never thought I would do a boudoir shoot but it was totally different to what I expected and I love the finished images you created. I didn’t think I would ever be tempted to do another but after working with you I’m tempted (when we return to NYC one day ;))

2 weeks later I was able to meet her again, this time as a married woman, with her husband along for the reveal. They sat together through her photo reveal slideshow in stunned silence...when it was over, she breathed a deep breath of relief, and did a little clap.  The photos, of course, turned out incredible, and became such an amazing memory of her time in NYC.

ALL of my clients are nervous, some more than others...but they all have that self-doubt that all of my clients are models and naturally good in front of the camera and that they will be the very first person that I cannot photograph.  Yes, the women on my website look modelesque...but they are women just like you: nurses, accountants, lawyers… Very few of them are actually comfortable in front of a camera, and not many of them would describe themselves as photogenic and sexy. Yet every single one of them looks that way. 

Ladies, I’ve got you. You will laugh at how nervous you were and will most definitely want to do it again...knowing that if your photos turned out THIS good when you were terrified....they will be even better the second round when you know what to expect. 

Trust me. 

xoxo, Stephanie

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What If...? | Artistic Bridal Boudoir | Brooklyn Boudoir Photographer

I have been waiting a few months to share these amazing images with you! Ms. H is a POWER.HOUSE. She is an actress, dancer and currently works in the fitness industry, so needless to say she is very body aware and knows how to move. It isn’t even fair for me to take full credit for these photos because she brought SO MUCH to the table — she SERVED it with the looks, was willing to take some risks and most of all trusted me to do my thing. The results were nothing short of magical.

This is a woman you can’t help but want to be around. She’s real. She’ll tell it like it is. She’s sexy without trying. She has freckles and she loves them. She’s charismatic and she’ll kick your ass in a workout (I speak from experience here, holy hell we worked out together and for a week afterwards every step I took was pain). She’s got a passion for life, for love, she’s got a tough “New York woman” energy with a soft side… which is how I like to think of myself.

Ms. H just got married this past month. The STYLE of this couple. NYC meets Nashville: edgy yet somehow still traditional, stars everywhere, the most gorgeous flowers, and a couple who are so clearly into each other you can’t help but want to fall in love. I’m SURE their wedding will end up in the pages of a glossy magazine — and I am so pleased I got to be a small part of their incredible day. We captured a few more traditionally bridal looks with a veil, and then went more artistic & raw with some portraits on black, a shower set and some of my favorite “in the sheets” shots ever. I love how much variety we captured and how we illustrated the different sides of her personality.

Said Ms. H about her Brooklyn Boudoir Experience:

I am so blown away. I've had my picture taken a good bit, so while I've never done a boudoir shoot, I'm comfortable in front of a camera and had a pretty good idea of what results I could expect. I have NEVER seen myself like this on film. Sometimes, I'll get dressed up to go somewhere and look in the mirror and be like "damn girl you look good!" but then I see a picture of the same night and it makes my heart sink. Do I have an elevated opinion of myself? Is my mirror broken? Which one is really me? Which version are other people seeing? Working with you made me realize that it comes down to the person behind the camera caring as much about me as I do, or probably even more. Working in the fitness industry I take a lot of care to make it less about physical results and more about empowering women. But, at the end of the day, it's a physical result driven business. It's always about progress and the next step. What can we improve, what can get even better? This was the first time I've been able to stop and, in your words "be where I am now". 

These are easily my favorite pictures of myself I've ever seen and I'm so happy I have these images to capture and celebrate this phase of my life. I felt so cared for and celebrated.

These words meant to much to me, because (and this is somethingI hope this comes through in my blogs, my newsletter, and my instagram — and is worth repeating here): I care about you. We may be strangers at first, but we will get to know each other, we will likely become fast friends, I will want to know your story, your “why,” hear all about the crazy things happening in your world, and will be following along your wedding photos just like I did with Ms. H here. I care! Everyone comes to a boudoir session for a different reason. Sometimes you just want pretty images of yourself, often times it’s something deeper than that. Whatever your reason, I want to honor it, and celebrate YOU and through the process, my clients and I often make real connections with each other!

Her advise for other women who are thinking of having a shoot of their own? “Do it and go for it. Push yourself as far as you can. If you don't like the result, nobody ever has to see those shots! But if you don't do it, you'll always wonder "what if."

^^^^^^ THIS! Personally, one of my biggest fears is looking back on life and wondering “what if…” Back in my dating days, I used to go out with pretty much everybody who asked (insert joke here). I always felt like there was nothing to lose - if I didn’t like the guy, at worst it would be a funny story to tell my friends (and let me tell you there are some REALLY funny stories). Saying YES can lead to some great adventures - and also some bad ones, sure. However, I really do believe that people rarely regret the things they go for, the things they say YES to. So much more common seems to be regret over saying no. Did I go on some really bad dates by saying yes? Ummm, you have no idea (i.e.: strong YES!) But was it really so bad?? Nah…and I have to believe if I hadn’t gone out with Barbara Streisand’s nephew (true story) I would have wondered “what if” I had.

Anyhow, I digress, as I sit here thinking of all the bad dates of my past, lol. My point is, there are a lot of excuses you can think of NOT to have a boudoir shoot. But who wants to look back and think, “if only I had done it before I had kids” or “i wish I had been able to appreciate myself earlier in life.” I wish I had learned to appreciate myself and my body earlier in life, but it’s never too late to start saying YES. It’snever too late to start appreciating yourself and loving yourself. You don’t have to be perfect - you just have to be YOU. (And by the way, you ARE perfect, and I am happy to be the one to remind you of that).

OK, this blog post is much more rambling and tangental that I intended it to be, what can I say, Ms. H and her wedding brought out a lot of feelings in me.

Love you guys - my readers, my clients, my women, my muses, my friends.

xoxo, Stephanie

Wondering “what if” YOU had a boudoir shoot? Shoot me an email and let’s chat!!