Posts in Boudoir portraits by Illuminate Boudoir
K’s joyful, confident boudoir portraits

K’s session was years and years in the making! She knew someone who did a boudoir session with me years ago, and had been following me for a long time, thinking, “Someday, I might do a session!” Then she recently got engaged, and for her that was the perfect motivation to finally make a boudoir session happen!

While K was so excited to gift these portraits to her future spouts, she realized while preparing for the photoshoot that she was most excited to do this session for herself.

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Anonymous portraits from a soft, joyful boudoir session

When this client booked her boudoir session, she said that she was coming into a time of her life that felt really good. She's been on a journey of learning to be herself unapologetically and is deeply enjoying the life she’s crafting for herself. She never wants to forget this time in her life, and she said that she wanted pictures that would “encapsulate her light” and the essence of who she is.

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Sarah’s natural, feminine, powerful boudoir session

Sarah had amazing energy on her boudoir session day! She wanted her portraits to feel romantic and softer while holding a natural feminine energy. She told me that she didn’t want her portraits to feel “male gaze-y,” and that she wanted them to feel like they were for herself. I loved having this conversation with her – I am ALL about folks creating these amazing boudoir portraits for themselves. There’s something super powerful in that!

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“A’s” soft, romantic, natural boudoir session

“A” reached out to me hoping to do a boudoir session to document a romantic, joyful season in her life. She’d never had professional pictures taken of her on her own, and she was so excited to dream up a photoshoot that’d be a new, special experience for her! She wanted her photos to feel soft, relaxed, romantic, and infused with a natural feminine vibe… and I really think that we nailed it!

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