Curious what your boudoir style is? Or just looking to have a little fun this afternoon? The Boudoir Style Quiz is officially live and ready for you to enjoy!
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I’m really excited to introduce you to “J,” the next participant in the “In Their Own Skin” series. “J” has experienced challenges with her body and journeyed through them with resilience, strength, and determination. She came into the studio ready to celebrate herself, and I think it totally shows in her boudoir portraits! Here are her words.
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Today I get to introduce you to Melissa, the third participant in the “In Their Own Skin” series. Melissa is a 31 year-old whose story and pictures are full of confidence, creativity, and authenticity. Here are her words.
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Friends, I am so excited to introduce you today to Mariah, the second participant in the “In Their Own Skin” series. She has such a beautiful story, and she speaks with bravery, joy, and groundedness about the peace she has cultivated with her body! Here are her words.
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Autumn reached out to me because she was looking to have some personal branding portraits taken for her professional dancing portfolio. She wanted pictures that would feel unique, warm, and creative. I was so psyched to create these with her!
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I am so honored to introduce you to “S,” the first person whose story and pictures I’ll be sharing with you as part of the “In Their Own Skin” series. “S” lives in St. Paul and spends her free time hiking outdoors, hanging out at home with her husband and dog, and camping in the summer. Her story is full of power and gentleness, and her portraits really show how much love and self-light she holds for herself. Here are her words.
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I’ve spent the past few months pinning pictures from past boudoir sessions I’ve photographed, creating boards to represent different boudoir styles, and finding new inspiring ideas for my work with clients! On my Pinterest page, you’ll find boards with outfit ideas, hairstyle/makeup inspiration, and even suggestions of things to do around Minneapolis while I edit your photos on your boudoir session day. I’m creating and adding new pins every single day -- if you follow me, you’ll get a daily update of boudoir and self-love inspiration!
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Adrianna wanted to create a ‘Sunday morning glow,’ and a “natural, elegant, and romantic” vibe in her pictures. While she didn’t want her portraits to feel super dramatic, she did want a sense of strength and empowerment in them. She also said that she wanted her portraits to have an undertone of feeling sensual and sexy while still feeling really natural, relaxed, and comfortable.
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C wanted to plan this boudoir session as a way to celebrate and feel in touch with her body, documenting it throughout this journey. I love how her reflective, creative personality came through in these portraits. It was such an honor to work with her and document this chapter in her story of self-love.
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The ‘relaxed and casual’ boudoir style feels really effortless, candid, and easygoing! It can feel grounded and ethereal while simultaneously feeling calm and cool. This style feels the most unposed and natural, with body language that shows off inner light and confidence without trying.
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When you choose to spend a day with me for a portrait session, I take that responsibility seriously - and I want you to get as much out of it as you can. More and more often, I’m finding that my clients are choosing to mix in a few personal branding portraits into their boudoir sessions! I’m so excited to share a little bit more about personal branding and how to mix it into your boudoir session.
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Megan told me that she wanted portraits that would feel really grounded and capture a sense of inner light and confidence -- a sense of knowing that she’s in the place she’s supposed to be. We talked about her pictures having a sense of celebration and self-love, with that energy radiating into the world.
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When I think about the ‘bold and dramatic’ style, I immediately think of confidence. This is a style that has a lot of depth -- depending on how you style it, this aesthetic can communicate strength, mystery, grit, self-assuredness, glamour, or inner power.
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After learning about boudoir photography from friends who’d done their own boudoir sessions, Taryn came across me online and reached out to learn more! In my first conversations with Taryn, we talked a lot about her sense of openness, comfort, and contentment with herself. She loved the idea of letting boudoir be a space where she could feel comfortable and proud in her body. I felt so energized and excited to work with Taryn and create pictures that would help her relish her body and see it in a new light.
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Ashely told me that she loved all of the self-love, inner light, and body acceptance themes in my boudoir photography and felt it was a really fitting time in her life to have a boudoir session. She also told me that she wanted to be able to look back at this time in 50 years and see these pictures from this time in her life. A boudoir session can be such a powerful, deep way of capturing a person’s self-love and strength, and I was so pumped to get to document this time with Ashley!
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When I talk to clients about what style they’d like to channel in their boudoir portraits, the most common answer I hear is “soft and romantic.” My photography style is infused with warm, feminine energy as it is, and it’s always lovely when my clients really want to lean into that aesthetic!
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Sarah shared that she was getting married soon, and said that she loved the idea of doing a boudoir session both because she was excited to give pictures of herself to her fiancé as well as to capture something beautiful for herself — a time capsule of this moment in her life. She loved the idea of this being her first boudoir session, and potentially coming back for another boudoir portrait session in another season of life, an idea I adore!
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Emma shared with me that she wanted to do something that was lovely for herself to experience and to celebrate her confidence in her own body. She wanted to do something that would allow her to see herself in a different light, capturing her vulnerability and openness. She was also so excited to have that really empowering moment of sharing her pictures with her husband, especially in light of his upcoming deployment.
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