How to book a boudoir session

If you’re ready to book:

Send me an email to get started! You can use the form on my contact page or email me email directly at hello@illuminateboudoir.com. I’d love to hear a little bit about why you’d like to do a boudoir session with me, and the season or month when you’re hoping to schedule a session (I book most sessions 3-6 months out, but sometimes have last-minute openings and sometimes book up to a year out).

I’ll reply back with some info and a few date options for your photoshoot. My sessions generally take place on Wednesdays and Thursdays in my studio in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis, and are a full day experience from 8 or 9am until 5:30pm.

Once you’ve chosen a date, I’ll send a link to some quick online booking paperwork. You’ll sign a booking agreement, fill out a quick questionnaire, and pay for your booking package (if you’d like to do a payment plan just let me know!).

After the paperwork is complete, you’re officially booked! We’ll also schedule a pre-session planning phone call for sometime before your photoshoot so that we can talk through your ideas for a session, how you want to look and feel in your portraits, and chat through any questions you have.

Please note that I’m currently only booking sessions with clients who are fully vaccinated for covid! If you have a medical reason why you’re not able to be vaccinated, reach out to me and we can talk about it. If you’re choosing not to be vaccinated, I will not be able to accommodate you in the studio at this time.

If you have questions first:

Let’s start with a phone call! I’d love to hear about what you’re looking for in a boudoir session, how you want to look and feel in your portraits, and we can talk through any questions that you have. I can share more info about my process and pricing, and we can see if it feels like a good fit to work together! If it does, we can compare calendars while we’re on the phone and choose a date for your photoshoot.

You can find a link to my phone call scheduler right here. If you have a hard time finding something that works for you, just email me and we’ll find another time.

If we decide to work together, I’ll email you a link to some booking paperwork. You’ll sign a booking agreement, fill out a quick questionnaire, and pay for your booking package (if you’d like to do a payment plan just let me know!).

After the paperwork is complete, you’re officially booked! I’ll be so excited to work with you for your photoshoot, and I’ll email you some more resources for planning and preparing for your session. And of course, you can always reach out in the meantime before your session if you have additional questions, want to share outfit ideas, or anything else! I’m here to help in any way that I can.