You did it – you’re booked in for a beauty or boudoir session! Now you might be thinking, what did I get myself into? There’s a lot that goes into a portrait experience and it can seem overwhelming. Here’s a guide to help you when prepping for your shoot – you can leave the rest up to us!
What to Wear for your Boudoir Shoot
Hey Beautiful,
I want you to feel completely comfortable on your shoot. With that in mind, it is truly up to you with how much or how little skin you show.
I love for our shoots to show your unique personality, so feel free to bring something special that you absolutely love or cherish.
If there’s one piece of advice I can give you regarding how to prepare for a boudoir shoot, it’s this: don’t be afraid to have fun!
Remember, lingerie is NOT a must for Boudoir! We love to work with pretty scarves, sheets, white button-down shirts, jackets and jumpers, or anything you love.
I usually start out shooting with a little more clothing for example men’s shirt or beautiful dress like you see on the image above… or an off the shoulder jumper or cardigan just to warm you up!
As you become more comfortable, we can work our way through your outfit choices. Feel free to bring about 3 to 4 of your favourite outfits and we’ll pick out the best for the shoot.
I normally shoot about 3 outfits as I like to take my time to make sure I get best poses for your body shape and best face expressions.
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DAY OF YOUR SESSION
If makeup and/or hair is booked, arrive with a clean face and dry hair. It’s always helpful to do a light exfoliation on your face, even just with a washcloth. Let the makeup artist know if you have any sensitivities, and feel free to bring some inspiration photos for your makeup look.
Use clear deodorant & moisturize your body before your session.
Don’t forget to eat something and drink lots of water the day before.
A good night’s sleep will ensure you are refreshed for your photoshoot.
HAIR COLOR/EYEBROWS
Having freshly trimmed and coloured hair and eyebrows done – if that’s your thing – will make you feel like a supermodel during your session!
HANDS AND FEET
If you normally do your nails, get a manicure and pedicure before you session (or DIY at home). Your hands and feet will show in many of your images and we don’t want chipped polish!
SPRAY TANS & TANLINES
For your session we do not recommend a spray tan if you haven’t had one done before as it will affect how your skin tone will photograph. You should also stay out of the sun to avoid any burns before your session! Retouching of streaks, tanlines and sunburns is not included in the retouching but available for an extra charge.
So what can you bring with you for your shoot?
Can I recommend just one thing?!? Yes, a BODYSUIT. You will thank me later. 🙂
1. One piece set – bodysuit
2. Two piece set (bra/undies/ garter belt set and fishnet tights)
3. Cover up wrap/ off the shoulder cardigan/off shoulder shirt
4. White sheet!! YES.. I just loooove it
5. For an easy outfit optiony ultimate favourite of all times… NUDE 😉
6. High heels – even if you don’t like to wear them we only use them for images – they look good!
Let me go a bit more detals about some of the outfits
One piece set – bodysuit
There are 2 types of bodysuit that I like
No. 1 Long sleeve bodysuit
No. 2 bodysuit without sleeves
And I love them both on images, benefits of a long sleeve body is that it looks classy and artistic on the images and you can easily display as a wall art in your house/bedroom or even share on social media – to me images with long sleeve body could even be in category of a portrait images with a hint of sexiness 😉
Where the short sleeve body is very sexy – your body looks amazing no matter what size or shape you are and it also covers the parts of your body that you may not feel comfortable about such tommy or any loose skin, stretch marks
For women who loves their tommy you can go for such choice that you can see it through the body or it has some parts uncovered.
Body suit can also go with high heels, gloves, fishnet tights and many more
It’s my best time favourite!!! You will just love the images
2. Two piece set (bra/undies/ garter belt set and fishnet tights)
I think this is very simple and elegant and very sexy lingerie and EVERY WOMEN was one in her closet!! Even if you don’t want to spend money on buying a lot of outfits then I am sure you will find one that you love and fits you well!! If not it’s worth a buy and you will cherish it for a long time ..
We can play with that adding additional outfits such jeans, shirt, high heels, gutter belt and tights … and many more it depends on what you feel comfortable in and what you want to go for too
My ultimate favorite of all time… NUDE 😉
A lot of you may think that I will not strip off in front of the stranger.. but this is why I wanted you to get to know me a bit better before you have a shoot… You can see my face, hear my voice and see who I really am so you feel a bit more COMFORTABLE if it comes to nude images
The first step is to be joining my VIP group where I go live answer any questions and share a bit more in the community of WOMEN only … x
Saying that only very few women out of many that I had a privilege to photograph would choose not to do any nude images
And we can play safe and cover you up in white sheet 😉
I want to photograph YOU in nude as I see as a peace of ART .. one of the old painings that you see in a museum and maybe we think that our bodies are not always peftect but when you look at this ART in the museum you see BEAUTY… and I SEE that too in YOU
And I want you to SEE it in YOU too
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I just wanted to say that there is many outfits and it’s a bit ovverwelming for some but I want you to feel yourself free and if you want to be adventures please do!!! You can take something special that you or your loved one likes or something that show your personalities
.. the ideas are endless and I am very open to them
Let me know in the FB group what would you like to wear for your shoot?
APPOINTMENT TIME & RESCHEDULES
Please arrive on time for your appointment; if you arrive early, we may still be with another client. Late arrival will be deducted from your session time.
Hair and makeup will take approximately 1 1.5 hour so come prepared to be pampered for a while! Your session itself will take approximately 90 minutes to 2 hours.
The deposit for your session is non-refundable and there is a £100 rescheduling fee; please allow a minimum of 2 days notice for rescheduling.