On the Blog
Monday Muse: Alyssa Monks
Alyssa Monks and her beautiful world! This morning scrolling through my phone I stumbled on a screen shot of her. I have no idea how I found her, but Alyssa's work has captured my heart. After listening to her video about what creating and art is to her, I felt as...
Monday Muse: Autumn Sky
I discovered Autumn Sky though my new favorite oracle deck, Sacred Rebels, by Alana Fairchild. Mesmerized by every single painting of hers, I could sit study them for hours. Her imagination is that of other worlds and she is clearly tapped into something much bigger...
Fine Art Intimates – Step out of your box
It's time to get out of the box you're in. My focus is on the transformative experience Boudoir Photography offers. It’s not about snapping scantily clad women with clichéd “come hither” looks and stock poses. I believe a Boudoir session is collaboration between...
Inspiring Boudoir Tips: Shine On, Be You
It is time for you to play big friends. I want you to become passionately curious about always diving deeper into you, and why you create. What makes you shine bright, and be you? I want you to allow the child inside you to run wild, and free. I want you to be a...
Monday Muse: Anna Razumovskaya
Anna Razumovskaya is my new obsession. Lately I've been really inspired learn how to paint. being that I have been unable to shoot in 7 weeks now I seem to have all this time to focus on new things. Over the last few weeks I've been looking into a lot of painters that...
Are you passionately curious?
Are you passionately curious? How are you Fueling The Fire Whether you are a newbie or a seasoned pro your work should always be changing and evolving. I am always trying to outdo and top my last shoot. If you are anything like me or really any artist, you surely have...
Monday Muse: Lillian Bassman
Monday Muse : Inspirational Woman of the Week Lillian Bassman I am completely tied up with softness, fragility, and the problems of a feminine world - Lillian Bassman One of the lesser known but still incredibly influential fashion photographers of the 20th century,...
How to Take a Great Selfie: 5 Tips for Capturing Your Sexy Body
Forget the Duck lips, and while we’re at it, forget everything you’ve heard before concerning how to take a great selfie! Here are some tips to really help you take the best selfie, and show off just how damn good you look. 1. Self-Timer What? You mean I don’t have to...
I do naughty nicely
Half of me is filled with bursting words and the other half is painfully shy. I crave solitude yet also crave people. I want to pour love into everything. I want to live in the rush of primal, intuitive decision, yet also sit and contemplate, breathe, feel everything....
The Original Gangsters of Boudoir
The Original Gangsters of Boudoir - A mini history lesson How did this all begin you ask? Who are The Original Gangsters of Boudoir? It’s important to know a little history right? An understanding of the thought leaders and movements that came before us that paved...
It’s time for rebirth – The importance of self-love during tough times
We are all struggling to find balance in all these agendas, hype and fear mongering, It can be totally overwhelming and all consuming, thus making it hard to hear our own thoughts. In these challenging times there are so many questions. With the news, media, friends,...
Boudoir During Covid
As humans we've had to overcome many challenges and countless sacrifices. In each generation has something to overcome and luckily for most of us, we've had it pretty easy. NEVER is history have we had to come together to one fight one common enemy at the same time....
Finding Balance in Uncertain Times
Hey Beautiful friends Finding Balance in uncertain Times has taken a minute. I jumped off the cliff, then dove into the deep end and sat in the darkness there for a while thinking about what I could create in a space where time and deadlines didn't exist. As I sat in...
Boudoir Photography Tips: The Preparation
The Preparation Preparation creates the opportunity for success! Never underestimate the power of solid preparation. Every woman, every session is unique and your preparation starts the moment your client contacts you for a session. You are a creative professional....
Become More Confident, Because Confidence is Sexy
You watch him walk into the room. Shoulders back, head held high, large smile on his face as he greets the people he passes by. He’s not the most handsome person you’ve ever seen, but there’s something about him that makes you want to know him. That something is the...
How to build a boudoir photography brand no one can compete with!
Have you ever wondered how you can build a brand around your photography. business? Where’s your island? How big is it? Who do you want to go there? What food do you serve? Cocktails? Make my mouth water! What fun things are there to do? How do you feel when you go...
Boudoir Photography Tips: All shapes and sizes are beautiful
Every woman is a goddess but thanks to our culture and its narrow parameters of what beautiful is supposed to be, many women don’t realize just how incredible they are. Every woman has a sweet spot. Though the media often teaches women to pick out their flaws, it is...
5 Ways to Love Your Body
Our bodies go through many phases. From childhood to adulthood to old age, we often don’t learn to appreciate its beauty and power until it’s too late. Below are five ways for you to take care of and to learn to love your body sooner rather than later. 1. ExerciseTake...
Is self love necessary? How self love and acceptance change lives
Dear You, make peace with the woman in the mirror and watch the reflection change! It’s easy to say “love yourself”. But in all my years as a boudoir photographer and an aspiring dancer, I have never really found someone who said the path to self love and acceptance...
Boudoir Photography Tips: How to Prepare Your Client and Team Before a Boudoir Shoot
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four hours sharpening the axe.” – Abraham Lincoln As a photographer, it’s not only your job to prepare yourself and your equipment before a shoot, but also everyone who is going to be involved in the...