Chelsea is so, so cool. Here is why… she flew into Cali to have a boudoir shoot done by yours truly, she bought most of her amazing outfits on Pinupgirlclothing.com , she added a “Cinema Short” to her Supermodel Package, she is comfortable in her own skin, AND she let us show her boudoir video with you. Oh and best of all she is also a photographer! You rocked it Chelsea!

Yayyyyyyyy is right. We are SO excited for this book! After months of working on this project, and writing our tips for boudoir posing, we are happy to announce that it is FINALLY available to pre-order! CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER THE BOUDOIR DIVAS’ POSEBOOK PART DEUX! And the best part: for a limited time, it’s only $99 – with FREE SHIPPING! Books are expected to ship out starting December 12 (just in time for the holidays – yay!) :)

The much-anticipated second boudoir posing guide by the Boudoir Divas, with more than 100 pages full of inspiration and ideas for professional boudoir photographers, is NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-SALE!!!!!! Posing is one of the most difficult aspects of boudoir photography, and your clients are going to look to you to help coach them throughout their entire experience. It is essential that you learn your favorite ‘go-to’ poses, and this book will help you add even more poses to your repertoire. The Boudoir Divas have a high-volume boudoir studio in San Diego that serves over 500 boudoir clients per year. With this experience behind them, the Divas have a lot to share with you! Often regarded as the ‘boudoir experts’ in the industry and the ones who “Brought Boudoir Back”, Marissa & Kimberlee share their tips and posing ideas for boudoir in an easy, natural way that makes posing FUN!

CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER THE BOUDOIR DIVAS’ POSEBOOK PART DEUX!

Yes, I know, this is one of the most excited blog posts we have written in a long time. Try to contain yourselves. :) The rumors are ALL TRUE!!!!! We are writing a NEW BOUDOIR POSING GUIDE!!!!!! Woo-hoo!

So, with this being the THIRD Boudoir Divas book that we’ve ever released… we decided that we wanted to do something a little different this time with the foreword. We are ready for one of our photography friends to write it for us. That means YOU. I don’t care if you have shot boudoir for 10 years or 10 months… we are not looking for an ‘expert’ – we just want a real person who is out there doing real boudoir and loving it. If you have come to a Boudoir Divas’ workshop, and/or if you’ve been inspired by us somehow through the years, and/or if you have purchased the original Posebook and found that your business has changed because of the tips you’ve learned with posing… then we want YOU to write this for us! Think about writing a letter to other fellow photographers out there – share a little bit of your story and how posing is important for boudoir. Interested? We’d love to hear from you. Email me: info@theboudoirdivas.com

Since the release of the original boudoir posing guide back in the day, we have received RAVE reviews about it. For instance…

“I received The Boudoir Diva Pose book only a few days before I had a boudoir client scheduled to shoot. This was by no means my first boudoir shoot, but I used the pose guide and only used about 4-5 images in my shoot from the pose book. My session sales are typically $250 for my 5×7 20 image book. After my client saw the images after using The Boudoir Diva Pose book, she purchased one of my largest packages: a 8×8 34 image album. With her sitting fee she spent nearly $700~. I can say without hesitation that the small tweaks I made in my posing that I learned from the Posebook was the reason for my successful sale! Thank you Boudoir Divas! I am so excited to use the rest of the tips I’ve learned from your Posebook!”

“I had done a number of boudoir shoots before I came across the Boudoir Divas. Whilst my clients were always thrilled with what I produced for them, I knew in my heart that I could do so much more … I just had no clue how to start. I invested in the pose book and the minute it was in my hands I felt that tingle of excitement and actually couldn’t sleep the night before my next boudoir shoot. I only referred to the book once or twice during the shoot, but the difference knowing it was there improved my shoot by 1,000! I have posted some of the shots on my Facebook Business Page and the response I’ve had has been amazing … my enquiries alone have increased tenfold! THANK YOU DIVAS!!!!”

“This was a gift from my hubby and I was jealous when I found out that he actually CALLED and ordered the book and spoke with Ashley… gasp.. great hubby! This book is the best! Not only do you get the poses but you get the info from the divas about how to make your girls feel amazing, little tips and tricks to getting the pictures YOU WANT! The DVD was so helpfull because reading how to interact with your client is one thing, actually seeing and hearing how to interact and how to put them in poses is another! So great and just by getting this book, your pictures will already turn out FAB!!!! You will see great things through your camera after getting this book! I bring it where ever I go! Thanks again Divas for a great product!”

We cannot WAIT to launch the next Posebook. Stay tuned, because we’ll be announcing the release soon! xoxo, The Divas
(PS: Click here if you’d like to purchase the original Posebook!)

I have so much I have been wanting to blog, but it’s summer which means we are slammed! Yay! Love it! But that means that my “to be blogged” folder will just have to wait a while I guess.

I shot this beauty today, Miss Kelenda, and while I loved these images and was so excited she gave permission, I knew that if I didn’t blog them asap that I may not ever get to it. And, if I am honest, I have tax stuff to do tonight so I may be filling my time with more fun things to do in an effort to avoid it. Tee hee ;) Hoping in the future I will be able to show off more of her images, however some are pretty racy! And I say that to remind those who are wondering if we do shoot nudity that while we don’t show them on the site, we do shoot implied nudity. What that means is no actual bits n piece (lol) but strategic nude poses so the client looks naked without actually seeing anything……definitely a gift to add a little heat to the marriage!  xo- Marissa

Hello friends! It’s that time again, yet another boudoir workshop at The Boudoir Divas San Diego studio! We are super excited to meet the next group and make new friends. As always, we like to learn a bit about the attendees before they get here and share their questionnaires with all of you! If you have been thinking about attending a workshop, don’t delay! You can still make the June Workshop as there are a couple spots still available. We are HOPING to have one more workshop this year, but have not figured out the dates just yet. So if you can’t make June, please keep checking back on this blog for the next announcement. :)

With that, meet our June workshop attendees!

Website: www.blog.brendanthomasphotography.com, www.brendanthomasphotography.com
Location: Akron/Canton OHIO (a bit south of Cleveland)
1. What are you MOST excited about for the upcoming SAN DIEGO workshop?
I have wanted to attend one of the Divas workshop for a few years now and life always happened, so I’m most excited to simply see them in action!
2. What do you hope to learn from the DIVAS?
I’m so excited about learning more lighting techniques!
3. How many times have you been to SAN DIEGO?
Never, this will be my first!
4. What is your FAVORITE thing to photograph?
Weddings
5. Starbucks or Coffee Bean (or neither)?
Starbucks
6. Who are you listening to RIGHT now on your ipod?
The new Jennifer Lopez, On the Floor
7. What is your FAVORITE piece of equipment in your camera bag?
My Canon 70-200 2.8 IS
8. What is your all-time FAVORITE snack food?
Ben and Jerry’s Half Baked ice cream. OMG! so good, little pieces of brownie and swirls of chocolate and vanilla ice cream. Killer!
9. When you were a child… what did you want to be when you grew up?
I always wanted to own my own company, even in high school. It was in college when I was studying Sales/Marketing that I really decided that I wanted to create my own destiny. So, in 2005, Brendan Thomas Photography was born, after me and my husband found out we were pregnant with our little boy, Brendan.
10. What one thing in life would you want to remembered for?
That I truly cared about people, especially family and friends. I will do anything for them!

Website: www.brittanygerth.com
Twitter: @brittanygerth
Location: Oakhurst, CA
1. What are you MOST excited about for the upcoming SAN DIEGO workshop?
Meeting new people & being inspired by everyone. Also, coming out of my shell (I am a bit of wall-flower : )) – this will be my first workshop I attend not knowing anyone else before hand : )
2. What do you hope to learn from the DIVAS?
All things Boudoir – I have always been interested in boudoir photography but never thought of trying it. Then I heard about the Divas & stopped by their booth at WPPI – it really perked my interest. I am especially interested in learning the marketing and posing side.
3. How many times have you been to SAN DIEGO?
Many times – especially as a kid. Now my husband and I try to make it a yearly trip in December.
4. What is your FAVORITE thing to photograph?
I LOVE LOVE LOVE travel photography. I have been lucky enough to have many opportunities to travel – both nationally and internationally – and photographing different cultures and landscapes is my favorite.
5. Starbucks or Coffee Bean (or neither)?
Coffee Bean – except we don’t have any where I live – only Starbucks : (
6. Who are you listening to RIGHT now on your ipod?
Galaxy Astroids, Rihanna, & Duffy (with a little country music thrown in the mix)
7. What is your FAVORITE piece of equipment in your camera bag?
50mm – love this lens! It’s an old one – but it keeps on truckin (knock on wood!).
8. What is your all-time FAVORITE snack food?
Popcorn – I couldn’t live without popcorn. Whom ever it was who thought “Hmmm….I think I am going to pop these corn kernels.” = my hero
9. When you were a child… what did you want to be when you grew up?
Oh man – what didn’t I want to be! I wanted to be everything from a fighter-jet pilot; to a policewoman; a photographer; an artist; to a professional traveler; & a great white shark researcher (my favorite movie was Jaws) – it pretty much changed every week.
10. What one thing in life would you want to remembered for?
When people think of me I want them to remember me as being the girl who always followed her dreams & learned from her failures (because lets be honest – following my dreams has resulted in many failures – but I can be happy knowing I at least tried!).

Website: www.lapetiteboudoir.com & www.studio57images.com
Location: Seattle, Washington
1. What are you MOST excited about for the upcoming SAN DIEGO workshop?
Hands on practice, meeting other photographers and sunshine!
2. What do you hope to learn from the DIVAS?
Lighting techniques and marketing strategies
3. How many times have you been to SAN DIEGO?
I’m guessing about 5 times for vacation, business, etc. and I’m a native Californian living in Washington. You feel my pain, right??
4. What is your FAVORITE thing to photograph?
Without a doubt, people. I love high school seniors because they are so funny and quirky; I love the romance and beauty of boudoir; babies are cute but they take patience that I don’t always have!
5. Starbucks or Coffee Bean (or neither)?
I’m from Seattle so I have to say Starbucks, right?
6. Who are you listening to RIGHT now on your ipod?
Love 80′s tunes!
7. What is your FAVORITE piece of equipment in your camera bag?
Canon L series 85mm 1.2 lens.
8. What is your all-time FAVORITE snack food?
Trail Mix
9. When you were a child… what did you want to be when you grew up?
A doctor but then I learned that blood makes me pass out.
10. What one thing in life would you want to remembered for?
Being a loving, spirited and supportive partner, mother and friend. Oh, I think that’s 3 or 6 things, sorry!

Website: www.TessieReveliotisPhotography.com
Twitter: TR_Photography
Location: New York
1. What are you MOST excited about for the upcoming SAN DIEGO workshop?
I am most excited about meeting the Divas.
2. What do you hope to learn from the DIVAS?
Technique, inspiration and confidence to shoot amazing boudoir photos!
3. How many times have you been to SAN DIEGO?
This is my first trip to San Diego.
4. What is your FAVORITE thing to photograph?
I don’t have one favorite thing, I love to photograph people and places.
5. Starbucks or Coffee Bean (or neither)?
Starbucks.
6. Who are you listening to RIGHT now on your ipod?
Adele
7. What is your FAVORITE piece of equipment in your camera bag?
My Nikon D3s.
8. What is your all-time FAVORITE snack food?
I love Cool Ranch Doritos and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.
9. When you were a child… what did you want to be when you grew up?
I don’t think I’ve grown up yet…
10. What one thing in life would you want to remembered for?
Making a difference that mattered to someone, anyone.

Website: http://www.stephaniereeder.com
Twitter: StephReeder
Location: Nashville, TN
1. What are you MOST excited about for the upcoming SAN DIEGO workshop?
I am most excited to learn, grow, and fulfill a new division of my photography business. I am also very excited to meet all the attendees and of course the Oh. So. Fabulous. DIVAS!
2. What do you hope to learn from the DIVAS?
I am by trade a natural light photographer with a lifestyle approach to photography. My hope is to learn from the best and come away with a new perspective/skill on studio lighting and posing.
3. How many times have you been to SAN DIEGO?
I have been to California several times, but never San Diego…Super Excited!!
4. What is your FAVORITE thing to photograph?
My favorite thing to photograph is true emotion on a wedding day. It’s the greatest feeling to walk away from a wedding with goosebumps on your arms and a huge smile on your face…I love it!
5. Starbucks or Coffee Bean (or neither)?
Hmmm this is a hard one because I am originally from the Pacific Northwest which would have me leaning towards a lot of great coffee companies. I will have to say hands down though that I LOVE Batdorf and Bronson Coffee and would only choose Starbucks if I had nothing else to go with…I know, I know, such a trader!
6. Who are you listening to RIGHT now on your ipod?
I currently don’t have an ipod, but I love Pandora Radio so I will share my favorite station right now which is Angus and Juliet Stone!
7. What is your FAVORITE piece of equipment in your camera bag?
My favorite thing in my camera bag is my Nikon D700. It might sound cheesy but without that I would not be doing what I love so much!
8. What is your all-time FAVORITE snack food?
Oh my, I am a salty girl at heart! I am addicted to Chex Mix…Original of course!
9. When you were a child… what did you want to be when you grew up?
I always thought I would be an Elementary School Teacher. I love kids, having fun, and enjoying the little things in life. I guess I am still doing all those things as a mom, wife, and photographer!
10. What one thing in life would you want to remembered for?
My love for life and my family! Being a mother to one amazing little boy, I have learned to slow down and live for today, dream about tomorrow and hold close to those who I truly love and admire. I want nothing more then to be remembered as a positive person who loves to smile and make {and capture} everlasting memories!

Website: www.MapuanaPhoto.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/MapuanaPhoto
Location: Laie, Hawaii
1. What are you MOST excited about for the upcoming SAN DIEGO workshop?
Hanging out and learning from the DIVA’s.
2. What do you hope to learn from the DIVAS?
The business end of Boudoir Photography
3. How many times have you been to SAN DIEGO?
Not many times… maybe once or twice.
4. What is your FAVORITE thing to photograph?
Everyday people that want to feel beautiful.
5. Starbucks or Coffee Bean (or neither)?
Coffee Bean has a killer Dark Chocolate ice blend. OMG Delish!!
6. Who are you listening to RIGHT now on your ipod?
Joss Stone, Adele, Duffy,
7. What is your FAVORITE piece of equipment in your camera bag?
My 50mm 1.2
8. What is your all-time FAVORITE snack food?
Chocolate
9. When you were a child… what did you want to be when you grew up?
A teacher
10. What one thing in life would you want to remembered for?
Being a great mother and a kick butt photographer that made everyday people feel like super stars :)

Website: www.Dulceboudoir.com
Twitter: Dulceboudoir
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
1. What are you MOST excited about for the upcoming SAN DIEGO workshop?
Honestly, everything! Meeting the divas, seeing the studio, meeting other photographers, learning….the list could go on and on!
2. What do you hope to learn from the DIVAS?
Lighting, posing, running a studio and everything on the business and marketing side of things.
3. How many times have you been to SAN DIEGO?
None! I’ve never been on the west coast!
4. What is your FAVORITE thing to photograph?
Women and Infants.
5. Starbucks or Coffee Bean (or neither)?
Starbucks!
6. Who are you listening to RIGHT now on your ipod?
Ingrid Michaelson
7. What is your FAVORITE piece of equipment in your camera bag?
50mm 1.4
8. What is your all-time FAVORITE snack food?
Dove chocolate balls with almonds…yum!
9. When you were a child… what did you want to be when you grew up?
I wanted to be a model…ha!
10. What one thing in life would you want to remembered for?
Making a difference in someone’s life.

Website: www.delumpaphotography.com
Twitter: @delumpaphoto
Location: South San Francisco, Ca
1. What are you MOST excited about for the upcoming SAN DIEGO workshop?
Can I say EVERYTHING?? Meeting the Divas, the other attendees, and just learning everything I can about boudoir photography.
2. What do you hope to learn from the DIVAS?
At the top of the list — posing and lighting.
3. How many times have you been to SAN DIEGO?
Many times!! At one point in my life I wanted to move down there. I ♥ SD!!
4. What is your FAVORITE thing to photograph?
Fave would have to be people – especially genuine expressions and emotions.
5. Starbucks or Coffee Bean (or neither)?
I’d have to say Starbeeezy! Grande iced skinny vanilla latte please!
6. Who are you listening to RIGHT now on your ipod?
Adele, especially track 2 in her latest album! That’s def going on my boudoir playlist!
7. What is your FAVORITE piece of equipment in your camera bag?
My 85 1.8!
8. What is your all-time FAVORITE snack food?
Anything with chocolate, but all-time fave is the dark chocolate chunk almond cookie from trader joes.
9. When you were a child… what did you want to be when you grew up?
I wanted to be an astronaut, just so I could go to space camp.
10. What one thing in life would you want to remembered for?
That I accomplished all the goals I set for myself!

A few days ago, I was taking a little coffee break on a sunny afternoon, and I decided to enjoy some delightful chocolate biscuits with my coffee. And these biscuits got me thinking and dreaming about Paris… which launched me into a half hour of perusing our photos from our Paris trip last year… which made me start a blog post. All because of these little beauties. :)

Ahhhh…. Rue Picot…. you hold a very special place in my heart. Within walking distance to the Arc de Triomphe… with my favorite cafe around the corner… and the most beautiful Parisian flat. Rue Picot, you are a big part of the reason why I consider Paris to be my second home.

And we just LOVED having our mommas with us for the first week in Paris! They were the chefs extraordinaires during the workshop week 1, and they spoiled us rotten. Marissa & I also just loved having them be a part of our “Boudoir Diva lives” (which is actually quite different from our “normal lives!” It was amazing to be with them as they saw the Eiffel Tower for the first time, and it was just such a special time for us daughters to be with our moms in Paris. Thanks again, momma Carol & momma Cecilia, for all of your help. We love you!

And then there was the WORKSHOP! Day of shooting is always SO much fun – especially cramming into those little rooms in the flat. Thankfully last year we got a huge flat with lots more space. PS, take a look at that beautiful light coming through the windows! So gorgeous.

And here’s yours truly (Kimberlee), showing one of the #1 rules for boudoir posing: DEMONSTRATE. It’s so important to show your clients what you want them to do (don’t just try to tell them – SHOW them!)

And now here we have the outdoor shooting day… with our fabulous models struttin’ their stuff down the street on the way to the Arc de Triomphe! And take a look at that fun black & white striped dress. Made my Marissa’s mom! So amazing. I think we need to have her make another one soon… Cecelia, you up for that?!

What really ‘makes’ our workshops is… the PHOTOGRAPHERS! We LOVE meeting new photogs from around the world, and we love sharing some things we’ve learned along the way with our business, and we also love learning from our new friends. We all have experiences to share with each other, and it’s honestly a privilege to hang out w/ such wonderful people for a few days as we all talk about something we LOVE – boudoir photography!

“Excuse me, people who are entering this hundreds-of-years-old-church building on your way to Sunday mass… don’t mind us crazy group of photogs shooting a crazy model on the stairs out here….”

Cobblestones = L.O.V.E. I want to go back!!!

J’adore Paris.

And now for my favorite. This one ALWAYS makes me smile. We were walking back to our flat at the end of the shoot, Marissa had donned the top hat somewhere along the way, and on the side of a restaurant, someone had taken a piece of pink chalk to the wall and written this lovely note. It was the perfect setting for some priceless portraits of my bitner. Such a good reminder to us all… Don’t take yourself too seriously! :)

With dreams of Paris and hopes for the next time we will be in Paris (probably next year!)… xoxo, Kimberlee

I know we posted a ‘teaser’ video and a few images from her shoot… But now for the full behind-the-scenes video with the adorable Miss Tenley Molzahn from the Bachelor!

Viva Las Vegas! That’s right people, we are gearing up, packing up, and heading out to Las Vegas for the annual WPPI Trade show held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas! We are excited to offer our newest product, the Divalicious Lighting & Shooting DVD for sale at our booth this year. This project has been a long time coming and was a LOT of work, but we are really excited about how it turned out, and we can’t wait to share it with all of you!  You can check out the Lighting DVD trailer here.

We will be offering the Boudoir Lighting DVD at a trade show special rate of $275 (including tax). The normal price for this DVD is $325 plus shipping. AND, if you purchase the Lighting DVD (before or during the trade show), you get a special treat at our booth! (More details coming later this week) :) You won’t want to miss this opportunity we have for those of you who purchase the DVD!!!!! So make sure to print out your receipt and bring it to our booth if you purchased it before WPPI. :)

So…. we hope you’ll stop by our booth, check out our products, our exciting surprise, and if nothing else, just come by to say hi!  We will be at Booth #1341.