Don’t miss out! We are doing this webinar TODAY, Tuesday Nov. 22, at 12noon pacific standard time. Go register now for the webinar with GraphiStudio! We’re really looking forward to this webinar – it will be one hour, and we’ll be taking questions at the end, so you’ll have an opportunity to submit a question that you’d like us to answer!

Also, very very SOON we’re going to be sending out our next newsletter for professional photographers – so be sure you are signed up for that! It’s going to have a link for you to read an article that Marissa wrote, all about when to move into a larger studio space. Sign up for the Boudoir Divas newsletter below:

Check out this awesome email we recently received:
“Today I did 3 Boudoir sessions and they were the first ones I have done since purchasing your lighting DVD, Posebook and Perfect Boudoir Action. OMG I had sooo much fun! I felt pretty confident and it just went so smoothly. The photos are a different style than I am use to do but I am so happy with how they turned out. Of course my work is no where as amazing as yours but I think for my first time using lights EVER I did pretty damn good! I feel so proud! lol I want to thank you so much for providing these resources again! I’m just so excited and so happy that I was able to learn from you guys.”

Ok, so I know a LOT of you have been emailing and asking about the Boudoir Shop. As many of you have noticed, we are in the midst of some ch-ch-ch-changes on the shop! Here’s what’s happening.

LIGHTING DVD: The Boudoir Divas’ Lighting & Shooting DVD is ON SALE for just $198 (plus shipping & handling). We are thrilled to offer this DVD again (it took a little hiatus and hasn’t been on the shop for a while). But now it’s back and it’s on sale! Go get your hands on this little beauty NOW!

THE POSEBOOK: Sorry folks, but the Posebook is STILL ON HIATUS. He’ll be back in action SOON… but for now, you’ll just have to wait and be patient. :)

NEW PRODUCTS: As you’ve probably already heard, YES, we are launching new products soon! The Posebook Part Deux will be arriving quite shortly, and after that we’ll start working on the Workshop in a Book – Revised 2012 version! Can’t wait to get these awesome new boudoir photography resources in your hands.

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!)

Tonight I was inspired. Really. Not just saying that in the flippant way people say, “uh…mazing.” But in the way that makes you sit on a couch and stare at wall for a couple hours. I picked up a magazine today and found an article about Angelina Jolie that really got me thinking. She wrote a screen play and has now directed her very own creation.  It is a very worth read, and I won’t spoil the article for you by spelling it all out, but I will leave you with a few of the quotes and one of the main points that really left me pondering my own course in this short life.

One section reads, “you have to admire her. If she felt the need to write and direct, something lighter would have been the easier choice…..Easier still would’ve been to continue on as she had been: big movies for money, small movies for soul, sitting back as the coffers filled. Being a movie star is not such a bad life. But this woman, a pure product of Hollywood, is not only wildly ambitious…. [she] knows that capital kept out of the game is not saved but diminished. To get big, risk big.” Vanity Fair Writer

“There’s a famous quote, if it doesn’t scare you, it’s not worth doing. I think there is truth to that.” Angelina Jolie

She goes on to talk a bit more about other things that spoke to me as well, and while I do my best to be as open as possible there are some things that are just legitimate TMI. So I will keep the how and why to myself on those items, however, the words above….I can’t tell you why they speak to me exactly. I might never know. But after dealing with what felt a little bit like a season of winter in my life, I feel spring upon me. I feel like it’s time to enjoy this unreal day to day we call The Boudoir Divas, but also time pull up the sail because I feel the strong winds ready to take this adventure to a new height. We just need to decide what that is, and there are so many different pictures that could look like. What an amazing place to be. I feel so blessed. I don’t know what season you are in in your life, but I pray that you too are able to soon enjoy a season where the snow settles and all you see in front of you is an overwhelming excitement and adventure. Risk and reward.

So if you are in the grocery store line, I recommend grabbing this article, read about someone who seems to have reached all her goals just to stretch herself to new place she never thought she could go. Uh- mazing ;) – M

Care to see our latest studio tour?! It’s just an updated version of the old one… if you have heard us speak before, you’ve probably already seen it. But if you’d like to see it, here it is! Enjoy!

Also… if you would like to come hang out at this studio for two days, shoot on our cool boudoir sets with our amazing models and learn our divalicious lighting set-ups… we still do have a few slots available at our September boudoir photography workshop! We would LOVE to have you come join us! Email for all the juicy details: info@theboudoirdivas.com

Hey photographers! Hope you’re having a wonderful Monday! I just wanted to write and talk a little bit about email marketing. Our email newsletters to our boudoir photog clients are so incredibly important. This is a marketing strategy that we have used since the very beginning – and it is something that has worked really well for us. Emma is our email marketing partner for all of the newsletters that we send out to our clients, and we couldn’t be happier with this program. Emma gives us the flexibility to create a newsletter that is consistent with our Boudoir Divas brand. We love creating these email newsletters – it’s so much fun to design them in a way that makes them look more like a magazine, rather than a boring ‘ol email. (See sample below – this is an email we just sent to our past & potential clients, letting them know about our open house!)

Email newsletters are a great way to get in touch with potential clients, after they have signed up to receive your newsletter. They are also a helpful tool to stay in touch with your past and current clients – it’s our way of letting clients know about special events, tips for their boudoir session, and all of the ‘happenings’ here at the Boudoir Divas. And the awesome thing about using Emma for our newsletters: we get to see the results right away! We can log-on and see exactly who has read our email… but not only that, we can ALSO see which links they are clicking on from our newsletter. This information has helped us big-time when it comes to creating our email marketing programs, because we have data to tell us what things are typically more well-received, just by looking at our past email responses.

So… If you are a professional photographer and you’re NOT yet using an email newsletter to market to potential and current clients, what the heck are you waiting for?! Sign up with Emma today and start utilizing this easy and effective marketing tool!

Check out this awesome email we just got! We LOVE helping to empower other boudoir photographers to realize their dreams. xoxo, K & M

Hi, This really isn’t an email requesting any information. I just wanted to let you all know how amazing I think you are. I have only been into photography for the past year and a half but I am loving it. Boudoir was instantly my favourite! I love it because I love showing every woman how beautiful she is and I see the beauty in my work through this kind of photography.

I just wanted to thank you for having resources for other photographers who are starting out and may be a little lost like myself. It is often hard to find people to help. I just purchased your pose book and your lighting DVD and I am instantly just beyond excited for my next shoot! You made me realize that although obviously its not easy its easier than I was making it out to be. I was terrified of lighting and you have given me some confidence to give it a try. I also just purchased your perfect boudoir action for photoshop and once again I am in love. I took a a photo I had taken of an older woman in a previous shoot and used your action on it and I cannot believe the difference it made in the photo.

Anyways I just feel so much more confident and excited about my venture into Boudoir Photography. It is what I would like to concentrate on.

Thank you so very much! and if I ever get the money to take a trip out to San Diego I will be contacting you so I can have the supermodel experience myself. I know without a doubt you would make me look beyond stunning!!
-Sarafae

Thanks so much, Sarafae, for sharing your words with us! We love to hear that other photographers are inspired and/or empowered to take their boudoir photography business to the next level after coming to a workshop or utilizing our products for boudoir. That’s why we do what we do!

If you’re interested in checking out our boudoir resources for professional photographers, go to the Boudoir Shop!

I am thrilled to announce our newest set! Thank you so much to my mother, Cecelia, who turned an older little vintage sofa with great framework into a masterpiece for our studio. I mean even look at the details of the millions of tacks! Wow. Then thank you to Cie and Chris who let us have the background from their wedding booth backdrop…..AND huge thanks to our past boudoir client Jennifer who came in for another shoot and helped us debut it. It has all come together marvelously and although we want to add a few more details we couldn’t be happier! What should we call it? Thinking maybe “Demure” something. “Demure Sweetness,” “Frenchy Frou Frou,” or ????