Most recently, we’ve had the chance to lead a speaking program with WPPI’s Road Trip 2010, in Irvine last week, and in Dallas TX yesterday! We met SO many new friends, and we just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who came to hear us speak. It is truly an honor to be able to share with all of you about boudoir… something we are so incredibly passionate about. Way back in 2007 when we launched our “Bringing Boudoir Back” campaign, it took a long time for photography organizations to realize that boudoir really WAS about to make a comeback! A handful of forward-thinking photography organizations did agree to let us come and share our vision for what boudoir could become, and in the past 3.5 years, we’ve seen boudoir just EXPLODE as more and more people in the industry are starting to see the potential that is in this niche. We are so excited about where things have come, and we just can’t WAIT to see where this is going to go next!

To all of you who believed in us (and who believed in boudoir) way back in 2006-07… THANK YOU. Seriously, thank you for listening to these couple of crazy gals who believed that boudoir would become the next big thing. Thank you for coming to our workshops, thank you for purchasing our books, thank you for traveling to hear us blab on and on about this topic that we are so passionate about. I know, I know… this is starting to sound like a lame ‘acceptance speech’ at the Emmy’s or something. Whatever. We just want you to know that we wouldn’t be where we are today without all of you who have supported us and helped us and believed in us along the way. And… you never know… maybe someday we’ll also have the chance to lead a platform presentation at WPPI Vegas (fingers crossed!) ;) Thanks again, WPPI, for inviting us on the Road Trip. We had an amazing time, and we’re honored to be counted among so many industry leaders who have done so much for others.

Here are a few photos from our presentation at the Irvine stop on the Road Trip…
In this first shot, we are showing where the business started out (in Marissa’s TINY one-car garage!) A lot of people don’t know this, but Marissa actually came up with the business plan for the Boudoir Divas WAAAAY back in 2001, right after she graduated from high school!

This next image shows our Mission Statement on the screen. This is something that is INCREDIBLY important to us. We encourage all of you to sit down and write out your own mission statement – something that is personal and unique to you and your business – something that reminds you WHY you do what you do.

Thanks to everyone who came to hear us speak! PS… to those of you at the Irvine show… we realize that we had to cut out the ‘MARKETING’ portion of our presentation (that’s what happens when Becker talks too long and we start 20 minutes late!) ;) just kidding Becker, you know we love you! Ok, but to those of you who were at that show – we WILL be sending you that marketing section. Actually, maybe we’ll send it to EVERYONE on our mailing list! If you’re not on that list, CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP RIGHT NOW!

One more thing (as if this blog post wasn’t long enough already)… we are THINKING about possibly recording our speaking presentation and having it available for download for FREE on our website. A lot of people have heard us give this presentation this year, but as 2010 is coming to a close, we already have new plans for a NEW speaking program all about BOUDOIR LIGHTING (just in case we get invited to speak in Vegas)… ;) … So anyway, if you’d be interested in having our 2010 speaking program available to view for free, leave a comment below. If there’s enough demand, we’ll make it happen! Thanks everyone!
xoxo, Kimberlee

Boudoir photographer Teresa Nora Trobbe posted this adorable photo on our Boudoir Divas Photographers FB Page. I thought it was so stinkin’ cute I just had to share. Thanks for the shout out as well Teresa! That was really sweet. Here is what she posted….”LOVE The Divas and workshop is sooo worth-it! I have been shooting boudoir for about 6 years and yet I learned so much…the timing could not have been better. Even Everest raises the Bra to the beautiful Divas!!”

Our Oct boudoir workshop is totally full but if you want more info on the next we will launch please visit www.boudoirshop.com for more info.

Hope to see you all there!

We have been working on this baby every spare minute that we get. Boudoirinternational.com you will be the best boudoir photography website on the planet!!!! Or my name is Marissa C. Boucher! Ha.

We are thrilled about the idea of all of us pooling our resources and bringing boudoir to the masses rather than trying to push our individual studios. Then when millions upon millions of potential clients go to bou int, there will be plenty of love to go around. Yes, I know, I dream big.  I can just imagine a boudoir international ad campaign and a boudoir article in the pages of Glamour Magazine already. I mean they are finally embracing celebrating “real beauty” which is the perfect lead-in for boudoir. Victoria’s Secret, watch out! Boudoir is taking over the market as the top grosser  for women.

In fact we are already making only the first move on  many big ad campaigns to come. Check it out… will hit the newstands in Nov… in BRIDES MAGAZINE! Yay! What do you think… still need to justify, center, and all that jazz, but we are digging it.

Email Ashley Sapp at info@theboudoirdivas.com to get more info and  to see if you have got what it takes to be on the biggest and best elite list of boudoir photographers! Please include your website address as well as the city or cities you would like to be listed in.

Miss Stacy Clark, this out-of-this-world singer/songwriter asked us to not only photograph her earlier this year but also, gasp, lets us use her songs for our slideshows and marketing videos. Well now this beauty is officially a celebrity! Yay, she is itunes featured free download this week ! You deserve every bit of the recognition Stacy. Although we already knew you were a star inside and out. xoxo- Marissa and Kimberlee