Drumroll, please…. awwwww, yeah…. it’s the LAST BOUDOIR DIVAS WORKSHOP OF 2011!!!! (In the United States, that is). :) As you may already know, we do have a few crazy travels coming up in the next few months (New Zealand & Spain!)… you can see us there this fall. BUT, if you’d like – this is the FINAL workshop of 2011.

DATES: September 13-14 ***NOTE: THIS WORKSHOP HAS SOLD OUT! :)

DAY ONE: Covering shooting style, lighting, posing, demo shoot and hands on practice using our equipment and 2 of our favorite sets! You will be able to shoot “models” to build your boudoir portfolio. Some one on one shooting with models as well as small group shoot settings.

DAY TWO: Covering marketing, pricing/packages, post-processing, and more – all about the boudoir business! You’ll also get 1-on-1 time (ten minutes) with either Marissa or Kimberlee to identify the next steps to implement with your business.
HOW TO SIGN UP: 50% deposit ($600) to lock-in your spot. (Click here to sign up & pay the deposit now!)

LIGHTING: If you like our boudoir images, you’ll probably notice that a huge part of our style is all wrapped up in the lighting that we use. Lighting is SOOOO important for boudoir, and over the past six years of having THE premier boudoir studio in Southern California, we have developed a lot of tips and tricks for boudoir lighting. It is absolutely essential to learn how to light a woman in a flattering way, to show off her best assets, and maybe even minimizing some of the areas she may not want to emphasize quite so much. At the boudoir workshop, we’re going to show you the simple lighting recipes that we’ve created for our boudoir clients. We’ll be focusing mainly on our favorite lighting set-up (what we call our ‘hot lights’), and then you’ll also have an opportunity to work with natural light and video light.

POSING: Ah, yes, boudoir posing. First off, I think we all know that when it comes to boudoir, this is NOT something that just ‘happens.’ If you can think back to your first boudoir session that you shot, you might say that posing was one of the MOST difficult aspects of the boudoir session (don’t you agree?) Your typical client is not a professional model; she’s an everyday woman who does not know how to pose or ‘be sexy’ in front of the camera… and as the photographer, it is your job to coach her through the entire boudoir photography experience. We created our Posebook a few years ago simply because we kept receiving emails from photographers, asking for advice on how to pose their boudoir clients. Even though posing can be quite difficult at first, we don’t want you to be overwhelmed! We want to empower you with some of our top posing tips. And we want to share some of our favorite poses (also our TOP-SELLING poses!) If you can get comfortable with some favorite poses that are flattering for all body types, then before you know it, you’ll be coaching your client into poses without even thinking about it!

SHOOTING: One of the big benefits of coming to a Boudoir Divas workshop is the shooting time. We set you up with a few GORGEOUS past clients, and you get to work on our sets, with our lights, and have the opportunity to capture some BEAUTIFUL images for your boudoir portfolio! You’ll be shooting in small groups, and then you’ll also have a little 1-on-1 time, where you’ll be able to work by yourself with one of the clients. We’ve had past workshop attendees come to this workshop without ANY previous boudoir experience… and then they walk away from the workshop with a solid portfolio of images – ready to post online on a new website, or create a sample photo album. Our goal: that you will be in LOVE with the images you get at this workshop!

BOUDOIR BFFS: We all like meeting new friends, right? Especially friends in the photography industry, who are also passionate about something that you are passionate about. At all of our workshops, it seems that our little diva attendees establish some really cool friendships with each other. We’ve seen our attendees start new Facebook groups with each other just so that they can all stay in touch after the workshop – and we always see this amazing community develop, where all of these new boudoir photography BFFs share, connect, and help each other out! Love it!

OUR STUDIO: We have a 4500 square-foot studio, and we’re opening it up to all of YOU! We’d absolutely love to have you join us here!

THE SWAG BAG: Ahhhh, yes, the goods. We have hooked you guys UP with the goods. We’ve got some amazing vendors who are giving you some amazing gifts and special deals! You’re going to receive over $500 worth of sweet hook-ups and deals!!!! Just a FEW of the awesome vendors you’ll see in your swag bag: Bay Photo | Graphi Studio | Totally Rad Actions | Shootsac | Drop It Modern

LEARN FROM US: Ok, so we are obviously not super cool, heehee! If you’ve ever watched our Youtube channel or spent any extended amount of time hanging out with us, you’ll know that we are more nerdy than cool. But in any case, we would LOVE to hang out with you for two days. If you’d like to know more about who we are and why you should learn from us, go check out our BIO.

QUESTIONS: Want to know more? Email me (Kimberlee), and I’d be more than happy to answer any questions you may have about the September boudoir workshop!

Alright… so… Have we got you interested??? Check out this Video overview of the Boudoir Workshop:

And if you’d like to watch a more DETAILED video, showing our brave workshop attendees talking about their experiences, here is a longer video, with the unedited testimonials. If you are thinking about coming to this workshop, I HIGHLY recommend watching this. We left the video camera in the back while everyone else was hanging out in the lobby… and just let the gals have free-reign to chat and share all about what they learned. The Boudoir Divas did not have any part in the filming of this video. ;) Seriously, though, M & I can ‘talk ourselves up’ and try to convince you to come hang out with us in SD, BUT, we think that it’s way better to hear it from the mouth of our past workshop attendees. (Thanks to all of you wonderful June Workshop ladies who shared!) xoxo

Came across these images today & realized I hadn’t even processed any of my shots from this ‘just for fun’ shoot that Marissa & I did a few months ago w/ some fabulous models. Here are a few of my faves:





The workshop officially starts tomorrow, and we are so excited to meet everyone! We have a GREAT line-up of models (past clients!) that will be joining us for our day of shooting this week, and let me just tell you – you photographers are going to get some awesome shots! The thing I love best about our workshop is the fact that you get one-on-one time with a few of our models; getting the opportunity to practice some of the skills you’ve learned (ie posing, lighting, talking w/ your client, etc), AWAY from the hustle and bustle of workshop craziness. No fighting for your shot around all of the other photogs! :) If you’ve been thinking about joining us at one of our workshops, be sure to sign up for our NEWSLETTER LIST – because we’ll be announcing the next workshop date very soon!

If you’ve registered for the Workshop (San Diego, this Spring)… I’ve just sent an email to confirm that we received your registration info. If you did NOT receive an email from me (info@theboudoirdivas.com), please email and let us know so we can double-check that we have you on the list. We’re looking forward to meeting you all! To register – see this link.

We are getting SUPER excited for our Vegas Workshop!!! We’ve got 14 fabulous photographers joining us for 2 full days of shooting, processing, and discussing how to increase profits with this in-demand service! Can’t wait to meet all of you… see you soon! (PS – go check your inboxes… we’ve just sent a newsletter to each of you Vegas workshop peeps!)

That’s right, I could barely believe it myself, but we got 500 additional hits from this inexpensive and focused advertising direct to our ideal clients. This one took a lot of expensive mistakes to figure out, so we are only telling our workshop attendees. Plus it wouldn’t be as valuable if everyone was doing it. So a big hush, hush workshop peeps.

We love hearing from all of our workshop gals! Thanks, Janet, for sending a little update on how things are going for you. We’re so glad that you’re loving your boudoir shoots! :) Check outJanet’s site!!

Narrowing down your images quickly is something that will come with time. Your time is so valuable, you don’t want to waste any unneeded time in front of your computer screen. We limit our images down quite a bit, and we do it VERY quickly! Our best advice: go with your instinct and only KEEP the best images. Label those ones… get rid of the rest.

Hey everyone!  So first of all, we want to let you all know that we’ve decided to push-back the Santa Barbara workshop.  We want to be sensitive to the devastation in DJ’s neighborhood, and we have also had many more inquiries for our Vegas workshop in Feb.  Therefore, we’ve decided to postpone for now.  [DJ, we can't wait to come up there in 09!  Also, know that our hearts and prayers go out to your neighbors who have lost so much this past week].

Ok, so now for Vegas info.  We’ll be holding a full workshop there (2 days)… this will be exactly like our San Diego workshop, only cooler because it’s in Vegas!  ;)  The dates: Thurs-Fri, Feb. 12-13… that’s right before WPPI week!  Shooting with gorgeous models – studio lighting – shooting with only available/natural light – marketing – pricing – processing – selling – the ‘supermodel experience’ – posing – all of this packed into two full days!  Then on Saturday, we’ll be doing our demo shoot again at the KISS house (not a workshop, but a demo shoot… we’ll be shooting and explaining what we’re doing; you’ll have the opportunity to shoot behind/around us).   (*Note: those who have signed up for our workshop will have first-dibs on spots for the KISS demo shoot).

We’ve already had about 5 people ask to be on the list for this workshop… but we haven’t officially started taking registrations.  We’ll start THIS WEEK, and you’ll be notified through our newsletter when you’re able to sign up.  If you’re interested in joining us for our boudoir workshop in Vegas, make sure you’re on our newsletter list so you don’t miss out!  We’ll see you in Vegas!

Hey everyone, we’ve been receiving tons of emails asking about our next workshops. We do have a few more scheduled – and we’ll be announcing more details soon! With all of the inquiries we’ve received, we can guarantee that these workshops will sell-out VERY quickly! So, if you want to be the first to find out the details, make sure you’re signed up for our newsletter list.