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The Boudoir Workshop!

Divas — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:41:23 +0000

Just wanted to let you all know that I’ve updated the website with all of the info for THE BOUDOIR WORKSHOP! [Click here to check out the website page]

Paris Photography Workshop | The Attendees…

Divas — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:09:16 +0000

So excited about all of our Paris attendees!!! Here’s a list of all of the ladies who have registered so far::
Corneli | Patricia | Nikki | Jessica | Sadie | Jesse | Vivian
That makes 7 gals… which means the workshop is halfway sold… only SEVEN spots left! If you’re interested in joining us for the second annual Divas Paris Boudoir workshop, click here to register! We can’t wait to meet all of you ladies who have already joined! Oh – AND… one more big announcement about Paris 2010. After we’ve received all 14 registrations, we’ll be offering a $400 OFF CONTEST! The contest won’t be announced until after everyone has officially registered (to make it fair for all of the attendees to find out about it at the same time). But ONE lucky gal will win this awesome workshop discount!

(I love this shot Marissa grabbed from the streets of Paris). I have seriously fallen in L-O-V-E with this city! There is a photograph waiting to happen everywhere you look. Just being IN Paris is WONDERFUL. But on top of everything we will all be living in sick Paris apartments… connecting with other fab female photogs… and hanging out/learning from us crazy/dorky divas… AH, it’s just such a fun experience! I CANNOT WAIT for April (can’t believe we have to wait for NINE whole months!!!) :) Ok, that’s all for now! YAY PARIS 2010!!!

Paris Photography Workshop | The Divas do it again!

Divas — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:35:57 +0000

Hey everyone… just wanted to let you know that we’re already gearing up for our next Boudoir Divas Paris Workshop!!! The 2009 Paris workshop was such a huge success, and we had such great feedback… that we’re going to do it again! We just finalized the dates this week, so we’ll be announcing the dates (AND TAKING REGISTRATIONS) this coming week! The ‘09 dates sold out FAST, so if you’re interested in joining us in the Spring of ‘10, be sure you sign up very quickly once we open registration! (Sign up for our newsletter list to be the first to find out about our 2010 dates). We have TONS of amazing testimonial footage from our fabulous workshop attendees… and we’ll be releasing all of them on our website very very soon. But for now, here’s just ONE short testimonial from Ivana, a fab boudoir photographer from Croatia! (PS… we were not present during the making of these video, and we did not feed our attendees these lines, haha!) :) Thanks, Joslyn, for interviewing everyone! And thanks, ‘09 attendees, for being willing to share about your experience during the workshop!

Victoria’s Secret lingerie | (they’ve been re-branding the past year!)

Divas — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:18:03 +0000

It may already be obvious, but M & I love marketing… branding… and buzz! This is sort of a nerdy thing to admit, but I love analyzing ads, marketing programs, and I love looking at successful businesses & trying to figure out why they are successful. There are so many different aspects that go into marketing, and it’s always so interesting to me to see how companies make marketing work for them. I ALSO think it is very intriguing to see a company go through a fresh ‘re-branding’ process.

Over the past couple of years, Marissa & I have taken notice of Victoria’s Secret, and how they have started going in a completely new direction when it comes to their marketing and catalogues. About a year ago, we started to notice the shift from ‘ultra-sexy-bombshell-vixen’ to more of a soft, French-Boudoir feeling to their images. Since that is the look that WE have always tried to capture, we were so stoked to see Victoria’s Secret ads moving in this same direction as well. We always want our boudoir photo shoots to have a look that is sexy and yet still soft, feminine, and fabulously-gorgeous!

Anyway… I recently came across this magazine article (from a year ago) that explicitly states exactly what Marissa and I had been noticing with Victoria’s Secret lingerie over the past year. I love reading business articles like this, giving us a little insider’s glimpse of what works & what doesn’t work with successful businesses.

Since V.S. has the exact same clientele that we are trying to reach with boudoir photography, we want to take notice of what they are doing in their marketing strategies. (It’s sort of showing us that we’re on the right track with the way we’ve been doing things!) :) Here’s one quote from the article that really stood out to me: “We will return to an ultra-feminine lingerie brand to meet [customer] needs and expectations.” If you’re interested, click here to read the full article!

On another note… Victoria’s Secret is having their big semi-annual sale… now is the perfect time to stock up on your lingerie for your boudoir photography shoot, ladies! (Click here to see Marissa & I shopping at VS last year for our Las Vegas boudoir workshop!)