Details for the Paris boudoir workshop can be found here.

“Believe in Beauty” is a term K and I decided on because it is just that. It is the gratitude we feel for God allowing us to have a career in which we can celebrate His beauty by using every bit of the creativity and imagination He blessed us with. These concept shoots are something that we plan months ahead and dream about even longer than that. We are so grateful to Tenley and Kiptyn for doing this shoot with us. As well as quite a few others like:

Weston Boucher wrote the song for us which can be found for photographers use at www.triplescoopmusic.com

John and Norma of NR3 Video Productions did the fancier video footage

Peggy Rogers, amazing make-up & hair! Find her here.

Handsome gentlemen in tuxes:
Brian MacKenzie (ladies he’s single)
Luke Long (he’s in a famous band called Ha Ha Tonka, he’s not single, sawwy)
Jeff See (amazing artist, no idea if he’s got a lady friend)
Weston Boucher (step off, he’s mine, lol)
Ps. Not sure why this became about their relationship status, guess I knew we’d get a comment or ten about it.

Hot air balloon was provided by Sky Surfer Balloons

Becky Pesche and Ashley Sapp also helped take video and stills

Danielle Adams was the much needed and appreciated reflector holder

Always a thank you to our sponsors BAY PHOTO LAB & GRAPHI STUDIO

You can also check them out at the end credits of this video. Thrilled that this video and our Paris launch could be on the same day! What a celebration!
Pop the bubbly! Talk about a happy day for us!! Yay!

I know we normally post this BEFORE our workshops start, but with the volcano and travel delays and everything else, I am a little behind. My apologies; but better late than never!  Here is some information on our awesome attendees from our Paris boudoir workshop, week 1. This isn’t everyone, but I wanted to post the attendees who I did have information on! If you are one of the Paris Workshop attendees, you can still send me your information and I will update this blog! Thanks again for all of those who attended!

FIRST WEEK WORKSHOP:

Nikki McLeod
City you represent: Dalgety Bay, Fife, Scotland
Your website: www.nikkimcleodphotography.com
How long you have been shooting boudoir: 5 years
Why you got into shooting boudoir: I enjoyed seeing the Divas work on DWF, and loved what their approach could do to woman who were insecure with their bodies. I hadn’t really much interest in portraiture until I had seen the Divas work, but this changed my mind!
Your favorite part of The Boudoir Divas workshop: the posing first of all was the most useful for me; positioning the girls to get the best out of their bodies was a real lightbulb moment! I also enjoyed the marketing, being shown the different styles of lighting; actually everything was useful! I have 7 pages of a word document of notes to digest, and several hundred images to process!

Corneli Bowden – van Roest
City you represent: Ede (The Netherlands)
Your website: http://www.ipictureyou.com
How long you have been shooting boudoir: only just started…
Why you got into shooting boudoir: I’d like to learn something different besides shooting weddings. Boudoir is beautiful and fun.
Your favorite part of The Boudoir Divas workshop: posing and marketing


Annamarie Stepney
City you represent: Sussex
Your website: www.leboudoirrouge.co.uk Website coming soon!
How long you have been shooting boudoir: 1 year – just starting to do it more seriously and am creating my website as I type.
Why you got into shooting boudoir: To encourage women to celebrate their bodies and see how beautiful they really are.
Your favorite part of The Boudoir Divas workshop: The whole workshop was really excellent…if I HAD to pick my favourite bit it would have to be…the strawberries and nutella combo! – no seriously, although that was good, it would have to be hearing and watching the BD’s instructing the models to pose, and then after having an opportunity to practice them one-t-one with the models themselves.

Lulu Ta
City you represent: Calgary
Your website: www.ltphotography.ca
How long you have been shooting boudoir: about 1 year
Why you got into shooting boudoir: i wanted to show woman that they can be comfortable in their own skin regardless of their shape, size and color. i wanted to revive that inner confidence that we all should have of ourselves.
Your favorite part of The Boudoir Divas workshop: was having such an intimate experience with the divas and the attendees – some great support and friendships were build there and i hope that it lasts a lifetime.

SECOND WEEK WORKSHOP:

Laura Evans
City: i’m not sure, Ramstein Air Base i guess
Website: www.levansphotography.etsy.com
How long you have been shooting boudoir: since day one of the divas workshop
Why you got into shooting boudoir: thru seeing the work of the divas & wanting to try & learn from them
Your favorite part of The Boudoir Divas workshop: learning

Laura Boyd
City you represent: NYC
Your website: www.ownyoursexy.com
How long have you been shooting boudoir: I just launched the boudoir side of my studio this year.
What got you into shooting boudoir: I started seeing boudoir popping up everywhere and just loved it and wanted to try it myself. It is my favorite thing to shoot! I love that is is fun and girlie and at the same time empowering.
Your favorite part of The Boudoir Divas workshop: My favorite part in terms of amount of fun was getting to shoot in Paris with those amazing models. But I was also blown away by how much valuable info Marissa and Kimberlee shared with us about the business side of boudoir. It was all-around an extremely worthwhile experience that I would definitely recommend to other photographers!

Anne Buennig
City you represent: Duisburg/Germany
Website: http://anne-buennig.com (It’s a blog)
How long have you been shooting boudoir: Since 29th of April 2010, it was the first workshop day.
Why you got into shooting boudoir: I love boudoir photography because I love the idea of making women feel gorgeous and sexy beyong their imagination.
Your favorite part of the workshop: I loved the two shootings with all the posing tips from Kimberlee and Marissa, because I think this is a huge part. Very good was also the business part, because I am a complete newbie and it was awesome to get some help from these amazing business ladies. So, I guess, I just loved everything about the workshop.

Dixie Pearson-Shute
Website: I’m working on it. Should be up soon!
How long shooting Boudoir: Just started and loving it!
My favorite part of the Boudoir Divas workshop: Shooting on the streets of my favorite city in the world~Paris! What a great experience!!

Anita Larsen
City you represent: Copenhagen Denmark
Your website: http://ByAnitaLarsen.com
How long you have been shooting boudoir: 2.5 years
Why you got into shooting boudoir: A close friend asked if I was interested in doing a boudoir session for her and I instantly fell in love with the style.
Your favorite part of The Boudoir Divas workshop: Everything! Especially learning the DIVA style, and Marissa and Kimberlee sharing their experiences.

Images by Laura Evans Photography

Ashley here :) Kimee and I are just starting to get back to a regular routine at our San Diego Studio after being in Paris for two workshops and dealing with all the chaos the volcano in Iceland caused: disrupting travel plans, delaying flights, canceling our models and many attendees trips, and over all making it much more stressful than it needed to be! Marissa and her hubby, Weston, are still doing a little traveling on their own and we can’t wait for them to get back! But even with all the craziness, it was still a successful couple of weeks and we enjoyed meeting all of our amazing attendees! One of our attendees, Laura from Laura Evans Photography, joined us at our second workshop, just posted a blog about her experience at our workshop. If you have been considering a workshop, and maybe wanted a little insight from someone who has been to one already, check this out. Thanks so much for sharing Laura and we are so happy you joined us and enjoyed your time at our Paris workshop!

Our PARIS Workshop is just around the corner, and to give our attendees a little friendly competition, we are offering $400 off the TOTAL workshop cost! The contest: to send three photos, one showing your “inner DIVA”, one representing LOVE, and one that best portrays your love for PARIS. All the entries are below, and we need YOU to pick a winner! Please vote by leaving your favorite entry number in a comment below. We will be picking a winner March 30th, so plenty of time for voting :)
P.S. There are still a couple spots left for the second workshop (April 29-May1). Check out more details here

Yep, it’s true! We have had such an overwhelming demand for people wanting to attend our Paris Workshop that we are ADDING A SECOND WEEK! The dates of this second workshop will be April 29th-May 1st, 2010.

Go to our Boudoir Shop to register! If you have any questions at all, send Ashley an email at info@theboudoirdivas.com

See what past Workshop Attendees are saying about their experience!

Wanna see how much fun you will have? Check out our silly video we put together from Paris 2009. :)

As mentioned above, space is limited to 14 people max! The quickest way to reserve your spot will be going to the Boudoir Shop. But, you can email also Ashley at info@theboudoirdivas.com with any questions you may have as well!

I am in shock by the fantastic prices on Orbitz for a flight to Paris during our workshop.
From San Diego it is $635 plus booking fees and taxes. Last year we paid about $1300 per ticket. This is wonderful news… more money left for shopping in Paris!

For those of you who are considering booking the workshop and want more info. Please visit our Paris Boudoir Workshop blog post for more info!

* Note: We created this JPEG in July. We are eager to show you what we did to make July our hottest month in history!

By far one of the best aspects of our workshops is the opportunity to start (or build) your boudoir portfolio! We have had gals attend our workshops in the past who have never shot a boudoir session… and then we’ve also had photographers attend who are already quite established with their boudoir studios. No matter what your experience is, we want to create opportunities for you to SHOOT and to walk away with some awesome images to add to your portfolio. Another thing that is unique about our workshop: you have the chance to work with our models one-on-one! This is invaluable time for you to practice posing and interacting with your client. We’ve all been to the workshops where there is lots of fighting for time with the models. But at our workshops, we set aside a small chunk of time for you to be 1-on-1!

So… here are a few of the shots that our fabulous workshop attendees captured during the Paris workshop. To say that we were just a little impressed would be an understatement. Seriously… these images are so beautiful, we are just so impressed with the talent and the artistic abilities of our Paris attendees! Take a look at their work:

Music used with permission: Melissa Vaughan

Hey everyone, check out this video from our trip to Vegas with our fabulous video crew (thanks, Bui Brothers!) This is just a behind-the-scenes “sneak peek”… the real project will be released soon!