Here are the rest of the wonderful women who will be joining us in our studio this week for THE BOUDOIR WORKSHOP! Can’t wait!

NAME: Brandi R. Carrera
City you hail from: Dallas, Texas
Website: www.runwayboudoir.com
1. What are you MOST excited about for the upcoming SAN DIEGO workshop? Seeing the studio again and meeting other boudoir photographers!
2. What do you hope to learn from the DIVAS? Posing, marketing, lighting and post-processing!
3. How many times have you been to SAN DIEGO? Only once, last year I had the Boudoir Divas shoot my own boudoir portraits! It rocked!
4. What is your FAVORITE thing to photograph? My mini french bulldog “Zoe” and boudoir (of course)!!
5. Starbucks or Coffee Bean (or neither)? Starbucks, but will have to try Coffee Bean while I’m in SD!!!
6. Who are you listening to RIGHT now on your ipod? Nora Jones
7. What is your FAVORITE piece of equipment in your camera bag? My camera, Canon 5d (while I crave the 50mm/1.2)!!!
8. What is your all-time FAVORITE snack food? Ritz crackers and cheddar cheese
9. When you were a child… what did you want to be when you grew up? An attorney…thank God I ended up a photographer, what was I thinking :-)
10. What one thing in life would you want to remembered for? Loving life and bringing out the inner beauty in others. That’s why I love shooting boudoir and seeing the change in a woman’s confidence right before my eyes!

NAME: Cindy Alderton
City you represent:Adamstown, Maryland
Website:www.BoudoirAffaire.com
1. What are you MOST excited about for the upcoming SAN DIEGO workshop? A fun change of pace connecting with other like-minded women and some new energy!
2. What do you hope to learn from the DIVAS? SO MUCH! Lighting, posting, marketing ,and pushing that traditional envelope as far as I can..
3. How many times have you been to SAN DIEGO? I was born there!
4. What is your FAVORITE thing to photograph? Besides Boudoir, I LOVE photographing super-close ups of BUGS, lol…
5. Starbucks or Coffee Bean (or neither)? Starbucks!
6. Who are you listening to RIGHT now on your ipod? Gwen Stefani – Hollaback Girl
7. What is your FAVORITE piece of equipment in your camera bag? I love it ALL, but the Lens Baby is cool..
8. What is your all-time FAVORITE snack food? Hot Tamales Candy (does that count as a snack “food”?)
9. When you were a child… what did you want to be when you grew up? A Veterinarian, ended up a Police Officer, but have five dogs to make up for it!
10. What one thing in life would you want to remembered for? The bottomless love I have for my children and family, and teaching my kids to be good people with loving hearts…

NAME: Dawn Kimball and Jessica Kimball Wolfenden {mother/daughter team}
City you represent: Cleveland, TN
Website: imagesbystudiod.com
1. What are you MOST excited about for the upcoming SAN DIEGO workshop?
Dawn – Meeting the Divas and everyone else ~ i love workshops!
Jessica- Meeting new people …..especially the DIVAS!…. and soaking up as much information as possible!!

2. What do you hope to learn from the DIVAS?
Dawn – anything and everything…from lighting to posing and how to market.
Jessica -How to stand out from anyone and everyone else in this market. The DIVAS have made such a great name for themselves. I can’t wait to take it all in, and learn from such talented people.

3. How many times have you been to SAN DIEGO?
Dawn – never…can’t wait!
Jessica- never…..not even California.

4. What is your FAVORITE thing to photograph?
Dawn – Relationships, mother/child, couples in love, etc…
Jessica- I love, love, love the seniors. Also weddings, let me rephrase that …beautiful weddings with people who are truly in love.

5. Starbucks or Coffee Bean (or neither)?
Dawn – Starbucks – mild with heavy creme
Jessica – neither….definitely did not inherit my mother’s love for coffee….yucky!

6. Who are you listening to RIGHT now on your ipod?
Dawn – U2, the Beatles and on a really bad day -Michael Jackson’s – PYT
Jessica- Lady GaGa, Black Eyed Peas, and of course my boy JT (Justin Timberlake) with a little TI.

7. What is your FAVORITE piece of equipment in your camera bag?
Dawn – my new Canon 5d Mark ll
Jessica – my shorty lens ….mom help me out with the technical term please =).. I just know it shoots wide open and I love it!

8. What is your all-time FAVORITE snack food?
Dawn – a warm chocolate chip cookieJessica – Doritos, and M&Ms.

9. When you were a child… what did you want to be when you grew up?
Dawn – a nurse, which I have been for 28 years.
Jessica- I think it was a mommy, ballerina, and a vet, and then a teacher. That quickly changed after having 17 five year olds for a year.

10. What one thing in life would you want to remembered for?
Dawn – being a good Mom/wife and friend to all.
Jessica – Being a loving mommy and wife. As well as just being a truly good person who lived life to the fullest.

NAME: Geralyn Hodges
City you represent: Cedar Falls, Iowa
Website: www.GracePortraitDesign.com, and www.DesirePortraits.com
1. What are you MOST excited about for the upcoming SAN DIEGO workshop?
I am so completely excited about learning how to do boudoir photography because I really feel like this could be a great ministry opportunity for me. I am really excited about allowing women to feel beautiful about themselves.
2. What do you hope to learn from the DIVAS? I really hope to learn how to relate to women in this kind of photography. I want to build a solid boudoir portfolio. I am excited about learning the business side of things because I have no experience with the business side of things.
3. How many times have you been to SAN DIEGO? NEVER!! I am really looking forward to visiting San Diego.
4. What is your FAVORITE thing to photograph? Women! I used to say “children”, but after doing just one boudoir session I have since decided that there is just something about photographing women that I love.
5. Starbucks or Coffee Bean (or neither)? Starbucks. (we don’t have Coffee Bean)
6. Who are you listening to RIGHT now on your ipod? Melissa Vaughan and recent American Idol song downloads
7. What is your FAVORITE piece of equipment in your camera bag? my 28-70mm f/2.8 lens (it’s awesome!!)
8. What is your all-time FAVORITE snack food? chocolate-covered pretzels
9. When you were a child… what did you want to be when you grew up? I always told people I wanted to be a doctor, and I ended up going to medical school and through residency (Family Practice), but secretly I always wanted to be considered “artistic”. My mother doesn’t have an artistic bone in her body and I think she just decided at an early age that neither did I.
10. What one thing in life would you want to remembered for? I would like to be remembered for being “a people person”. I want to be remembered by my kids as being “a fun mom” and by my husband as being “a supportive, loving wife”.

NAME: NOELLE MCCOY
City you represent: Franklin, Tennessee
Website: www.mccoystudio.biz
1. What are you MOST excited about for the upcoming SAN DIEGO workshop? LEARNING!!!
2. What do you hope to learn from the DIVAS? Posing and interacting with the client, marketing
3. How many times have you been to SAN DIEGO? never been!
4. What is your FAVORITE thing to photograph? Post-wedding-fashion-shoots!
5. Starbucks or Coffee Bean (or neither)? Starbucks!!
6. Who are you listening to RIGHT now on your ipod? Diana Krall
7. What is your FAVORITE piece of equipment in your camera bag? the 50mm f/1.2
8. What is your all-time FAVORITE snack food? ice cream
9. When you were a child… what did you want to be when you grew up? a cowgirl
10. What one thing in life would you want to remembered for? Chasing after the heart of God.

NAME: Rebecca Meredith
City you represent: Santa Cruz, Ca
Website: www.BeccaStudios.com
1. What are you MOST excited about for the upcoming SAN DIEGO workshop? Learning how to take super sassy boudoir portraits!
2. What do you hope to learn from the DIVAS? Lighting techniques, posing
3. How many times have you been to SAN DIEGO? 2 or 3 times…
4. What is your FAVORITE thing to photograph? I’ll admit it…I love taking cheesy touristy pictures while I travel
5. Starbucks or Coffee Bean (or neither)? Starbucks, but I’m a chai girl…
6. Who are you listening to RIGHT now on your ipod? Muse
7. What is your FAVORITE piece of equipment in your camera bag? my new Gobe memory card pouch…
8. What is your all-time FAVORITE snack food? gummy bears. hands down.
9. When you were a child… what did you want to be when you grew up? A unicorn wrangler
10. What one thing in life would you want to remembered for? thats a tough one…