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May 18, 2015

A beauty in black {Pittsburgh Boudoir Photographer}

What a beautiful woman that was in front of my camera! Her photo session was awesome and I have enjoyed every moment of working with her.

Here are a few photos from her shoot in this beautiful black outfit she found at Target of all places! If you look at my Boudoir Tips blog posts, you will see tat you can shop ANYWHERE for your boudoir outfits! Love that my clients are going to places other than Victoria’s secret and Frederick’s of Hollywood!

More to come from her shoot!

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Oh look – it’s the Victorian sofa. I love it so much!

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So sultry and sexy…

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May 14, 2015

The White Shirt {Pittsburgh Boudoir Photographer}

Producing a boudoir photo can be magic for me! For a while now, I’ve been building my boudoir outfit collection so that I can offer additional styling options to clients during their session. While clients typically bring their own outfits, I wanted to be able to show them different types of items that we could use throughout their boudoir session in my Pittsburgh studio.

I know that a lot of clients get stressed out when trying to shop for their outfits for their boudoir photo shoot, and this is one of the main reasons I started to build a collection of items. Sometimes you don’t know what will work for your shoot so I wanted to be able to offer some options for clients who may be a little unsure. I’ll be blogging more of the outfits in my collection so that you can all see what I am able to offer those ladies that aren’t sure what to buy.

This beautiful woman showed up with a matching bra & panty set … that’s it! Everything else we used during her photo shoot was from my collection. It was so nice to be able to put some of these items to use!

This blog post has a bunch of boudoir photo around the sheer white shirt that I have in multiple sizes. Plus, lace panties that I ALWAYS have in stock in a variety of sizes.

I love this shirt … everything about it is perfect for a boudoir session. Add in some of my jewelry and it’s absolutely awesome! Now, I love this shirt so much that I bought it in white & black. Yes, I’m one of those people that when I find something I like, I buy it in every color possible! 🙂

Here are just a few photos from this outfit – ones that are website appropriate.

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Her husband emailed me and said about the photo below, “This is the greatest photo ever taken.”

The shirt even looks good in black & white! Plus, I love her lips! 🙂

The next boudoir photo is probably my favorite boudoir photo I’ve ever taken! I had to show it to her immediately after taking it!

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May 11, 2015

How to use prints of your boudoir photos {Pittsburgh Boudoir Photographer}

My next boudoir tip is focused on what to do with your photos! That’s a question I even get asked by my mother — “what do these ladies do with the photos?”

Good question, Mom!

If you aren’t going to get an album made, consider prints!!

I know that these photos are intimate in nature and it may be hard for you to get prints made of your images, but I have some ideas for you.

Peak-a-Boo

Here’s a tip I received from a boudoir photographer that I follow. Hang a super sexy photo from your session in their closet — behind their clothes. So, when he spreads apart those items that are hanging he sees YOU! Imagine the smile on his face as he gets dressed – I’d say you’d start the day off right every single day.

Another awesome idea from a client. Her husband had a garage and she decided to get a poster size print from her photo shoot and hung it up. She just waited for him to notice the photo of her – big surprise for him!

Folio boxes

Pick a bunch of your favorite photos and create a folio box that he can keep by his bedside. He can pick up the box and flip thru the photos whenever he wants. Your photographer should offer this option when purchasing photos.

Bold & Beautiful

Most photographers will provide you with some photos that are not over the top and overly sexual. Print one of those photos and hang it up on the wall in the bedroom. My clients typically pick a photo that is less risqué that they would be comfortable with their family seeing. I always try to incorporate some of these photos in the collection I provide to clients just for this purpose. Whenever they look at that photo not he wall, they can think about the full collection of photos!

I also want to encourage you to order prints through your photographer. I always tell my clients that the gallery I provide them to order photos is protected and I have a strict privacy policy with my gallery company. It’s important to protect these photos. If you have them printed at Target, Walmart or any other online service, you have no idea what’s happening to your photos. Please be very cautious with these photos! OK, I’m off my soapbox now!

Anything else you’d do with photographic prints of your images? Leave your comments below.

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May 8, 2015

Elin is 6 months old {Pittsburgh Children Photographer}

I’ve known Elin’s mom, Anne, since high school. It’s so much fun for me that my photography connects me with people from my past, and getting to see Anne again after all these years was fabulous.

Prior to the session I emailed Anne and warned her that I make crazy noises, do weird dances – all kinds of nonsense – to get reactions out of children. I said, “Don’t judge me!” Her quick response was, “Maura, I knew you 20 years ago….” Well said, Anne. She knew me in my wild years and we reminisced about some crazy times we shared together. Those thoughts always bring a smile to my face.

But, back to Elin. She’s is so precious and I loved every minute of photographing her. Can’t wait to see her for her 1 year photos! Here are just a few photos from her session.

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May 7, 2015

Swimwear – Yes, please {Pittsburgh Boudoir Photographer}

I was recently asked whether a swimsuit could be worn to a boudoir photo shoot. Well, this blog post is proof that YES you can wear a swimsuit!

I want you to be comfortable during your session and if a swimsuit will do that then by all means wear it! This lovely woman decided to wear this because she knew how much her future husband loved her in this swimsuit. EVEN BETTER! If you know your significant other loves how you look in a certain outfit, then incorporate it into your outfit selections.

My one tip – make sure the swimsuit fits properly. It might need to be a little tighter than it normally is – we do that just to make sure there isn’t a lot of extra fabric hanging off your body!

Enjoy a few photos from this outfit!

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