Hi my name is Chrissy and I am a boudoir photographer in Houston, TX and I want to share with women everywhere 10 things I want them to know from my experience as a boudoir photographer.
- You must do boudoir for yourself first and foremost! I know a lot of women do boudoir to gift to their significant other and that’s wonderful but it must be for you first. I always say; do boudoir for you and share it with them.
- You are uniquely and perfectly you! The people who love you the most in this world would not change a single thing about you, they love you just as you are and all your imperfections and perfections make you perfectly you! Which leads me to…
- Every woman has body issues. All of us. No matter how perfect you think another woman is, she can name off a list of things she does not like about her body and causes her stress.
- What you think isn’t normal, actually is very normal. I have photographed thousands of women and I am here to tell you it’s normal to have cellulite, stretch marks, body acne, skin conditions, dimples, hip dips, tummy pouches, and more….
- You don’t need to lose weight to do boudoir. That 10-20 pounds you tell yourself you’re gonna lose before you book a boudoir photoshoot, a skilled boudoir photographer can remove by simple posing and angles without even using Photoshop.
- It’s normal to be nervous, even scared. Nine out of every ten women who walk through my boudoir studio’s door is nervous as hell the day of her boudoir session, half even shake. But, I am here to tell you 100% of them walk out with a smile on their face and swinging their hips.
- Yoga and Pilates are your besties. Yoga will help you with your flexibility and Pilates will help you strengthen your stomach core for life. Those who do yoga and pilates blow their boudoir sessions out of the water. If you can’t afford to do yoga or pilates classes, YouTube offers great classes online for free.
- Being “photogenic” is a myth. You’re either comfortable with the camera or you are not. It’s always the photographer’s job to make every single person who steps in front of their lens comfortable.
- Every woman thinks she’s the exception, not the rule. Every woman thinks she will be that one woman, that one woman who will do poorly for her boudoir session, that she will mess it up, that she won’t photograph great, that she will be mortified by her pictures….
- There’s two types of women; a woman who hasn’t done boudoir so she lives with the fear of the unknown and anxiety with the thought of boudoir, and a woman who has done boudoir and knows it is one of the most empowering and downright fun experience you’ll ever have in life.
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