San Diego Boudoir Photography Blog

Featured on “Success in the City” Blog

Marissa — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:00:56 +0000

The Diva Center (DIVA= Driven, Intelligent, Vivacious Achiever) featured us on their “Success in the City” Blog a few months ago, and I just realized that we didn’t tell all of you about it!

Check it out here: http://www.thedivacenter.com/the-best-ways-to-reveal-your-sexy%E2%84%A2/

These tips are helpful if you are coming in for a boudoir photo shoot with us, or just in every day life!

The Best Ways To Reveal Your Sexy

With all the roles women play, mother, wife, business owner, employee, or girlfriend, it can be difficult to remember that you are also a gorgeous and sexy woman. Here are a few tips to help you be sexy and comfortable at home, in every day life, and in the ever-growing trend of Boudoir Photography!

1. Confidence! Always remember that if you present yourself as confident, others will see you that way too.
2. Posture! A proper posture can radiate confidence, which is tip #1.
3. Breathe! This may seem simple enough, but how often do we catch ourselves holding our breath? Your brain needs oxygen! So relax and take a deep breath.
4. Engage your hands! You know what they say about idle hands. In everyday life you’ll feel more productive, and in a boudoir shoot it always looks sexier to play with the ties on your outfit.
5. Change your expression! This can be interpreted in different ways, in life just remember that how you look at something has a greater impact than you think, so instead of frowning, smile. In a boudoir shoot, you want variety, so smile, laugh, seduce, look away, and anything else you can think of.

Shout out to Yuli for the awesome article!
xoxo, Crystal

Crystal’s image featured in Professional Photographer Mag!

Marissa — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:49:45 +0000

We are SO proud of Crystal! Her gorgeous image was featured in Professional Photographer Magazine! This is a national publication from the Professional Photographers of America organization (PPA), and THOUSANDS of photographers receive this mag! The advertisement features our fabulous professional photo lab, Bay Photo (which is where we print ALL of our products for clients!) It’s a beautiful shot, and it really stands out in the magazine. We love it! Crystal was so cute when she saw the ad… I loved seeing her face light up! She’s super excited too! Thanks, Bay, for using our shot for your ad… and CONGRATS, Crystal, on making your debut in PPA’s mag! xoxo, Kimberlee & Marissa

If you’ve been lucky enough to have Crystal as your photographer here at the Boudoir Divas San Diego, you will know that she is a very talented photographer, and we are so thankful to have her and our other photographer, Deena, on our team of staff photogs.

Out with the old, in with the NEW!

Marissa — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:50:04 +0000

Does your husband have any posters, calendars, or magazines on display with images of other scantily clad (half-clothed) women? Have you asked him to take them down (with the very valid reasoning that the calendar is two years out-dated)?! Have you even taken them down to find that he put them back up because he claimed that he didn’t have anything to replace it with? WELL. If you can relate to any of this, then I’d say you’ve found a way to replace his cheesy, outdated workspace decor !

Call us to book a shoot and we’ll help you print up a calendar or your own “Maxim” style magazine to replace his old collection! It will be the best gift he’s ever received! (858) 485-0443. xoxo, Crystal

Hi Crystal,

So here is the before and after on the calendar and he loved it… when he opened the card he didn’t even realize it was me! He can’t stop looking at everything! This was the best gift he said he ever got. He even asked if I would do it again. I told him (the investment amount) and he said he didn’t care about the money because it’s so worth it. Will you send your new pricing?

Thanks again for helping make this a great Valentine’s Day for Aaron.

Sarah

Thanks for the fun story to share, Sarah!

Scroll down (or click here) to see a few other shots from Sarah’s photo session!

Book With Your BFF!

Marissa — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:00:08 +0000

Meet Amanda and Jennifer. They have been Best Friends for years . They were in need of VDAY gifts for their guys AND Girl Time, so they booked their photo shoots at out studio on the same day!

If you and a friend book your sessions on the same day, we will discount both of your sessions by 10%!

They each had their hair and make-up done here at our studio (*by the lovely Peggy Rogers), and then did their photo shoots and viewings back-to-back! We all worked together to devise a story that would explain to their guys why their hair and make-up were fully done, and I think they decided on something about a free trial at the mall, hee hee .
At the end of their sessions, I snapped a couple of photos of the girls together that they could put on display ..

And here are a couple of my fav shots of each of them…

Sweet Shoot, Sweet Testimonal

Marissa — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:00:50 +0000

It means the world to hear a client express how much she enjoyed her experience at our studio. Reading an email from a client who has taken her book of images home and writes to let me know how the entire experience boosted her confidence, truly reinforces what we do here. The following testimonial exemplifies our mission statement. I would like to express a special thank you to “K” . -Crystal

I know you probably hear this all the time, but once again I want to thank you for doing such a beautiful job. I was actually feeling a little down recently. I started to think that I was not as “sexy” as the other women who are displayed at the studio. Seeing these images, however, makes me feel so confident because I feel like you captured MY OWN essence. Even though my “sex appeal” not be the same as Heidi Klum’s, you captured the uniqueness of my own beauty and I cannot thank you enough for that!! You truly have a gift for working with women and an eye for finding the shining star within each of us.

:::Virtual Hugs:::
K

Clients: Check out the Diva Studio’s Spring Special

Marissa — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:17:10 +0000

Hey ladies! We know that when you come in for your boudoir photo session, you are always incredibly excited to VIEW YOUR PHOTOS! Of course, here at the Boudoir Divas San Diego, we do something extra special (which is something that other boudoir studios don’t do!)… we let you view your images on the SAME DAY, just an hour after you’ve completed your photo shoot! We love being able to provide you with this fast service, and we work hard to make sure that you’re able to view your photos on the same day. This is definitely one of the things that sets our studio apart from the rest. We hear from our wonderful clients that one of the HARDEST things is narrowing down your images and getting your selections for your album, and so for our SPRING SPECIAL, we wanted to help you out by offering a great deal on adding more photos to your album!

Questions? Feel free to call and ask! 858-485-0443
Ready to book YOUR photo shoot with the Boudoir Divas San Diego? Call or email and we’ll get you set-up on the calendar! SDstudio@TheBoudoirDivas.com

Thank you to other boudoir photographers…

Marissa — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:50:12 +0000

We are honored that other boudoir photographers out there frequent this boudoir blog. It really does mean a lot that other photogs take time out of their busy day to see what our studio is up to. For that reason we also created another blog dedicated to photographers. So in case you photographers out there didn’t know that, we wanted to let you know. You obviously welcome to peruse this fine blog that is dedicated to clients, but you are also welcome to head over to ww.theboudoirdivas.com blog as well. There you find tips, contests, random videos about how we shoot and create our products. You will also find info about our boudoir workshops. xoxo- Marissa

The Boudoir Divas

Marissa — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:14:16 +0000

We get soooo many emails from clients and photographers raving about the music on our website and asking who is this beautiful musician? The Boudoir Divas are proud to say it is a friend of ours, Melissa Vaughan! She wrote this song SPECIFICALLY for us and for use on our website and we couldn’t be more happy! It is so unique and fits our style and studio perfectly. We wanted to share the video of her first sharing the song she wrote for us. You are awesome Melissa!

Go HERE to check out her myspa

Love to Feel Sexy

Marissa — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:00:34 +0000

Erin described herself to me as a girl who plays sports, not much of a girly-girl, but not a total tomboy either. She said, “I do love to feel sexy.” I was excited to know that accomplishing that during her photo shoot would be a piece of cake! Thank you for letting me share some of your pics, Erin! I can’t wait to hear about your man’s reaction when he opens his big 30th Bday present! Crystal

We were featured on KUSI’s Good Morning San Diego!

Marissa — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:26:32 +0000

We’re so excited, and so honored to have been featured this morning on KUSI’s “Good Morning San Diego” show!

You may have seen us this morning on a few live segments between 7:30-8:30am. If you missed us, we’ll ALSO be on again tonight, on the 6:00 news! It’ll probably be toward the end of the evening news, between 6:45-6:55, so check it out! (Channel 9 for KUSI in San Diego) We are so honored that KUSI is featuring The Boudoir Divas San Diego! If you’re interested in booking a shoot, please feel free to give us a call here at the studio, and we’ll give you pricing information and chat with you about the photo shoot experience! (858-485-0443). Or email us! SDstudio@TheBoudoirDivas.com or click here to fill out our contact form for more info.

Mike from KUSI cracked us up as he told San Diego who and what our boudoir photography studio was about. We especially loved the boudoir poses he demonstrated! Too funny. They may become a Boudoir Divas staple.

Total hams here, how I love being interviewed for publicity sake! Yes! Thank you KUSI for exposing boudoir photography’s new fresh facelift.

Here is what happens if you set down a mic in our studio….Ashley and Peggy steal the show, literally. Looks like they had a lot to say. Thank you to Miss Peggy Rogers who hooked us up with majorly fabulous make-up and hair. For those of you booking a shoot with us, Peggy is our in house make-up gal extraordinaire. You will be in great hands.

Thank you to April, a sweetheart of a client who got up at 4am to help us out with the segment.

And another thank you to Stephanie who helped us out tremendously as well. It can be hard to be “sexy” at 5am and these
girls pulled it off brilliantly.

A reminder that we will be on the 6:30 news tonight on KUSI! Tune in.