When you decide to do an Intimate Lifestyle session, you have a lot of different thoughts and emotions. Remember, it is the photographer’s job to make you comfortable and give you direction. However, if you want to take some steps to be ready, here are some things you can do that will help contribute to an awesome session. Bottomline: we want you to set your concerns aside and get excited!
Here are 5 ways you can prepare to help to contribute to your session’s success!
Boudoir Preparation Tip 1: Collaborate with your photographer for your wardrobe
Feeling sexy is different for different people. What do you wear and how do you pose in the mirror that makes you feel sexy? It could be a corset and stockings. It could be a t-shirt and cut-off shorts. It could be nothing! You should pick something form fitting for your session(not baggy, but not too tight). You should also pick something loose that can be pulled or fall off the shoulder. If you really love that sweater, we can work with it. We just pull it tight, so it doesn’t hide you. We want things that accentuate your figure and curves, not hide or add to them.
When you are going through your wardrobe, rule items in, not out. We want to bring more than you will need so we have lots of options to work with! Channel Oprah: “You’re coming to my session, and you, and you, and you! You’re all coming with me!”
UPDATE: We now have a blog post about wardrobe prep. “10 Items to Wear for Your Session”
Boudoir Preparation Tip 2: Treat yourself to a manicure and/or pedicure
When you invest in yourself this way, it gives you an added confidence when you step in front of camera. You feel prepared and ready. Those emotions pay big dividends in the final images. It is so relaxing and feels great!
Boudoir Preparation Tip 3: Eat, Exercise, and Sleep Well
Eating, exercising ,and sleeping well give your skin and your psychological state a boost! They boost happy hormones and reduce stress. If you give your body the fuel it needs, and the detox exercise provides, you will feel good and ready to do something fun and new!
Boudoir Preparation Tip 4: Moisturize your skin and wear loose fitting undergarments the day before your session
Your skin will appear more supple and vibrant if you moisturize the night before your shoot. You’ll also be doing your skin a favor with loose fitting underwear, so you don’t have lines or indentations on your body that could draw attention from your gorgeous body.
Boudoir Preparation Tip 5: Relax
If you ignore every step that comes before, show up ready to relax and have fun. This is the most helpful preparation tip to for all of us. It is our job to make this an experience you will remember. It is our job to light and pose you, and you will feel like the sensual goddess you are. You relaxing is what will really make this session the most kick-ass, art-making, confidence building event it is meant to be!