Boudoir photos

View Quoted Comment I never thought of an iPad! I’m running into the issue now where to have the pics printed and put into an album, it’ll cost almost double what the photo shoot itself costs, so I’ve been trying to think of alternative options. This could be a good one!

View Quoted Comment Boudoir photos are actually quite a common to do. If you don't like the idea of it, that's your personal opinion that is respected, but do not come on this discussion to bash other people's ideas just because they do not match your own. You are being quite rude.

View Quoted Comment Yeah! Using an iPad would definitely be much more cost effective! You can always create a little album later on if you wanted to. Also, using an iPad helps to provide more privacy because the iPad is locked, whereas anyone could open an album and see your photos! We probably don't want that haha

View Quoted Comment So true!! That is a great point.

I will be giving them to him the morning of the wedding.

I plan to give them to him while he is getting ready the morning of in an album with maybe a lock and a note ontop saying open alone or something like that?

I’ve never heard of this but I am definitely going to do it! I will have my MOH (my sisters) deliver it to him with a cute note before the wedding. Something that’ll make him smile through the nervousness. From what I’ve looked up, it’s sultry. I’m excited to make the “book” for him. So to answer the question. The morning of the wedding. I’m getting married in the evening.

I'm struggling with this too... I'm reallying excited about mine.... But I'm doing multiple shoots.... I'm doing normal ones and then bridal ones( getting ready as well as ones with him). My bridal ones wont be ready the day of the wedding so im thinking about giving them to him on hos birthday a month later. And giving him the normal ones. Sometime during our honeymoon.

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They will be great! He will understand

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I just went to a wedding show and won a session with CYS and everything I read about them seems super professional. Honestly it'd be a surprise to anyone who knows me that I am going to do it, but I think it will be an excellent gift! The whole thing is about learning to love your body and celebrate it - blemishes and all. Watch their video and see what you think:

https://www.celebrateyoursexy.com/the-experience/the-boudoir-experience-videos/?utm_campaign=website&utm_source=Email&utm_medium=Marketing%20campaign

Honestly, I think doing this with a stranger photographer will be way more comfortable than going in with anyone I know personally. Just do your research and be confident in your company choice. They expect you to be nervous and awkward, but that's part of the process!

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I am so happy for you. You will knock it out of the park!

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I wouldn't have probably done it (well.... maybe probably) if i didn't win it hahahahaha, i didn't even go over to their booth (I brought my mom with me to the show for advise)! They drew from a list of all registered people and I decided it must be fate.

View Quoted Comment Just think about the fact that they are for him and he loves your body. 😉 If your more comfortable with a female you should have one. But boudoir photographers are very professional.

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Oh, Emily, I was also nervous and self-conscious. But, you are beautiful, know that. To get over those feelings, I focused on my husband. I tried to block everything else out, and I pretended that I was posing for him as if he was there and I thought of how much I loved him. And it helped! I did have a female photog, yes, I would recommend that. You can find yourself a local photographer that does boudoir and then check out her facebook.

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Embrace it, girl!!! I promise it will be worth it!

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My thought is that your FH loves every bit of you, and boudoir shoots are also there for you to be more confident in yourself. If you're wanting. female photographer, I am sure you can find a female boudoir photographer.

I plan on giving my FH my photos either right before or right after the ceremony. I just want to be sure no one else sees them! My MOH is my sister and also an excellent photographer so I will be having her take them (for free!!) and she will be the one to deliver them as well.

View Quoted Comment I like the idea of sneaking away for a few minutes but I worry it might be a little bit longer than a few minutes! lol so if I do pictures I would like to give him them before the wedding like maybe after the rehearsal dinner or have someone deliver them to him.

View Quoted Comment There are so many things wrong here it's hard to begin. First of all, you didn't need to comment if it bothered you. If it isnt your cup of tea then just stay out of it.
You're right, you didn't know how to voice it without it being insulting, probably because there's no way to do so. No one is asking you to do anything, nor asked for your opinion on the subject. The OP asked for advice on the subject from those who are also doing it- not the the opinion of whether or not anyone agreed or disagreed with the practice. It was honestly so uncalled for that I'm appalled.

Secondly, excuse you? If I want to take boudoir, risque, or straight-up pornographic photos of myself that is my right, and I can share then with whomever I choose, husband or NOT. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that you're Christian and that's why marital status even came into the subject- but how OP or anyone other than yourself and your partner chooses to live their life is none of your business.

Also, you're implying there is something wrong with being a playboy model. How dare you judge a woman for her profession- nothing about that makes her a bad person. I like how you were upset because people "don't know you" but judged you, yet here you are implying there is something wrong with playboy models knowing literally nothing about them. There is so much wrong with that sentiment that I will just leave it at that to save space.

Next, pretend what??? I'm not getting my head photoshopped onto a models body- I'm getting great photos of MY body. You're right, he DOES know. He knows what I look like from every angle, every stage of the day, every stage of emotion. Which is why it's nice to have some gorgeous photos for him to look at, to be proud of, to smile at as he flips through them, because that is the body of the woman he loves. For many women, some I even saw in this thread, body issues are serious and common. These photos often lift self esteem, some women feel beautiful for the first time in them, sometimes they never allow photos like this (or even ANY pictures) because of their body issues and now suddenly for the first time their partner has some photos because these pictures finally allowed her to feel beautiful enough to give them to him.

Lastly, we are talking about it because in OUR opinion it's a completely normal, common thing that we support, appreciate, enjoy, etc. Just because YOU have an issue with it does not mean we do nor do we have to, and therefore we can discuss it however or wherever we want. Your implication that there is something so shameful about the female body that we have to discuss it in secret is part of the much bigger problem.

View Quoted Comment I stopped commenting on this subject long ago. But since I'm being quoted so much I think I will take a moment to respond. I was never trying to be insulting, but the comments I had handed back to me right up to the "religion" comment, were quite insulting. My very first comment was purely shock, but I was greeted with "you sound like a good time" sarcastically. It is simply a tradition I have never heard of and don't understand. I'm going to bow out with an apology. It's a simple matter of opinion in the end.

I did my Boudoir photo shoot a few months back and I had everything planned. I chose the same wedding photographers for my Boudoir on purpose. I’m sending my little black book to him on the morning of our wedding... My photographers will personally deliver it so they can capture his reaction!