LOL. Literally… L.O.L. I am working on our new studio site, it’s 11pm and I am having a freakin’ blast. Albeit my eyes are half shut, my back is slouched and I am hungry, but who cares, this is way too much fun. I lost focus for just a sec and wandered into the interactive internet world and I saw this and literally laughed and laughed. It reverberated through the very empty studio. This couldn’t describe me more at this moment.
I LOOOOVE branding and marketing. It gets me up early in the morning and keeps me up late at night. Hence the fact that I can call my 14 hour day one of the best days this week. I know my Bitner Kimberlee is with me. What flippin dorks. Who’s else is with us? I know we aren’t alone out there. -M
PS. Sorry I keep cussing on our blog Moms (Cecelia & Carol). I know you hate it. And we don’t typically cuss. But every once in a while it make for a very effective an convincing point, does it not?
Drumroll, please…. awwwww, yeah…. it’s the LAST BOUDOIR DIVAS WORKSHOP OF 2011!!!! (In the United States, that is). 🙂 As you may already know, we do have a few crazy travels coming up in the next few months (New Zealand & Spain!)… you can see us there this fall. BUT, if you’d like – this is the FINAL workshop of 2011.
DATES: September 13-14 ***NOTE: THIS WORKSHOP HAS SOLD OUT! 🙂
DAY ONE: Covering shooting style, lighting, posing, demo shoot and hands on practice using our equipment and 2 of our favorite sets! You will be able to shoot “models” to build your boudoir portfolio. Some one on one shooting with models as well as small group shoot settings.
DAY TWO: Covering marketing, pricing/packages, post-processing, and more – all about the boudoir business! You’ll also get 1-on-1 time (ten minutes) with either Marissa or Kimberlee to identify the next steps to implement with your business. HOW TO SIGN UP: 50% deposit ($600) to lock-in your spot. (Click here to sign up & pay the deposit now!) LIGHTING: If you like our boudoir images, you’ll probably notice that a huge part of our style is all wrapped up in the lighting that we use. Lighting is SOOOO important for boudoir, and over the past six years of having THE premier boudoir studio in Southern California, we have developed a lot of tips and tricks for boudoir lighting. It is absolutely essential to learn how to light a woman in a flattering way, to show off her best assets, and maybe even minimizing some of the areas she may not want to emphasize quite so much. At the boudoir workshop, we’re going to show you the simple lighting recipes that we’ve created for our boudoir clients. We’ll be focusing mainly on our favorite lighting set-up (what we call our ‘hot lights’), and then you’ll also have an opportunity to work with natural light and video light.
POSING: Ah, yes, boudoir posing. First off, I think we all know that when it comes to boudoir, this is NOT something that just ‘happens.’ If you can think back to your first boudoir session that you shot, you might say that posing was one of the MOST difficult aspects of the boudoir session (don’t you agree?) Your typical client is not a professional model; she’s an everyday woman who does not know how to pose or ‘be sexy’ in front of the camera… and as the photographer, it is your job to coach her through the entire boudoir photography experience. We created our Posebook a few years ago simply because we kept receiving emails from photographers, asking for advice on how to pose their boudoir clients. Even though posing can be quite difficult at first, we don’t want you to be overwhelmed! We want to empower you with some of our top posing tips. And we want to share some of our favorite poses (also our TOP-SELLING poses!) If you can get comfortable with some favorite poses that are flattering for all body types, then before you know it, you’ll be coaching your client into poses without even thinking about it! SHOOTING: One of the big benefits of coming to a Boudoir Divas workshop is the shooting time. We set you up with a few GORGEOUS past clients, and you get to work on our sets, with our lights, and have the opportunity to capture some BEAUTIFUL images for your boudoir portfolio! You’ll be shooting in small groups, and then you’ll also have a little 1-on-1 time, where you’ll be able to work by yourself with one of the clients. We’ve had past workshop attendees come to this workshop without ANY previous boudoir experience… and then they walk away from the workshop with a solid portfolio of images – ready to post online on a new website, or create a sample photo album. Our goal: that you will be in LOVE with the images you get at this workshop!
BOUDOIR BFFS: We all like meeting new friends, right? Especially friends in the photography industry, who are also passionate about something that you are passionate about. At all of our workshops, it seems that our little diva attendees establish some really cool friendships with each other. We’ve seen our attendees start new Facebook groups with each other just so that they can all stay in touch after the workshop – and we always see this amazing community develop, where all of these new boudoir photography BFFs share, connect, and help each other out! Love it! OUR STUDIO: We have a 4500 square-foot studio, and we’re opening it up to all of YOU! We’d absolutely love to have you join us here!
THE SWAG BAG: Ahhhh, yes, the goods. We have hooked you guys UP with the goods. We’ve got some amazing vendors who are giving you some amazing gifts and special deals! You’re going to receive over $500 worth of sweet hook-ups and deals!!!! Just a FEW of the awesome vendors you’ll see in your swag bag: Bay Photo | Graphi Studio | Totally Rad Actions | Shootsac | Drop It Modern LEARN FROM US: Ok, so we are obviously not super cool, heehee! If you’ve ever watched our Youtube channel or spent any extended amount of time hanging out with us, you’ll know that we are more nerdy than cool. But in any case, we would LOVE to hang out with you for two days. If you’d like to know more about who we are and why you should learn from us, go check out our BIO.
QUESTIONS: Want to know more? Email me (Kimberlee), and I’d be more than happy to answer any questions you may have about the September boudoir workshop!
Alright… so… Have we got you interested??? Check out this Video overview of the Boudoir Workshop:
And if you’d like to watch a more DETAILED video, showing our brave workshop attendees talking about their experiences, here is a longer video, with the unedited testimonials. If you are thinking about coming to this workshop, I HIGHLY recommend watching this. We left the video camera in the back while everyone else was hanging out in the lobby… and just let the gals have free-reign to chat and share all about what they learned. The Boudoir Divas did not have any part in the filming of this video. 😉 Seriously, though, M & I can ‘talk ourselves up’ and try to convince you to come hang out with us in SD, BUT, we think that it’s way better to hear it from the mouth of our past workshop attendees. (Thanks to all of you wonderful June Workshop ladies who shared!) xoxo
We would LOVE to have you come out to beautiful, SUNNY SAN DIEGO for our next boudoir photography workshop! We absolutely LOVE our workshops, and we love meeting new photographers, chatting with everyone, sharing some things we’ve learned with our business, and overall having a GREAT time! If you’re ready to sign up for the workshop, go on over to the Boudoir Shop to register now! If you have any questions, please feel free to email Ashley & she’ll help you w/ any questions you may have: [email protected] Looking forward to seeing you here! xoxo, Kimberlee & Marissa
Here’s a quick run-down on the details for the Boudoir Divas’ Workshop…
DATES: June 7-8, 2011
TIME: 10am-5pm, with a lunch break thrown in there somewhere along the way.
INVESTMENT: $1200
SCHEDULE:
DAY ONE: Lighting basics, posing tips, watch the Divas demo w/ a model (past client), then you grab your camera and SHOOT! We have set it up where each of you will have 10 minutes of 1-on-1 time with a model/client… ensuring that you have time to work with them and not have to ‘fight’ for the best shot with 20 other people. 🙂 You will be shooting with our models on our sets, using our hot lights… and you get to use these images for your website! Such a great way to build your boudoir photography portfolio!
DAY TWO: Everything else. Seriously. We try to cram as MUCH as we can into this day… from the boudoir experience to pricing and packages, to studio organization, to post-processing and marketing and advertising. We don’t hold back anything!
TESTIMONIALS FROM PAST BOUDOIR WORKSHOP ATTENDEES:
“I absolutely LOVED this workshop!! Worth every penny and I would totally do it again. All the Divas were SO great! I learned so much and bumped up my portfolio!! They went in depth about lighting, you get one on one time with models and they even go over every bit of their business plan. They are not afraid to share anything as they want you to succeed! I went to school for two years for photography and learned more in just these two days!! So it doesn’t matter if you are just starting or have been doing it for years, I promise you will love it! Plus who doesn’t want to hang with The Boudoir Divas!!!” – Jamie Sperry
“I am SO glad I attend the San Diego workshop as I not only had a great time and took some phenomenal pictures for my portfolio, but I learned so much about how to launch a boudoir photography business. As a new boudoir photographer, it was priceless to learn the tips, tricks, secrets, and basics of launching my business the right way from the original Divas! I told my husband everything we did and he nailed it – “you went to school!”. I don’t remember school being this fun! If I did, I would have paid more attention! Thanks Diva Team!” – Anita Lubke
“This workshop is absolutely worth every penny! If for no other reason than the killer portfolio you will leave with. But there are so many more reasons this workshop ROCKS! The Divas don’t hold back; they tell you all their secrets, everything they’ve learned, everything you need to know to shoot Boudoir. This workshop is great for people just starting out or those who already have a photography business and want to add Boudoir. I left there with the know how and ability to start a Boudoir Photography business. This is the best money you will spend if you want to learn this awesome niche market.” –Kate Kelava
ADD-ON OPTION: “BASICS” BREAKFAST (this is an optional add-on… we’ll be going over the basics of exposure, making sure you’re ready to shoot in manual mode for the remainder of the day once the workshop kicks off!)
DATE: June 7 (the morning of the workshop, before it officially starts)
TIME: 7:30-9:30am
COST: $75 for the add-on basics breakfast
Here are a few videos to show a bit more about our boudoir workshops:
Hey friends! Just wanted to remind everyone that we only have ONE more workshop in 2010!!! The dates are: October 5-7, 2010… we would LOVE to see you there! There are just a few spots left, so if you’re interested in joining us here in our San Diego studio for a 2-day workshop ALL about boudoir, click here to register! We also wanted to share a little recap from the day of shooting during our June boudoir workshop… here it is!
One of the BEST things about our San Diego boudoir workshop: Building your bad-ass portfolio! The first full day of the workshop is dedicated completely to: POSING… SHOOTING… and LIGHTING! We want you to leave the boudoir workshop with a solid understanding of these things – and we also want you to have the opportunity to implement everything that we talk about. We’ll be teaching you how to coach your client through posing and expression, showing you which poses are the most flattering for all body types. We’ll show you our shooting style as you observe us working with a client in our studio. We’ll show you the different lighting set-ups we use on a daily basis in our studio, giving you all the equipment specs, then showing you how we utilize the lights while we demonstrate with a client’s photo shoot. After you’ve heard us talk about posing, lighting, and shooting, the rest of the day is dedicated to YOU – shooting and implementing all of the things we’ve talked about. You’ll be shooting in groups, using 3 of our favorite sets here at the San Diego boudoir studio. You’ll also be shooting outside, getting some more fashion-inspired images using natural light outdoors. Finally (and this is the BEST part!), you’ll also have an opportunity to work one-on-one with a ‘client’ so that you will have the chance to actually put these techniques into practice, as if you were doing a real photo shoot on your own. Of course, we’ll be on-hand if you have any questions, or if you get stuck and need a little help with posing. But we really want you to have a few minutes of working alone, without having to ‘fight for your shot’ by working around the other photographers. We pride ourselves in this aspect of the workshop… from our very first boudoir workshop in January 2008, we knew that we wanted this to be something we would offer to our attendees. AND, another thing that we take pride in offering our attendees… we use REAL CLIENTS for our models on the day of shooting! Again, from the very first workshop, we have always wanted to make sure that you are getting the very best experience possible here at the Boudoir Workshop. We want you to leave here with a solid portfolio, yes, of course… but we also want you to leave here with the confidence to be able to go home and immediately implement everything you’ve learned. If we were using only professional models, we wouldn’t be equipping you to implement our posing and coaching techniques – because professional models do all the work for you! It’s way too easy to get good shots of models without ever having to try to pose them (they already know all the best poses!). So by us using real clients as our models for the day of shooting, you will be able to practice our posing techniques with REAL women. This is such a cool part of our workshop!
We’re so excited to meet all of you who are already signed up for the November San Diego workshop! It’s going to be such a great experience. If you’d like to see more info on the November workshop, CLICK HERE! Also, we still have just a FEW spots left at the $100 off price! What are you waiting for?? Go register now!!!
We are currently working on the accommodations for our boudoir photography workshop in Paris, France and hope to post the specific spots available tomorrow. All the spots will be first come first serve and should range from $425-$800 in price and we will be asking for payment in full . Please check the blog tomorrow for more specific info.
Note! We still have a two spots available for the Paris Boudoir Workshop. Please visit www.boudoirshop.com to reserve your spot! Here is a bit of info in case you had questions……
***EDIT TO ADD: WE ONLY HAVE ONE SPOT OPEN FOR PARIS!!!! Our phones have been ringing off the hook today w/ questions about the Paris workshop & the San Diego workshop. We’re thinking that the Paris workshop will be completely BOOKED by the end of the week. Only one spot left… will it be YOURS? Click here to register… or call us at the SD studio to register over the phone: 858-485-0443
We are so excited about our upcoming Boudoir Workshops! We finally just sat down yesterday to compare our calendars and figure out when we’ll be holding our world-famous, international BOUDOIR WORKSHOP throughout the next year! (Hey, I figure we’re allowed to say world-famous, since we hold the workshop internationally… and we’ve had dozens of photographers from all over the world attend!) 🙂 We’ve decided that we’ll have just FOUR workshops in the coming year, which means spaces will be limited, which means you’ll want to sign up quickly! We’ll be announcing more details SOON, and we’ll be accepting registrations SOON, so be sure to stay tuned here with the boudoir blog!
SAN DIEGO | NOVEMBER 2009 [opening for registration VERY SOON!]
LAS VEGAS | MARCH 2010 [opening for registration VERY SOON!]
PARIS, FRANCE | APRIL 2010 [already open for registration – visit the Boudoir Shop for more info]
SAN DIEGO | SUMMER 2010 [not yet taking registrations]
Click to find more info about our Boudoir Workshops!
Oh! And… in other big news… we’ve been invited to speak at IMAGING USA in Nashville! It’s in January 2010 – and we’re super excited to be able to share with everyone! Woo-hoo!
Check out this video to hear…
a) what our favorite thing is about living in Paris for 5 days
b) what we’re planning for the Paris accommodations
c) ummm… I think that’s all. Just another one of our dorky videos. 😉
Oh – AND – we do have a few spots still left for the Paris 2010 workshop!!!! If you’d like to register, click here!!! Questions? Feel free to email: [email protected]… or call: 858-485-0443
Kimberlee shot these in Paris. I just looove them! Even if you simply left Paris with a portfolio you could post online and SAY that you photographed boudoir in Paris, it would be worth the money right there. A definite way to stand out to your clients. I want everyone to experience what a great, great thing the Paris workshop is.
That’s her up on the couch shooting. Crazy lady!
If you are considering the Paris workshop, check out the video a couple posts below.
Laura, thank you for letting me post some of your images. I have way too many favs. “Star 5, star 5, star 5, star 5.” It’s like you almost hope there is a bad one so you don’t star every image. Love it when the client is relaxed, this is the result. The top shot is again with Weston’s wonderful light. I think the umbrella image is one my favorites ever. She looks very mysteriously cool and I am in love with the parasol. -Marissa
I LOOOOVE branding and marketing. It gets me up early in the morning and keeps me up late at night. Hence the fact that I can call my 14 hour day one of the best days this week. I know my Bitner Kimberlee is with me. What flippin dorks. Who’s else is with us? I know we aren’t alone out there. -M
