Last month… we were very surprised to find a really long forum post about us! It was stirring up such a heated discussion… over 150 responses, and over 5,000 views! DWF even decided to talk about it on their blog – check out the blog post here! We’re glad that it’s now all settled down (after we had a chance to respond). Also very thankful to all of you who a) emailed us to let us know about the forum, and b) those of you who withheld judgement until you heard directly from us (you rock!)
PS- We love DWF & think it’s an awesome forum for boudoir photographers to hang out and chat! Go check it out!
Just a few more photos from our time in AZ for the 09 DWF Conference… Thanks again to Jeff Caplan & DWF for inviting us to speak this year!
One thing you must know about the two of us. We love to dance. This is a serious love. Like big-time, all-for-fun, not-caring-what-we look-like, don’t-leave-the-dance floor til they shut-it-down- kind of LOVE. Thankfully we have some friends who also love it as much as we do. We had so much fun hanging out with these guys… Shaun Austin, Kevin Swan, Nathan Holritz, & our wonderful friend Candice. Can’t wait for WPPI next month. If anyone is up for dancing, just let us know – we’ll be there. 🙂
We LOVED our mentor sessions! It was so wonderful meeting each of you ladies, and we hope that our paths will cross again very soon. Thanks again, Jen, for arranging the mentor sessions this year!
Thanks to Larz for taking some shots of us during our “Boudoir Is Back” presentation. Check out some more of his photos here!
AND – we also have to give a big shout-out to our amazing volunteer model, miss Kate Wall. She was such a trooper, letting us put her in all of these crazy poses for the demonstration. Kate is also a fabulous photographer… check out her site! Thank you so much for your help, Kate! We can’t wait to hang out with you more in Vegas!
If you’re interested, here’s a [very] short, 20-second clip of our DWF presentation… Rather than just leaving you feeling inspired, our goal at every workshop & speaking program is to have you leave with solid ideas for your business. In our past presentations, we received a lot of feedback from people stating that the posing section of our talk was the most valuable. So for DWF 09, we decided to really focus on the posing aspect of boudoir. Thanks again to everyone who came to hang out! 🙂
Divas Speaking from Boudoir Divas on Vimeo.
We are so thankful to be here in PHX for DWF! So many amazing photographers here; it’s been cool to chat & hang out with some of you. Thanks to everyone who came out to our “Boudoir Is Back” speaking program yesterday!! 🙂
Our “Birds of a Feather” Lunch crew… thanks for joining us, everyone!
Divas at DWF from Boudoir Divas on Vimeo.
I received the email below last month and I figured that this may be a question that a lot of you have. Here is the question.
“Hi Marissa,
I just wanted to say that you are a huge inspiration in my boudoir work and your images are absolutely stunning. I just wanted to ask how you talk so many clients into agreeing to reveal their faces for your website and blog? I’ve YET to have a client that has agreed so all of the images on my blog are well…..faceless. They agree to sample albums but nothing online… Thanks so much and enjoy your weekend! -Eric, Raw Photo Design
Hi Eric,
Thanks so much for the kind words. No need to make my head big! 😉 When we started out we had that hiccup in our marketing plan as well. We started asking gals in a way that made it seem more like privilege rather than a favor. Something like, “Your photos came out so wonderful, we would for you to be one of the gals we feature on our blog and website in hopes that it would encourage other wives to come and do a shoot.” Now it seems that girls want to be on our site and bring it up even before we get the chance to ask. Like a bit of a status thing. We also tell them that the only way to keep us from eventually deleting their photos after their order was to sign our marketing/model release. Another option is to let them choose the photos that they are comfortable with showing. Maybe some that are bit less racy.
So K n’ I didn’t have to time to make a fun episode out of this question….. so I will just sing the outro song. Na na na na naaah, nu nu nu nu nu NAH! 😉
-M
Hi everyone! Marissa and I have been SO privileged in being asked to speak at the DWF convention this year. We’ve also been asked to be a part of the mentoring sessions (raising money in support of cancer research)… we’ll be doing 3 sessions each, so you’ll have the chance to chat with one of us and pick our brains about anything/everything boudoir-related! The cost is just $50, and it goes to a great cause! There are a TON of talented photographers who are offering mentor sessions, so go to the DWF forum and check out the list. [You’ll need to check out that page for details on how to sign-up… we aren’t handling the sign-ups]. You can start signing up TODAY (Mon 17th), at 12 noon (PST). Click here for more details!
ALSO – we’ll be hosting one of the tables at the “Birds of a Feather” luncheon… we’d love to have you join us! Click here for more details!
