This Weekend: Where my girls at?

Today I will be signing two contracts (one for a senior portrait session and another for family portraits) and will finish the evening shooting another senior session in downtown Denver. I'm totally psyched about that, but I just have one question....

Where my girls at????



Last year, all the senior portrait sessions I shot were of females. This year, it's raining young men! It never ceases to amaze me how things work out. I've been bemoaning the fact all year that I needed more experience learning how to pose men, and I'm definitely getting those opportunities now. But I miss hanging with the girls!



The studio has had a tremendous amount of success with its latest promotion: a one hour senior photo session at anyone location for just $150. The price includes two 8x10s, four 5x7, a sheet of wallets and of course that yearbook shot that stands out above all others. With many senior photos due by Oct. 1, this discounted session understands that while time is of the essence, clients still want a fun and exciting session that captures a senior's individuality. Sessions for September are filling up fast. Contact the studio today!

Get Out There: Promoting boudoir as the perfect wedding gift

For the last month or so, I've been doing some research on boudoir photography and whether or not I should create a specialty focusing on only that type of portraiture. I initially created a new website hosted by Smug Mug featuring only my boudoir images, but it wasn't long before I realized just how taxing it would be to try to maintain two separate business sites. Plus, I wasn't convinced (just yet) that there was a solid market just for those kind of images. I decided to place it back into my main website with the main gallery placed inside a new category labeled Glamour-Fashion (basically pairing the nude, lingerie and implied nude shots with those of my model glamour shots.) That took care of some issues that had been raised by colleagues that the images, though tasteful, might be offensive to some clients.



A little more research helped me discover that boudoir photography is also becoming more popular as a service offered to brides by wedding photographers. So now my boudouir imagery is being promoted among my wedding packages!

If I start to get more interest in this type of imagery, I may consider doing what Jim Kennedy did when he created the For His Eyes Only site linked to his main wedding studio page. Be sure to check back on May 1 for a great boudoir session discount I will be running in honor of the wedding season! Hopefully it's gonna knock your socks, pants and shirt off too! ;)

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