Every chance I get, I will advocate for ANY woman to do an intimate boudoir session. These sessions are so personal because you are stripped down, vulnerable and there is nothing to hide YOU. Every woman reacts differently to being in that situation and I am trained know how to take that anxiety or nervousness and turn it into something incredible that highlights the real you. Your personality. Your best features. Your big laughs. Your sultry glances. All the things that your

When you know who you are and where you are going... or at least have a pretty damn good idea, loving yourself and being comfortable in your own skin comes easily. Let me introduce you to Audrey. One badass boss lady that is killing her hairstyling biz and swimwear design and modeling. While on vacation in San Diego, I had to pleasure of squeezing in a quick boudoir session with Audrey in our mini AirBnB apartment. We had a good laugh about the Tetris we had to play while

This past spring in celebration of opening my boudoir studio space in my home, I decided to do a makeover giveaway. Contestants wrote in with why they felt they deserved to be pampered. There were so many amazing stories from love lost, weight loss journeys to a series of terrible luck. One that really caught my eye was MB's story. She's a mom of 3 gorgeous kids. Former athlete with a great coaching career. Happily married to a supportive husband. #blessed. NOW.... Here's

Can we talk about how great Shannon is for a minute?! Mom, hottie, wifey, badass. BOOM! Mic drop. Shannon came to the studio to play with me as part of my studio grand opening extravaganza and killed her boudoir session. We had so much fun. I think her hubby thought she ran away because we were shooting for so long. Enjoy a little peek at our afternoon together. Makeup: Alana Kelly - Amelia C and Co #chicagoboudoirphotographer #chicagoboudoir #boudoirstudio #boudoirphotogr

Brittany was my first "victim" in the new studio space and we had a blast. 90 minutes of hair, make-up, champagne, laughs and good tunes and about 3 hours of thoroughly breaking in the new space. With Brittany's session, we wanted to do a mix of more contemporary portraits and boudoir. We even played around with some low key shooting for some very moody, steamy images. Brittany got her swagger on and we created some stunning images. Hair: Tamara IG: @tamaraholdenhair Make

So much LADY BOSS, Girl Powder, Who Runs the World? Girls!... whatever you want to call it... A bunch of incredible, female owned. wedding vendors were assembled by Sophia, owner of Sophia Bella Bridal to execute a vision. Light and airy, trend setting hair and makeup bridal looks to show off her team's mad skills! Follow all these incredible talents on Instagram or Facebook. Get inspired by the best and book their services for your big day! You won't regret it! Professional

After going through my own personal boudoir experience recently and thinking about the struggles I had in figuring out who to work with and what my wardrobe should be. I wanted to create a blog to help give others guidance on things to consider. Finding the perfect balance between style, images that speak to you and your personality is extremely important. Look, we all want to be the sexy siren that wears crazy strappy lingerie but not all of us can really pull it off. THE

EK came to be with a fairly urgent request to help her create an incredible wedding gift for hubby in 3 weeks. She was so sweet and open over the phone, so of course, I said, let's do this! She wanted to do a mix of a pin-up vintage style and more traditional sexy siren. We mapped out her wardrobe in the studio and worked through each idea. About mid-shoot she really started to come out her shell and we had some serious fun while we created some amazing images for both her a

I gotta say, when CB rolled up in her plain jane skirt and tank, I wasn't sure what I was going to have to do to pull her out of her shell. Fast forward 60 min later after hair and make-up and the first outfit was put on... NOTHING!! A wolf in sheep's clothing!! CB was the last session of a long day and I was feeling a little crazy. Luckily she was up for experimenting with poses and the studio light could not have been more perfect! I was dancing around like an idoit and s

... don't know what that means? Me neither! But it means something very special to an adorable couple. Jess booked me for her boudoir session a few months back with the intent of us work together to create a one of a kind wedding gift for her future husband -- a book entitled Meep Mop Moop. I was so excited to work with her! Jess is one of my favorite local florists. She has styled me well for several shoots and is extremely sweet and talented. I was more than happy to help