Glamour Boudoir & Beauty portraits | Denver, CO
This was an adventurous day. There’s a certain comfort that I get when shooting with someone I adore, someone who understands my need to try new and all the while being goofy. That someone for this session being model Kate J. aka Kate Bordeaux. I recently purchased a luxurious set of angel wings that I wanted to tie into a glamour/boudoir photography session and couldn’t think of anyone else to test the waters with. The session started at a local studio here in Denver, CO. We got set up for the day, everything was starting to flow, and then we hit a snag in our plan with some studio booking errors that led to us cutting our time short. It happens, but we were able to work it out, and our contingency plan was a blessing in disguise.
I have my own studio space in my home, which I use frequently, and it’s an amazing space I’m fortunate to have; especially with the Covid concerns of last year and the shutdowns. However, there were some problems to address. The studio space is in the basement level - not ideal for a natural light setup...because it’s a basement and so when we shoot in the basement it’s mainly reliant on flash and strobes to make things pop. Good yes, but not what we want with this glamour aesthetic. Luckily! I have a room on the top floor that’s unused, literally an empty room. In no time we were able to take a lot of the accessories I have in supply up to the room and make up a very lovely, boho-styled glamourous setting to finish up the shoot. There were a bunch of nerves at first, but after seeing how we took something from literally nothing to what the end product was… floored. Completely floored. We got artistic with it. Florals everywhere we could and even used a tulle dress to line the floor for the enchanting, fantasy, fluff look. I never thought about shooting in that room before. Gotta say as far as luck goes, this was a solid 10/10 on saving the shoot. Which at the end of the day is the only thing that matters.
*Special thanks to Leslia for always being the best assist ever and the absolute best person to be around 100%
