May 13, 2013
Today’s client brought in so many beautiful choices I would be hard pressed to pick a favorite.
May 12, 2013
From fun and sassy to seriously sexy, yesterday’s client chose a lovely variety for her boudoir session. The boy panty coupled with Jayhawks tee and thigh high tube socks were a stroke of genius and seriously sexy. No joke!
I thinking that this might be the first in a series of images captured of actual wardrobes brought in by Bella Boudoir clients. Permission obtained of course!
April 28, 2013
Nope. Not working… not on Sunday…I wouldn’t dare…
Or would I?
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Client privacy is held in the highest regard as I believe that the portraits we create are private by their very nature. Please be assured that images published by Bella Boudoir are done so only with written permission by the client. Without consent, images are only been seen by those necessary to produce your ordered products.
April 25, 2013
Mrs. D is someone I know through a common volunteer affiliation. So already she’s near and dear to my heart because of the gift she shares with others. She’s a very rare blend of compassionate and kind mixed with tough lil’ cookie.
Thanks Mrs. D for your generosity and for allowing me the honor of capturing you!
© 2013 bella boudoir | www.kansascityboudoirphotography.com
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Client privacy is held in the highest regard as I believe that the portraits we create are private by their very nature. Please be assured that images published by Bella Boudoir are done so only with written permission by the client. Without consent, images are only been seen by those necessary to produce your ordered products.
April 22, 2013
Miss A rocked the red in her boudoir session. I’m so pleased that I’m able to share!
© 2013 bella boudoir | www.kansascityboudoirphotography.com
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Client privacy is held in the highest regard as I believe that the portraits we create are private by their very nature. Please be assured that images published by Bella Boudoir are done so only with written permission by the client. Without consent, images are only been seen by those necessary to produce your ordered products.
April 14, 2013
Ssshhh. Don’t tell the hubs – I’m not supposed to work on Sundays but I couldn’t help but share a few recent photos.
April 1, 2013
Wow.
Somewhat speechless. Honored, for sure! Thrilled to bits. Pretty much near tears.
I’ve known for awhile now but reality didn’t set in until I read the feature article and saw the photos that my friendly competitor, Marco Simonelli of Bold As Love Boudoir took of me to include within the article. Reality. It’s here. Can’t wait to share the pics of the magazine and article.
March 15, 2013
Just back from Vegas where I attended the WPPI expo (a trade show for the photography industry) and while there I met up with the most talented photographers to shoot in the Nevada desert. Here are a few to share for now :) More, many more to come!
March 1, 2013
I’m 42 years old and have never, until last night, applied makeup to best suit my features. No. Really. I did a fairly decent job of putting on makeup, but I had no idea that I was doing it all wrong.
I grew up an only child, no big sisters to show me the ropes. You-tube or even the in-ter-net ((what?)) was not around during my teens or even halfway through my twenties.
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I learned from my mom. Sorry Mom, you can’t be good at everything, ya know.
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My sessions include the services of a professional hair and makeup artist. It’s part of the experience, the day of pampering, dress up and play. I get to watch my makeup artists work their magic and I find it fascinating to watch the transformations happen right before my very eyes. Through observation or osmosis my own makeup techniques have markedly improved, but I knew it was still lacking.
I didn’t realize just how *lacking* it was until I had my very own makeup lesson last night. It was an eye opener. Literally and figuratively. My studio-mate saw me this morning and did a double-take… asked “You look different. You look refreshed.”
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HALLELUJAH!!
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Trust me, I was NOT refreshed, 6 hours of sleep seems to be my limit these days otherwise I toss and turn. I looked refreshed because my makeup lesson taught me that for *MY* eye shape, eye size and how my eye is set in my face I should not wear eyeliner on the top – which is what I’ve done my entirely life, eyeliner on or in the lower lid has been avoided for the past 20 years because – well. I don’t know.. because that’s how everybody else was doing it? Someone told me I should? Even recently, I went to a higher end cosmetics store and was sold products that did not flatter my features, or rather it did nothing to bring my features out…. I didn’t know. They were pretty colors, they sparkled a little – I like sparkle :)
The lesson: I wore a full face of Petra’s best-applied makeup to the lesson and Terra, one of my very talented makeup artists, removed the makeup from only one eye and started her magic. I was taught that there is a lid, a crease: including an outer crease and inner crease, and the brow line. The first thing Terra applied was an eye cream, this both moisturized and gave the pigment shadow something to hang onto. After the cream she applied a very light matte shadow called ‘vanilla’ … yep…think vanilla ice cream..it’s THAT light… after the lid she worked her magic on the crease… crease shadowing was something I’d very recently mastered so I thought this would be same’ol, same’ol…. HA! because my eye is small, she stopped short of tracing the entire semi-circle shape.. immediately the eye she’d worked appeared larger than the other… more awake, brighter. Terra then applied a very neutral cool toned brown matte to my crease..this is pretty! She blended and now I had the perfect day look.
Woah.
Who knew that going light on the lid, only working the outer crease and putting liner on the outer bottom edge would make me look “refreshed”!??! To take day look into night Terra then applied BLACK, yes, BLACK to my outer crease and lid with a detail brush and blended that to perfection. I now looked vampy and ready for a night on the town!
To say the least, I’m impressed and I want to share this experience with all of clients, current and past. So stay tuned, soon I’ll be announcing this little soiree!
Hi Petra! I’m a newbie at IABP and I love the ease with which you write Monday Misc. and your blog posts! I am a friggin crack up fo’ realz, BUT I stammer and stutter when it comes to blogging, not sure why…I guess because there is no interaction, it’s just me puttin’ it out there. Like public speaking, I guess I’ll just picture them all naked…oh wait, some of them are! :)
Cheers, I’ll see ya on the FB boards! :)