Sweet Bridal Boudoir Shoot!

My best friend since elementary school is getting married next weekend! Ahhh!! It seems like just yesterday I received a text message with a picture of her engagement ring and was FREAKING OUT. Her fiance Trystan proposed to her in Paris of all places! Trystan is such a wonderful person and I am so happy they found eachother. This wedding is going to be a tear jerker for sure! 

Laura wanted to give Trystan something special for his grooms gift and since I have yet to do a "boudoir" shoot I asked her if she would be my guinea pig. Now if you know Laura she can be kind of modest when it comes to certain things so I suggested bringing our best friend Steph along to lighten the mood and help make her laugh. Our other best friend Brittany lives in North Carolina but if she were with us there is no doubt in mind we wouldn't have gotten anything done. We would be laughing and carrying on way too much. That's just how we are. "Young at heart" is such an understatement. We still act like children when we get together, it's kind of ridiculous. 

Anyway, since the weather has been GORGEOUS I suggested doing an outdoor shoot. My father in-law owns property along a creek and gave us permission. We had a lot of privacy and it worked out great! Now when people hear "boudoir" shoot or anything lingerie related they automatically think racy and trashy. That is simply not the case and Laura is anything but those things. I wanted to do something that was sweet, sexy, romantic, simple ... all characteristics that Laura embodies. I am confident that I accomplished that. 

There are women out there who are very confident in their bodies but I think the majority of us have a laundry list of things we would like to change. So how do you make the person being photographed more comfortable during a shoot like this? Here is your answer:

Booze & best friends. It's really quite simple.

YUP. Pretty much. We had such a fun night taking pictures, having a few drinks and then after all was said and done we sat around a small fire and caught up with eachother. There's a saying, "friends are therapists you can drink with" and boy is that the truth! 

Overall I'm really excited about the end product and I hope that Laura and her groom will be as well! 

Thanks for being a good sport Laura! These pictures really show your beauty inside and out! Love you! 

and by far my favorite of the entire night ... 

Absolutely gorgeous!