Boudoir for him...or for you?

This January I've had the privilege of working with a couple young ladies who wanted boudoir sessions to give their beaus. For those of you who don't know what boudoir is....Boudoir is a french word and when loosely translated it means Bedroom. Therefore boudoir photos usually feature articles of clothing you would wear to bed, like lingerie. They are usually focused on the beauty, glamour, and sexiness of the female form, though occasionally and with growing popularity men do indulge in this kind of photography as well.
I'd read before on other photographer's websites about how women do this kind of photography for themselves. And I have to say I thought it was just marketing spill. I couldn't fathom why a woman would take romantic sexy pictures and keep them to herself. To me the only way I'd ever thought of boudoir photography was as a wonderful intimate gift for the one you love. Well, one of the women I worked with this past month really opened my eyes.
She told me, (and forgive me if I adlib here I don't remember the exact wording), 'I was really nervous about doing these pictures for my husband. I'm not that comfortable in my own skin." I assured her everything would turn out great, She was a beautiful desirable woman even with a young son, and her pictures would make her husband drool.
Then I finished the first of her pictures and she dropped by to take a look on her way home from work. Her face lit up with the very first picture. She loved they way she looked. Later on she told me, "I had alot of fun doing the shoot anyways, but now that I've seen the pictures I'm so glad I did it. They make me feel beautiful. They make me feel like every woman wants to feel."
And I began to realize that the marketing spill I had so callously dismissed wasn't marketing spill. Women really do have these sessions for themselves, even if they don't realize it at first. They want to look glamorous and beautiful, they want their inner sexiness brought out into the light and defined. Of course they want to look like models on the cover of a magazine. And in a small way that's what boudoir photography does.
In light of this new information, I think we'll begin offering boudoir photography packages all year long instead of just on Valentine's. This magical boost of confidence should not be reserved for just one day out of the year. And here at Fairytree Photography we're all about the magic. :)
Check back after Valentine's day when I'll share some of our favorite pictures from these boudoir sessions with you, with permission of course.