Not long after picking up my first DSLR camera, I knew I wanted to be a Boudoir Photographer. That was way back in 2010, before I even knew what boudoir was.
I had never even heard the title “Boudoir Photographer” but I was doing it. If I remember correctly, I purchased my first DSLR around 2009ish to shoot landscape while I was living in San Diego. I was just so enamored by the beach & seeing light so differently there. Not long after, a friend asking me to shoot her and her partner before they deployed. I was beyond nervous because, well, people. I had a blast shooting them at the beach. I think we shot for something like FIVE hours. Which, looking back is nuts.
My very next portrait request was for a “sexy calendar” for someone’s husband. What I would call boudoir now, but had no idea the term back in 2010. Y’all, it was a hot mess, knowing what I know now, but damn was I in my element! I hung sheets up on the wall, shot for hours in a tiny bedroom that was mostly a bed. We had a damn blast. I knew there was something special there.
Fast way forward to January 20th 2015 (also my birthday!) and I registered Blue Flame as a business in Colorado as a boudoir photographer. Of course a Grand Canyon of things like education, shooting, learning, failing etc happened between 2010 & 2015 but I will spare you the nitty-gritty. And now it’s 2022 and Blue Flame turned SEVEN!
Looking back on the first two boudoir sessions, I would have never guessed just how important being a boudoir photographer was going to be in my life and those who allowed me to capture them. The role it has played in strengthening the relationship with myself, how I interact with others and creating a life I enjoy and am proud of is unmeasured. It’s not something I take lightly but also something I don’t reflect back on enough. The growth I have accomplished since 2015 and the experience I offer to my clients is so epic. It’s so freaking EPIC.
So cheers to seven years. To ALL of it, the good – the bad – the crazy! Taking a little corner of the internet to pat myself on the back and of course, to thank all the beautiful people who I have captured, who have supported me and pushed me. You mean the world because you are just that, my world.
