There is something about vintage anything that is SO appealing to me. You can find me in antique malls and flea markets for hours just rummaging through what looks like to be junk and coming back with some definite finds! I love the 70's back (sorry 80's, but you were a little much... And don't even get me started on the 90's! Well, I take the back, Full House...I will always love you, not matter how cheesy!) but my absolute favorites have to be 20s-50's. I am so in love with the clothing back then. The suits, the fedoras for men and the beautiful hats for women. *Sigh* Things were still kept classy, and I think that's why I tend to be attracted to this time period. I find a lot of my inspiration from vintage photography, especially for boudoir sessions. I just love, love, love those old risque photographs that were oh-so-scandalous back in the day! Women didn't have to bear all and it was STILL so sensual.
My last boudoir session was so much fun. I met Nikki through Alaina because Alaina actually assisted her when she was getting her hair career started years back. Nikki does all those fun runway shows and is a part of the set team at Rust Salon in Hollywood. She contacted me because it was her man's birthday soon, and she wanted to surprise him with some special pictures. :) Now, before every shoot, I always brainstorm and come up with a theme that I want to stick to. I'm a big supporter of "tear-outs." Whether it be a certain type of edit, wardrobe, props, whatever...if I see something I like online or in a magazine, I tear it out and use that as a reference to what I base my shoots off of. Nikki said she wanted something along the line of pin-up and something retro so that's what we had originally had the idea of doing. I always try and make each session unique...and you see pin up as a regular and common option for boudoir. Don't get me wrong, I looove pin up. Elvgren and cheesecake...classic! But I wanted to spice it up a little bit more and give her something that you don't see often. Alaina and I were brainstorming the night before and were throwing out different ideas. And all of sudden, BAM, I knew what I wanted this shoot to be! I told Alaina and we got all giddy like girls do late at night...Hahaha. I couldn't think for the life of me how to describe those pictures in google so we could search for them... A long time later, it came to me and we found a lot of inspiration for our shoot. We showed Nikki the next morning and she fell in love. Good thing Nikki brought her whole lingerie drawer, because we found the perfect pieces to put together to fit the look we wanted. She looked beautiful with all her hair, makeup, and styling finished. She was shy and reserved at first, but by the first couple of poses, she had it down, and she knew she looked good!!! Hehehe.
Nikki, thank you for trusting us to do your photos. You were so much fun and did an awesome job as model. :) Here are some of my favorites. We also did a few 70's themed photos. I would have loved to post more, but those ones are for that lucky man only! :) Enjoy!
