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January + March Boudoir Marathons

January 12, 2010

My Boudoir Marathon dates have been very popular and book up quickly! On Sunday, January 31st we will be pulling out the red backdrop for a very Valentine Boudoir Marathon! Our next Boudoir Marathon will be held on Sunday, March 21st to kick off the 2010 Wedding Season!

My boudoir portraits take place at my studio located near downtown Toronto. The cost of a session is $350 and includes a disc containing high resolution files of all final photographs, including your top twenty favourite portraits all retouched so that they are as close to perfect as possible! The fabulous .: Dorota Buczel :. will be doing make-up. Please visit my .: blog :. for more information and do not hesitate to contact me if you are interested in booking a session!

Cheers,
Jessica

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I Hope That Someone Gets My Message In A Bottle

June 27, 2009


I’m going to skip back to the shower now.

We managed to coax Reem to make the trek from Sudbury to the Toronto area with the help of many a people. The maternity pics by Jess were a perfect excuse. Of course Reem being the social butterfly she is, she had to make plans with everyone else she knew since she was going to be in the area. Chaos ensued. Her plan was to go for a spa day with all of her ladies … luckily friends and family already received the invite & knew of my plan to have them drop by my house to surprise Reem throughout the day.


When we broke the news to her the morning of the shower, she was good at not acting too disappointed to be missing out on her day of relaxation ;)

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Maternity Portraits

June 27, 2009


Being pregnant is a fabulous excuse to have a portrait session. When else are you going to glow as much as when you have that wee one growing inside of you?! Maternity portraits are a great documentation of this precious time while you wait to become a Mommy. I recommend the session take place in either your seventh or eighth month – right when you have “popped” but before you start feeling too dragged down.

Susan recently bought a gift certificate from me in December for her friends Reem + Craig who are expecting in February. Since Reem + Craig live in Sudbury, it was a mission to get them down to the city for the session and the key was to do it on a weekend when Susan could throw a surprise baby shower for them! The weekend turned out well and Reem + Craig came into my studio on a Sunday morning before making their way back home to Sudbury. Reem + Craig are an adorable couple. I bet that their baby will be one of the most smiley ones ever!

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Forever Isn’t Far, It’s Coming Soon

June 26, 2009


There isn’t really a more important time in one’s life than when having a baby. And when two people you absolutely love and adore announce that they’re becoming first-time parents there isn’t a more exciting time as a friend.

Reem and Craig dropped by for a visit one weekend last summer and right before they left, Reem gave us the good news. Besides instant jubilation, my Planner Brain started in full force and the next nine months (yeah, I refuse to do weeks) flew by. After all, I don’t have a sister, my brother is a mere fifteen years old and almost all of my close friends with babies are far from me. This was my opportunity to become an honourary aunt!!! It’s all about the baby though, right? ;)

I’m not sure how it started

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Engagement Portraits

June 12, 2009


With all of the craziness of planning your wedding, I cannot recommend it enough to get some proper Engagement Portraits done. With the stress of the planning, it is a great excuse to get dolled up for an afternoon and model for a couple of hours! The result is portraits of the two of you being, well, you. On the day of your wedding, everything will be chaotic so it is nice to have more relaxed portraits taken of you in and your partner in your everyday attire. Doing an engagement portrait session is also a great way to get to know your photographer better that then allows you to know what to expect on the day of the wedding. Here are some of my favourite engagement portraits from recent sessions.


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You Took A Picture …

September 9, 2008

This is long overdue! I was going to post pictures from the photo shoot with .: JBSmith Photography :. but Jessica told me she popped the disc in the mail so I thought I’d wait and give a few more details once it arrived … and I’m glad I did! Now I get to rave about Jessica even more. I swear it was like Christmas when I opened up my mailbox yesterday … I saw a package and got all excited ;)

When you receive a DVD from Jessica, professionalism rings out from the moment you lay eyes on things. Just check out the cover from our session …

But wait … there’s more! Upon opening the case, you’re treated to a proper DVD (no Sharpies involved with this gal!) and even instructions on how to best care for it.


Woohoo! Next was time to pop the disc in my laptop and check everything out. I’ll share a few favourites with you and let you know any stories along the way …

Jessica has been a good friend of mine for a couple years now. In fact, I don’t even remember when we met (except I know it was cold out!). She was gracious enough to do head shots for me a while back but quite frankly, styles change … and so do businesses! Over the past little while I’ve been lucky enough to find some steady associates and I wanted to introduce them to everyone. After all, clients should know the others that I’m going to bring to their event!

(I’ll be formally introducing them soon but so you know now, from left to right … Crystal, Me, Nicole.)

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Lights Go Off Around You Like Some Photograph

September 4, 2008

Sneak peek time!

Our photos from JBSmith Photography have been edited and are back now. Jessica has posted a few of her favourites up on her .: blog :. and I’ll be showing off a few more of them soon.

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Digital Retouching

April 11, 2008

I get asked a lot by clients about my additional retouching that I do for my boudoir portraits. Often people look at my boudoir portraits and think that there is no way that they could look that good! It is really amazing what a little Photoshop can do to enhance a portrait. For my retouching, I take out any imperfections, smooth out the skin and pump up the contrast to make it the beautiful image that you then see! Here are some samples of the before and after of a few photograph that I took of a lovely bride this past weekend.

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Boudoir Portraits

March 5, 2008

The idea of stripping down to your smallclothes in front of a photographer probably scares the heck out of you! Right now I imagine you have butterflies in your tummy just thinking about it! The latest trend for brides these days is getting boudoir portraits done for their significant other to give as a wedding gift. The portraits are a lot more personal than the traditional watch or cufflinks and is often completely unsuspecting for him to receive! Almost every bride that I have done boudoir portraits for has told me that their fiancé would never expect (read: dream!) of her doing something like that for him! This makes doing the session all that more fun.

What was once a very “fluffy” thing with oversized feather boas and leopard print, boudoir portraits are now more about creating captivating portraits of women dressed in classy lingerie. I approach boudoir photography the same as I do with any of my photography – the photograph should be a portrait and show a bit about the personality of the woman in it.

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What A Surprise …

February 6, 2008

Considering we’ve known each other for quite some time and we even get together for the occasional Girl’s Night Out, it really isn’t a surprise Ms. Jessica Blaine Smith is now joining the blog! Most of you will know her as the Boudoir Queen … no, that’s not a shot at her love life …

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