Seriously, Lauren. It’s not fair.

I’d stop there and you’d all know what I meant. But this girl is funny! That makes it even less fair but makes her all the more charming.  I had the pleasure of rocking a tandem boudoir session with Lauren and her friend Chelsea last December.

I was dying to get a great flirty laughing shot of Chelsea and asked if Lauren could help out.   I figured if anyone could make someone laugh, it was their good friend.   Not the geeky photographer.  The now classic “Charlie bit my finger!” was in Lauren’s bag of tricks and it worked wonderfully.  I had no idea what the deal was at the time, especially since Lauren enunciated it (perfectly) like a 4 year old British boy.   Nevertheless, I was happy that I got some beautiful photos out of it.

Thanks to my beatiful comedian assistant, Lauren for helping me get those shots and thanks for spicing up my blog a little bit too.

This is the lovely Chelsea. This girl came in with a PLAN to the shoot. Her and her friend Lauren (whose pictures I’ll post soon) tag teamed the session, coming in full makeup and hair, taking about 5 minutes to change and then alternating outfits to get the most out of the session. While shooting Chelsea, Lauren would get ready. 25 or so frames, then switch! Lauren’s turn while Chelsea changed. I loved this strategy. Boudoir maximization! When I told them I wasn’t a clock-watcher I think things relaxed a little but we still managed to get a huge number of 5 star selections from the shoot.

I knew after emailing back and forth planning the shoot that she was going to be bubbly, bright and full of smiles. And that’s exactly what she was when I met her. Though we never met before the shoot, I know that we will continue to stay in touch. Chelsea is just one of those people that is easy to talk to, easy to relate to, and easy to photograph. A photog’s dream come true! As a matter of fact, she will be doing makeup for my upcoming Valentine’s Boudoir Sessions!

This girl’s got some adventures of her own to share. Check out Chelsea’s sweet little blog here.

Chelsea, it was so nice to meet you and I’m glad our paths have crossed!

This is my girl, Trisha. She had me at “roundhouse kick to the face.” I’ll explain later.

Yes, this is the same girl you’ve seen on my blog several times. When we first started working together at an insurance company, she thought I was stand offish…a mild snob. I thought she was nice but that she could definitely warm up a bit. Neither of us realized that there was a connection there…we just didn’t know it yet. We were wrapped up in our jobs as people tend to do. Not once did either of us try to reach out in over a year of working in the same office.

When I changed departments and she became my trainer, we clicked instantly. It was like we found that person that could get us through the long, routine days of insurance. I looked forward to going to work for a change! Laughter flowed, candy was shared, office politics were discussed. We talked about Chuck Norris. A lot. One day the Chuck Norrising got out of hand when Trisha pretended to give me a roundhouse kick to the face, only to have her size 5 shoe fly off into the reception area. I cried with laughter. The receptionist didn’t.

This girl should have been born in the 40’s. She is a total pinup! And those shoes…such good taste!

I am so excited to be hosting weekend boudoir sessions right before Valentines! I will be working hard over the next couple days posting more on my blog of some lovely ladies that have done boudoir sessions with me recently. So stay tuned for that!

I have been soaking up as much inspiration as I can lately and I can tell that 2010 is going to be the year of boudoir. Dior has a beautiful Spring Boudoir makeup collection. And just check out what hit the runways of Jean Paul Gaultier, Marc Jacobs and Dolce & Gabbana for Spring 2010 collections. More romantic than early 90’s, the looks still retain some of the in-your-face attitude of that decade. Can you say Strike a Pose?

Sorry, yes, you may remember this post from a few days ago. Well, woopsie doodle, I deleted by accident! Thank goodness Google archives sites and I found it to share, again.

This is Mina. I call her my spicy Persian firecracker. She is one of those people who can walk into a room and grab the attention of everyone, and you love her for it. Once you see her (more likely: HEAR her), you will want to meet her, converse with her, laugh with her, dance with her. She WILL bring out the best in you and you will be better off for having met her. I know I am.

I’d stop there but I wouldn’t do her any justice without mentioning she is the amazing mother of TWO fabulous children (look for them on my blog: Jasmine & Mikayla). It’s not luck they turned out to be wonderful little people; Mina has taught them to love with all their hearts and to know they are loved, deeply. When its my turn to have children, you better believe I’m going to soak up all the parenting advice I can from this lady.

And here she is: rockin’ the corset and lookin’ lovely as ever.