Announcing A Sexy Soirée | Boudoir Workshop
I am so pleased to finally be able to announce my new workshops for boudior photographers or photographers considering offering boudoir, A Sexy Soirée! So many of you have been asking for this for quite some time now, and it has finally come to fruition! With the urging of a very special vendor and the help from a photographer I greatly admire, I finally worked up the muster to go for it! Overjoyed and thrilled that Robert Evans will be co-hosting these events with me!
The BIG EVENT will be held in glitzy Las Vegas during WPPI – in the sexiest hotel fantasy suite in all of Vegas!
A bit about our workshop:
A Sexy Soirée Boudoir Workshop is for both ladies and gentlemen. Get the perspective from both sexes and learn why it’s important not to ignore either side when shooting boudoir.
You are cordially invited to a very Sexy Soirée where you will learn:
- how to build a boudoir portfolio that potential clients will respond to
- how to come up with a marketing plan that will flood your inbox with inquiries
- how to price for profit. We will give you a proven strategy, and not leave you in the dark with this.
- how to build relationships with your clients that will turn them into ambassadors of your brand and keep them coming back for more
- how to make being male or female work for you and your business
- how to cater to an audience of both women and men
- Join us as we discuss our own journeys into the realm of boudoir photography, including both the ups and the downs of running a boudoir business. We will walk you through what we think are the most important things you can to do towards your own success as well as steer you away from many pitfalls we see others falling into.
Bridge the gender gap and learn how to shoot for and market to both sexes for a boost to your boudoir business.
Hot Topics:
Are women really better suited in the business of boudoir?
Are men better at capturing steamier images?
Can women be comfortable coaching women to be sexy if they are uncomfortable with their own sexuality due to stigmas cast on them by society?
Can men demonstrate poses properly to their clients without just looking silly?
Who are you ultimately selling to? Women or men?
Course Outline:
Getting Your Start in Boudoir
Creating a Brand that Sizzles
Creating a Unique Marketing Plan
Let’s Talk Business, Shall We?
Working Smarter
Hanky Panky
Creating An Unforgettable Experience for Your Client
Top Tips
Biggest No-No’s
The Art of the Shoot
VIDEO FUSION
Special guest panel with popular boudoir photographers
Build a smoking hot portfolio during the shoot segments with Robert and Stacie.
We will be shooting in absolutely gorgeous settings with beautiful models (experienced models and real life women with no experience in front of the camera). Stacie and Robert will be there to work with each and every one of you to give you posing, lighting and shooting advice that you can use with your own business afterwards.
* The workshop will have the classroom portion open to many but the shooting portions are limited to a few for more individual attention.
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WPPI 2010 Recap | Las Vegas Boudoir
In planning for my favorite week of the year as a photographer – WPPI (next week!), I realized I had drafted a post about last year’s conference but never posted it because I was waiting to receive an image to include with it. I am just going to post the old draft now anyway so you can all see how amazing this conference was for me both professionally and personally. It’s going to be even better this year! So many exciting things in store! I can’t wait to get to share it all with you!
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Wow, what a whirlwind the past couple of weeks has been! I came away from WPPI feeling completely inspired, encouraged and feeling like I could take on the world!
Here are a few highlights:
First off, I have to thank Maura Kate of Irma Lou Photography for paying it forward BIG time. I had planned on attending the Business Institute and just going to the Trade Show, or taking baby steps since last year I only went to the trade show and thought next year I would be able to attend the classes too. Well, after atending the Business Institute I realized I was left with this yearning to learn more and be a part of all of the action. In comes Irma, who suddenly wasn’t able to make it to WPPI this year and through Leigh of Fleur di Leigh Photography, offered to give her Full Access ticket away! And, she gave it to me! Oh my goodness, I can’t even begin to express how grateful I was for this generous gift. You two ladies made my year! Thank you for giving me the opportunity to learn more about my craft and continue pursuing my dream!
The most inspiring class I took had to be wedding photographer Jasmine Star’s Ghetto Fabulous Marketing. I was most excited to hear her speak, even though I really didn’t think I needed to learn anything else at the show about Marketing. Her first class had sold out, but I was fortunate enough to have just picked up my ticket for WPPI to hear an announcement of her makeup class. I ran straight up to grab a seat. She definitely didn’t disappoint. While I already knew her story, I found her to be utterly inspiring in staying true to yourself and putting more of your personality out there. One of the most important things she said that stuck with me is that it’s okay if not everybody likes you. I know this, but as a perfectionist I fight this all the time. Hearing her say that actually repelling some people though is a positive thing since you don’t want to waste your time on the wrong people anyway, resonated with me deeply.
I LOVED seeing the Print Gallery of the finalists in the print competition. So inspiring to see such great work all in one space. Although, I was a bit disappointed to see that boudoir images were lacking in presence there.
The Trade Show was awesome since I got to meet my vendors in person. I was especially excited to meet Casey who handles my account with Forbeyon – they produce my Luxury Albums so beautifully.
And, of course, there were the parties on Tuesday night. Well, there were parties every night but I limited the ones I attended to just that evening. First up was the Boudoir Get-together that I coordinated at Rouge inside of the MGM. There was a pretty decent turn-out. Thank you to all who attended! We all network with each other online, so it was so great to see so many amazing boudoir shooters in person finally! After that a few of us all headed over to the[ B] Party which Becker of The [B] School was throwing at Mandalay Bay. Becker was such a gracious host. I was impressed by how he greeted everyone at the door himself and let us all know where the goods were…the goods being fantastic mexican food (delish tacos etc) and drinks (yummy margaritas and sangrias). I was so glad I went with my own group of fellow photographers though, as people seemed to be sticking to their own little groups instead of networking and mingling. I would have felt completely awkward trying to meet people in a situation like that!
Another highlight that evening was actually getting to meet Jasmine Star! The ever-so-popular pin-up photographer Robert Alvarado even snapped a picture of me with her! Thanks for being so kind and generous Jasmine!
Towards the end of the festivities I was fortunate enough to get to do a boudoir session for another boudoir photographer! Talk about fun! I was sooo glad I was able to work that into my schedule, as I had turned away a couple other boudoir photographers, not knowing if I could find the time during WPPI. But, it worked out for this one, thankfully! She was just as pretty as can be too. She reminded me of Kate Beckinsale!
I am both a bit relieved WPPI has ended so I can get back to business as normal, but a bit sad also. There was so much that I feel like I missed. Next year I am thinking of actually taking the week off (maybe even staying at the MGM) since I had a hard time trying to tackle all of that plus my work load. And, because my phone signal was just awful there I decided it would be better to plan on meeting up with other photographers way in advance. So, next year I will be painstakingly planning out my schedule with classes, activities and meetups.
I am more devoted than ever to becoming the best photographer and business woman I can possibly be. Thank you WPPI and to all the cool people I met for making me even more passionate about what I do. Because of WPPI I am excited about implementing some changes to Haute Shots for better workflow, marketing, etc.
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Busy, Busy, Busy with WPPI
Still busy with WPPI activities. So far I attended the Business Institute on Friday and Saturday and loved it. Although, I decided that I chose the wrong class to attend. Since I come from a marketing background, I pretty much knew most everything they were talking about already. But, it was still inspiring and sometimes it takes someone else putting something a different way to turn the lightbulb on. I definitely don’t regret going.
Because we were sitting in the same seat all day, it didn’t really give me the opportunity to network much but I lucked out by having super cool photographers sitting next to me. One was David Esquire from the OC. He is the creator of the “I’m not a McTographer” t-shirt, which I plan on purchasing soon. I also met Michael Corsentino, a lifestyle photographer from Sonoma County, California. Hoping to catch his demo of the new Kubota Dashboard 3.0, but already made plans with Yasmin Tajik of local Shalimar Studios to take part in Becker’s Head Shots.
Another cool part of networking at WPPI is getting to use an application for the iPhone called BUMP. It’s like exchanging digital business cards. You just bump someone else who has the app and it trades your contact info. You can even exchange image files! So fun!
And, if you are a Boudoir Photographer, you are invited to a get-together on Tuesday night that I put together. Please leave a comment or email me at info@hauteshots and I will give you the details.
Anyway, if you are at WPPI and recognize me (that’s me in the pic below), please say hi! I’m really looking forward to meeting you all!
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WPPI
Super excited that WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International) Convention and Trade Show is finally here again! This year i will be attending the Business Institute (tonight & all day tomorrow), walking around the trade show meeting with vendors and attending the [B] Party which is supposed to be “thee hottest tickets in town each year”, although I really want to go to the Airhorn & Lasers Party Sunday, but I decided to limit myself to just one big party this year. I’m especially looking forward to meeting so many other photographers whose work I admire or with whom I have networked with online! Should be a great opportunity to learn a few new tricks and I’m sure will be lots & lots of fun! I’m going to be plenty busy with this for the next week or so!
Hope you all have a fabulous weekend!
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