| rev:text
| - Just- wow. She and her partners absolutely wowed me.
I had been wanting to do a boudoir shoot as a wedding day gift to my fiancé, but as I looked around I couldn't find any photographers whose work I found tasteful. One day I found a brochure for La Marie, and when I looked her up I simply fell in love with her portfolio! I called her and we met up so she could show me how exactly this whole thing works. Now I was planning on losing a bunch of weight before doing anything like this- but she told me to not worry about it. What?? I thought about it- and although I am now currently losing weight for the wedding, I was thrilled with the idea of being able to see myself at my own average size and be reminded that I am beautiful- even when I don't feel like it. She gave me plenty of other tips and advice, and covered thoroughly what I was getting myself into. From day one, her goal was clearly to make me comfortable with this foreign (and admittedly quite awkward for me) thing, and to make me feel gorgeous.
We kept in touch all the way up to the photoshoot as I was constantly asking her advice as I went shopping for outfits and jewelry (which she gave me plenty of time to do), and she was always quick to respond to my questions. Not to mention that she was super excited right along with me!
The day of the photoshoot I ended up being late (which is not cool and I don't recommend being late), BUT, she was so kind about it and did not seem bothered at all. She helped me carry all my things (as I had a big fluffy white dress to carry), and I was greeted in the studio/hotel/boutique room by mimosas and a super legit makeup artist!
The makeup artist was phenomenal, and we had so much fun just getting ready for the shoot. I am personally really uncomfortable with any sort of locker room/changing/underwear-wearing anything in front of anyone- even other females. But the awkwardness was soon relieved as the three ladies made it a fun, comfortable, an even flattering environment. I never would have actually seen myself doing something like that, but the entire thing was an absolute breeze.
La kept in touch with me even after the shoot to let me know what was going on with timing and such for editing/the reveal/etc. When reveal day came, I was super nervous again! But when I saw the pictures, I was blown away. La didn't photoshop me to look 3 sizes smaller (which she said she could do if I wanted her to), I just looked like me. A classy, glowy, lacy, gorgeous me. I wouldn't say I have awful self esteem, but I had honestly never thought of myself as being that beautiful. I ended up not asking her to alter the pics any further, because that is exactly how I want to see myself.
The entire time what had been most daunting was the price. Now it was time to order prints. I was intimidated for sure, but she helped me choose the right products and even helped make a payment plan! Now I'm done paying for it, and it was even easier than I thought it would be.
Even though the process should be over now- I asked her to hold onto the book and sparkly flash drive until the wedding. And she was totally fine with that.
If I could give her ten out of five stars, I would. Her photography, personality, and professionalism are all through the roof. Whatever stage of life you're in- this is a good time to remind yourself that you are beautiful (and possibly give your SO a REALLY super awesome present).
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)