My First Steps Into Boudoir — Evansville Indiana Boudoir Photographer

When I first dipped my toes in the waters of boudoir, it was kind of a shit show. My best friends and I all spent our weekend ignoring our homework and instead congregated around eyeshadow palettes and scattered lingerie in an Airbnb that we all pitched in to secure. We shared tiny little toasts and big belly laughs while celebrating our friendship and learning about boudoir together. It was an absolute wild ride, and an amazing learning experience for me. I didn’t know if I could do it by myself, if it was something I would even be good at, but my friends trusted me wholeheartedly.

And when the day ended and we began cleaning up the explosion of hot tools and flower petals around our Airbnb, I sat at the kitchen counter looking at the art we made that day and felt so fulfilled.

My neck was aching and I could hardly walk my ankles were so stiff, but seeing my friends and their personalities captured so perfectly even though we were all just winging it made me forget about the exhaustion. Living in that moment, us all gossiping and laughing and finishing off the snacks that we made was the most fulfilling thing. We looked through those photos together that night, screaming about how hot we all looked, and that was the moment that I realized that my friends were right to trust in me, and I began trusting in myself.

The photos were great, obviously, but what was better was the experience and the energy in those rooms. I have THE most supportive friends in the world, and hearing us loudly encourage and celebrate each other all day really filled my cup and gave me the confidence to really pursue boudoir photography and launch my own business just days after graduating with my degree.

Looking back on these photos now, I'm remembering that weekend like it was last weekend.

It all comes flooding back to me when I look through our photos: being in college together while learning about who we were and who we wanted to be, delighting in the company of our friends, celebrating each other just for existing. It was nothing less than pure magic, and you know I don’t say that lightly. I've watched my friends grow so much since those first sessions, and these photos mean so much more to me now than they did then. These are beyond just being beautiful photos of my even more beautiful friends.

They're like a time capsule of who we were that's full to the brim with all the memories — the sounds of our laughter echoing off the walls, shared charcuterie and shared secrets, the light from the sun setting that day, and glasses upon glasses of pink wine while we cleaned up the boudoir tornado we left in the bedrooms of our Airbnb.

I had hardly half a clue what I was doing, but the encouragement from my friends pushed me over the edge into confidence.

I remember being so excited for that day, knowing my best friends were ready to trust me and give it a true good old fashioned college try. Knowing they had my back, and wanted to create with me. Just being surrounded by that energy from women who you love, rely on, and confide in is an experience I’ll carry with me for the rest of my life. Truly, I'll treasure the photos we took that day forever, but even more so, I’ll treasure the friendships that carried me there. I have these women to thank for the life I'm living now. Their unwavering belief in me over the years has shaped who I am, has given me confidence and courage, and always helps me remember why I started in the first place.

Let’s take our wayback machine to 2018, and check out some of the incredible art we created that day, shall we? (Out of all the photos we took, I had a really really hard time narrowing down for this blog post, lol!) And I’m sending all my love to these ladies; we may not live right next to each other anymore, but in spirit, we’re all still making a mess and making memories in this Airbnb.

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