Bridal Boudoir Outdoors

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(On-location Hair/Make-up for this session was provided by Kayla at Michelle James Salon in Surrey Center)

When you have your bridal pictures done by Augusta Boudoir, beware because you may just end up loving your boudoir bridal pictures more than your regular bridals!!  It's just a risk you'll have to take.  

 Brides are so beautiful, and this is especially true when it comes to boudoir.  This particular bride and her groom love the outdoors, so an outdoor session was in order.  She said her groom loved the pictures, but does that really come as a surprise?  

 I love when clients come to me with a specific vision in mind...it makes my job easier in some ways and it also presents a good challenge as well.   In addition to her veil, this bride grabbed a great hat from her closet especially for a specific image she had in mind.  I think she pulled it off very well. Congratulations to this bride an her lucky groom!!   xoxo, Sharon

 Oh and by the way, when you two have kiddos, we can document the next phase of your lives through  The Birth Project.  Check it out:  www.thebirthproject.com

If you are a bride who wants to give your groom an extra special surprise gift on your wedding day, it's best to schedule your session at least 60 days in advance of the wedding date.   On your wedding day, coordinate with your wedding photographer and someone you trust to deliver the book to your groom before the ceremony begins.  Make sure your wedding photographer photographs your groom looking through the book in awe over what he is seeing.  Since you won't be there to see the look on his face, your photographer will be there to capture that moment for you....what a great bonus!!

Wedding Second Shooting - Georgia Boudoir Photographer

It's the start of wedding season, and Augusta Boudoir is jumping into action.

I am so happy to share with you that I've found a new love that really gets my heart pumping!! Jennifer D. Miller is totally to blame for this spark of energy that is making me tackle a new challenge.

Yep, it's her fault that I am second shooting weddings this year!


Nope, I'm still not a wedding photographer and I am not going to become a wedding photographer anytime soon...that's just not in the cards. But I am striving to be the absolute best second shooter photographer for weddings Augusta has to offer! But not just any best second shooter...I want to be a storybook second shooter who really conveys the meaning and emotion of the day.

Hey, it's good to be the best at second sometimes!!

So here are some images from a recent wedding....I traveled to Missouri for an absolutely delightful trip with Jennifer D. Miller Photography as a second shooter for a lovely and very historical wedding. It took place at the oldest courthouse West of the Mississippi River and it was the very first wedding ever held in that little courthouse. Jenny and I really put our heart and soul into shooting this wedding. These books have sat on the courthouse shelves for 134 years.

How often do we get to come face to face with something that old which is not in a museum?



Jenny of Jennifer D. Miller Photography is a true master at telling a story, and it is an absolute honor to be entrusted with helping fulfill her vision and meeting her high expectations. She is great at capturing the big picture, but with all the frenzy and fast pace of the big day, it's impossible for a wedding photographer to single highhandedly capture the big picture along with all the little behind the scenes details that unfold as the wedding day progresses.

The details help really fill in the blanks of the big picture story. If you are planning a storybook wedding, it is a MUST to hire a storybook wedding photographer to bring the day to life in a way that will forever be archived in your own family's history.

You've put your heart and soul into planning your wedding, but memories of the day will fade with time. Photographs that your children, grand children and great grand children can hold in their hands 134 years from now will help them experience the emotion and meaning of your storybook wedding too.

That's why it is essential that wedding photographers have second (and sometimes third) shooters to help tell the story of the day. It's a day that can never be repeated, and all the emotion and essence of that one single day will never happen like that again.

So, while Jenny was with the bride photographing her getting ready for the 2:30 pm wedding, my job was to be with the groom and his crew to tell the story of his wedding day too....those little moments that the bride would never get to see otherwise. And keeping with the historic feel of the event, this groom did not rely on his smart phone to keep him on track...he simply pulled out his pocket watch.

Aaahhhhh, the wedding details are so well thought out and so meaningful....it is my job as second shooter to bring to life the meaning behind all those small thoughtful details!! And my personal style is simple and clean.



If you know me, you know I am super secret and really don't like to put information about people on the internet and I'm very cautious with the images I put on my boudoir blog as well. I mean, it IS a boudoir blog afterall!!!

So, I'm not putting images of the wedding party or guests on my blog....which means we get to fast forward the story a little bit....still capturing the historic simplicity of the day....even the rings are simple.




After the wedding, me made a pit stop to a plot of land where the bride and groom are building their home. They're standing where their future home will one day be filled with baby giggles and the pitter patter of little feet.

And then we drove down a long dirt road and up the driveway to a mansion where Mark Twain once stayed. The family moved into the mansion for the wedding weekend and everyone enjoyed an elegant dinner after the wedding to celebrate a historic new beginning for this very sweet couple.




And the storybook wedding wouldn't be totally complete without one detail from the reception that is very special....the Grolsch keg!! This keg was shipped to the wedding full of beer straight from the Netherlands. The groom moved here from the Netherlands to marry his bride, and his entire family flew to the United States for the wedding. Having a keg shipped full of his favorite beer is one of those details that HAS to be document in a photograph to believe!!



And I will leave you by sharing a little project I've started especially for wedding photographers who hire me...

I am a PPA member. If you are a wedding photographer looking for someone dedicated to helping you tell a very special wedding story, there is bonus for hiring me. You are going to be too consumed with the big picture to do this yourself, so count on me to deliver this one last WOW memory for your bride.

I am now offering wedding letter art as signature Augusta Boudoir service to wedding photographers when I second shoot. Here is a letter art sample I created pretending that Jenny Miller is the bride...I don't want to tell you the bride's real name because I'm such a privacy freak, but Jenny gave me permission to use her name since you know it anyway. haha!

Every image was shot with something meaningful directly using a combination of images from wedding, the location where her groom proposed to her, and the city. This is such a cool thing to display and each letter has a story all by itself. The "M" is from the courthouse where they were married...the "i" is from where they had the rehearsal dinner, the first "L" is from the courthouse where they were married, the second "L" is from a building, the "E" is from a door at the reception hall and the "r" is a rock formation from the "Lovers Leap" location where he proposed to her. Awwwwwww!!!!



For a consultation
or to reserve your Augusta Boudoir Experience, visit the website: www.augustaboudoir.com

Exciting Mimi's News!!!

This is an exciting time for Augusta Boudoir because of all the cool things happening with Mimi's Boutique. Just in case you don't know, my studio is located on the second level at Mimi's, so whatever exciting that happens at Mimi's is exciting for Augusta Boudoir as well!!

Mimi's manager Cindy and owner Margaret went to Market in New York City to shop for some super hot new items to add to Mimi's packed to the seems boutique. I just think it is so cool that they took that trip so they can bring a little bit of New York to Augusta.

Another exciting tidbit of news is that Mimi's is growing....yes, another location is opening at the end of March near Elegant Bridals in Augusta.

That means you'll have two cool Mimi's locations to visit. I'll let you know exactly when the grand opening is so you can see all the cool NYC merchandise.

If you haven't visited Mimi's, make the trip....it's located where Evans Town Center Blvd meets Washington Road in Evans....down from Poblano's in the same office complex as where Stonecrest used to be located. 601 North Belair Office Square, Suite 1.


For a consultation or to reserve your Augusta Boudoir Experience, visit the website: www.augustaboudoir.com

Bachelorette Party: Augusta, Georgia Boudoir Style!

(I DO Hanky Panky's can be found at Mimi's)

If you're looking for bachelorette party ideas for brides, then don't even bother hiring a stripper...Augusta Boudoir has a great option for a fun and unique way to celebrate a bride's last days of freedom.

We have great "build your own" bachelorette party options and everyone gets to feel sexy! Augusta Boudoir works with various vendors and can put together an entire bachelorette party for you, or we can just provide photography only. The party will be planned according to your budget and what you envision.

Contact me and let's start planning!! info@augustaboudoir.com

For Brides

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Brides, listen up!

If you're recently engaged, you've GOT TO HAVE a boudoir session from Augusta Boudoir so you can put some top secret images in your groom's hands the night of your wedding. Augusta Boudoir has a special gift just for brides (and your groom will totally love it!). It's a mini-accordion album full of your session's most beautiful and sexiest images that will be the BEST wedding gift you could ever give him!

Don't trust your boudoir experience to anyone else because we offer Georgia's top boudoir experience.

And while we're talking about wedding gifts, swing by Mimi's Boutique & Intimates to create your bridal lingerie wedding registry. You're gong to need lots of great intimates as a newlywed and for all the nights of your honeymoon. While you're at Mimi's shopping for lingerie, go ahead and add Augusta Boudoir to your gift registry!! That's right....your girlfriends can help get you either a session with Augusta Boudoir or a product.

Mimi's also has the perfect idea for a bridal shower....why not have a lingerie bridal shower after hours at Mimi's? It's a fun place for all your girlfriends to get together and it will be a shower you'll never forget!

Remember, it's not boudoir unless it's Augusta Boudoir. We are the TOP boudoir experts, with our full team of boudoir professionals....from Cindy at Mimi's who provides a complimentary fitting and will help guide your selection of lingerie, to the stylists at Michelle James and Salon Surreal, who provide on-location hair, make-up and eyelash application for your super sexy transformation. We have the only high-end boudoir studio in East Central Georgia, located on the 2nd level of Mimi's Boutique at 601 North Belair Square in Evans, Georgia. Augusta Boudoir provides a full BOUDOIR EXPERIENCE you simply cannot get anywhere else.

Oh, and if you haven't already picked out your wedding photographer, definitely talk to Melissa at Sofia Colton Photography because she has a super special bridal boudoir package that is not offered anywhere else (including from Augusta Boudoir).

If you need a cake, Sweet Madness (located next to Firehouse Subs on Columbia Road) can custom create your wedding cake and the groom's cake....they're AWESOME and super nice!