When my incredibly beautiful and life-long friend Amber (who you’ve seen several times in our photographs) asked if I (Marina) would be into shooting some boudoir photos to give to her now hubby on the morning of their wedding, I got RIDICULOUSLY excited … then the nerves quickly set in for the both of us. Neither her nor I had done something like this before, and I wondered if I would even know were to start. After following boudoir work for some time by the likes of the wildly talented Danielle Fletcher and Jan Scholz (just to name a couple), I knew I wanted to TRY to channel a more interesting and fine-art inspired approach to this shoot … I just wasn’t sure how. But, really, I couldn’t be TOO worried, since Amber is insanely gorgeous … any living breathing person with a camera in their hand could take pretty pictures of her. I told Amber all I needed was a really big window, and for her to trust me, and we’d figure the rest out as we went along. The result, for me, is some of my favorite work yet. It was challenging, yet oddly natural. And for goodness sake she let me blog the photos. Amber, you are such a good friend … thank you heaps and heaps for experimenting with me, trusting me, and allowing me to share your photos for the purpose of possibly creating more boudoir work in the future. Here’s a teeny snippet of our first ever boudoir session … (eeeek!)