fbpx

Sacramento, CA Boudoir pHOTOGRAPHY

by Carmen Salazar Photography

Life Changes to Empowerment: A Boudoir Session of Renewed Self-Love

Life Changes to Empowerment: A Boudoir Session of Renewed Self-Love

Every individual walks a unique path, encountering milestones that both challenge and change them. In the sanctuary of Carmen Salazar Photography, we had the honor of witnessing a poignant chapter in one woman’s journey — the powerful rebirth following her divorce....

The Allure of Intimacy: Experiencing a Couple’s Boudoir

The Allure of Intimacy: Experiencing a Couple’s Boudoir

In a world that's incessantly flooded with fleeting moments and filtered snapshots, the art of capturing genuine intimacy can often be overlooked. However, dive into the evocative realm of couple's boudoir photography, and you'll uncover a wellspring of passion,...

Stepping into the Spotlight: Your Guide to Boudoir Confidence

Stepping into the Spotlight: Your Guide to Boudoir Confidence

Boudoir photography, at its core, is about more than just lingerie and sultry looks. It's an intimate exploration of oneself, a dance between vulnerability and confidence. At Carmen Salazar Photography, we pride ourselves on creating a transformative experience that...

Carmen Salazar’s Boudoir Magic: Celebrate Your Inner Beauty

Carmen Salazar’s Boudoir Magic: Celebrate Your Inner Beauty

Boudoir photography, at its core, is about more than just lingerie and sultry looks. It's an intimate exploration of oneself, a dance between vulnerability and confidence. At Carmen Salazar Photography, we pride ourselves on creating a transformative experience that...

Selecting the Right Photographer: Enhancing Your Experience

Selecting the Right Photographer: Enhancing Your Experience

Finding a Pro Who Grasps Your Vision and Ensures Comfort Embarking on a boudoir photography journey is about capturing intimate, empowering moments that reflect your unique beauty and confidence. The photographer you choose plays a pivotal role in this transformative...

Unveiling the Magic of Self-Expression

Unveiling the Magic of Self-Expression

Alysha's Transformative Boudoir Session with Carmen Salazar When it comes to embracing your true self, boudoir photography can be an incredibly empowering and transformative experience. One such session that encapsulates the essence of self-discovery and stepping out...

What if I Don’t Like How I Look In My Boudoir Photos?

What if I Don’t Like How I Look In My Boudoir Photos?

“What if I don’t like how I look in my boudoir photos?” This question represents one of the most common hesitations we hear from women considering boudoir photography.   We understand! Many of us feel insecure about our bodies and nervous about how we look in photos....

Celebrate Your Beautiful Self With Boudoir Photography

Celebrate Your Beautiful Self With Boudoir Photography

Have you ever thought to celebrate your beautiful self with boudoir photography? When it comes to boudoir photography, there are a lot of misconceptions that could be holding you back from booking your own photoshoot. At Carmen Salazar Photography, we’re here to...

Show Off Your Unique Personality through Boudoir Photography

Show Off Your Unique Personality through Boudoir Photography

Boudoir photography is the perfect way to show off your unique personality and get in touch with your sensual side. Whether you're a diehard sports fan or you're covered in tattoos, at Carmen Salazar Photography we can help craft a boudoir session perfect for you!Read...

How to Step Out of Your Comfort Zone Through Boudoir Photography

How to Step Out of Your Comfort Zone Through Boudoir Photography

When you hear the word "boudoir," what comes to mind? For some, it might conjure up images of scantily-clad women in sexy poses. But boudoir photography is about so much more than that. It's about empowering women of all shapes and sizes to embrace their own unique...

How to Make The Most Of Your Short Hair in Boudoir Photography

How to Make The Most Of Your Short Hair in Boudoir Photography

If you're thinking about booking a boudoir photo session but you're not sure if it's for you because you have short hair, think again! Boudoir photography is for all women, no matter what their hair length is.  Here are some tips we’ve picked up in our experience...

Prepare your Mind for Empowering Boudoir Photography Session

Prepare your Mind for Empowering Boudoir Photography Session

Boudoir photography is the perfect way to celebrate your body and feel empowered in your own skin. But before you book a session, it's important to get into the right mindset. After all, it can be nerve-wracking to put yourself out there and bare it all. At Carmen...

Show Off Your Tattoos with Boudoir Photography

Show Off Your Tattoos with Boudoir Photography

It's time to show off your tattoos with boudoir photography! You've waited months, maybe even years, to get that tattoo. It's taken time to save up for it, to find the right artist, and to finally make the commitment. And now that it's done, you love it! So why not...

Colorful and Artistic Boudoir Photography in Sacramento

Colorful and Artistic Boudoir Photography in Sacramento

Are you looking for a Sacramento photographer who can help you capture your true essence through colorful and artistic boudoir photography? Someone who sees the world in color and can translate that vision into artistic images that celebrate your inner and outer...

5 Reasons to Step Outside Your Comfort Zones

5 Reasons to Step Outside Your Comfort Zones

We all have comfort zones, and that's perfectly OK. However, sometimes it's fun to step outside of those comfort zones, especially when it comes to new experiences, hobbies, and interests. When women come to Carmen Salazar Photography for a boudoir photography...

Overcome Body Image Insecurities in 4 Simple Steps

Overcome Body Image Insecurities in 4 Simple Steps

“I have body image insecurities.”   At the beginning of their boudoir photography sessions, four women from different walks of life mentioned feeling insecure with their bodies. Despite these feelings, they courageously arrived at our studio, Carmen Salazar...

How to Naturally Pose Your Hands In Boudoir Photography

How to Naturally Pose Your Hands In Boudoir Photography

Are you preparing for your upcoming boudoir photography session but nervous about how to pose? We know you want to look and feel sexy and confident for your portraits from head to toe - and fingertips! That’s why we are showing you how to naturally pose your hands in...

How to Look Elegant for a Boudoir Session

How to Look Elegant for a Boudoir Session

Are you looking for wardrobe tips to look elegant for a boudoir session? If so, you’ve come to the right place! When you hear the word boudoir, what comes to mind? Maybe you think of lingerie, silk sheets, and sultry poses. Well, boudoir photography is all that and...

Boudoir Photography: Love the Skin You’re In

Boudoir Photography: Love the Skin You’re In

When it comes to your body, love the skin you're in! Embrace every stretch mark, blemish, and scar. Because you are beautiful, just the way you are. If you're not feeling so confident about your body, boudoir photography is a great way to start loving yourself again....

Sacramento Boudoir Photography: Do Something For You

Sacramento Boudoir Photography: Do Something For You

When was the last time you decided to do something for you?   Something unique? Something that celebrates you?   Something that provides you with a day of pampering? Something that improves your self-image?   If you can’t remember a time...

Five Reasons to Give Boudoir Photography a Try

Five Reasons to Give Boudoir Photography a Try

Today, we have five reasons you should give boudoir photography a try! Boudoir photography is growing in popularity by the day. Perhaps, you’ve even had a friend or two who has had a session. They’ve talked about it, maybe even shown you their photos, and now you are...

Five Things You Should Know about Modest Boudoir Photography

Five Things You Should Know about Modest Boudoir Photography

Today, we are tackling five things you should know about modest boudoir photography! Yes, it’s true! Boudoir photography can be modest AND sexy!   Boudoir photography is growing in popularity, and rightly so! Through boudoir experiences, women connect to...

Everything You Need To Know About Boudoir Poses For Curvy Gals

Everything You Need To Know About Boudoir Poses For Curvy Gals

Today we’re sharing everything you need to know about boudoir poses for curvy gals!  Are you a curvy gal who's been thinking about doing a boudoir session? Maybe you're not sure where to start, or what poses will work best for you. Fear not! This post is here to help....

5 Reasons to Celebrate Your Body and One Solution

5 Reasons to Celebrate Your Body and One Solution

If you are like most women, you've spent years obsessing over every little dietary decision, workout routine, and clothing choice. You've CONSTANTLY questioned whether or not you were living up to some arbitrary standard of beauty that magazines and social media seem...

4 Beautiful Wardrobe Ideas For Mature Boudoir Clients

4 Beautiful Wardrobe Ideas For Mature Boudoir Clients

Are you a mature woman who's been thinking about doing a boudoir shoot? If so, you're in luck!  This blog post is full of wardrobe ideas that will help you look your best. At Carmen Salazar Photography, we believe you’re never too old for boudoir photography....

Boudoir Experiences with Instant Results in Sacramento

Boudoir Experiences with Instant Results in Sacramento

At Carmen Salazar Photography, we offer boudoir experiences with instant results.   Results? What results? Why are they instant?  Let me explain.  Empowering Women Boudoir Photography is all about empowering women and boosting their confidence. We help women...

Why All Bodies Look Stunning Posing Between the Sheets

Why All Bodies Look Stunning Posing Between the Sheets

If you are preparing for a boudoir session and aren’t sure what to wear, consider posing between the sheets!   Boudoir photography is all about celebrating your confidence and sexiness in the body you have today! You are enough!   At Carmen Salazar...

Tips for Wearing A Men’s Button Shirt  for Boudoir Photos

Tips for Wearing A Men’s Button Shirt for Boudoir Photos

Today we have tips for wearing a men’s button shirt for boudoir photos. How many times have you seen a woman wearing a men's button shirt and thought "Wow, she looks amazing"? There's just something about the way a man's shirt fits a woman's body that can make her...

5 Reasons Why You’re Never Too Old For Boudoir Photography

5 Reasons Why You’re Never Too Old For Boudoir Photography

Have you ever considered boudoir photography but thought you were too old for boudoir photography? We are here to tell you otherwise! Even if you’re in your fifties, sixties, or seventies, there’s no reason why you can’t enjoy this type of photography. Boudoir...

From Girl Next Door to Hollywood Glam | Sacramento Boudoir

From Girl Next Door to Hollywood Glam | Sacramento Boudoir

Do you want to try boudoir photography but think you might be too "girl next door" to achieve the look?   Think again! At Carmen Salazar Photography, we believe you already have what it takes to fully be embodied and empowered for any look you desire to...

Three Reasons to Schedule a Maternity Boudoir Photography Session

Three Reasons to Schedule a Maternity Boudoir Photography Session

Today we are sharing three reasons to schedule a maternity boudoir photography session! Maternity boudoir photos are the epitome of feminine strength on display. Nothing speaks to both the femininity and strength of the female form more than that of a woman during...

How to Overcome Common Boudoir Session Fears

How to Overcome Common Boudoir Session Fears

Are you wondering how to overcome common boudoir session fears?  If so, today’s post is for you! All our Boudoir Beauties arrive at Carmen Salazar Photography hoping to look and feel their best for the camera.  Desiring beautiful portraits to display or...

Branding to Boudoir | Sacramento Luxury Photography

Branding to Boudoir | Sacramento Luxury Photography

Are you looking for a luxury photography experience that provides everything from branding to boudoir portraits? If so, Carmen Salazar Photography is the perfect fit! Many women are searching these days for professional branding headshots to be used across social...

A Sacramento Beauty Returns |Boudoir Photography Repeat Clients

A Sacramento Beauty Returns |Boudoir Photography Repeat Clients

When it comes to boudoir photography, the biggest compliment we can receive at Carmen Salazar Photography is to have boudoir photography repeat clients. Their return to the studio tells us that we are doing something right in the way we care for our customers, their...

A Lifetime of Love | Sacramento Couples Boudoir Photography

A Lifetime of Love | Sacramento Couples Boudoir Photography

Couples boudoir photography is a unique way to celebrate a lifetime of love. When love lasts through all the challenges of life, the raising of children, and unexpected medical challenges, it is something to be treasured, celebrated, and documented. This couple, of 33...

Gift For Your Hubby | Sacramento Boudoir Photography

Gift For Your Hubby | Sacramento Boudoir Photography

Are you looking for the perfect gift for your hubby? We have the answer! If your husband is difficult to shop for, yet you want to find him a unique and special gift, consider gifting him boudoir photography portraits! Boudoir photography is all about empowering women...

Unique Sexy Gifts for Your Partner | Sacramento Boudoir

Unique Sexy Gifts for Your Partner | Sacramento Boudoir

Sacramento ladies, are you looking for unique sexy gifts to make your partner feel special and appreciated? If so, creating sexy boudoir portraits at Carmen Salazar Photography will be sure to get their hearts racing.   A unique art form, boudoir photography...

Modest Lingerie for Boudoir Photography

Modest Lingerie for Boudoir Photography

Have you ever wondered if you could wear modest lingerie for boudoir photography?   When you think of boudoir photography, what comes to mind? Lace lingerie, stockings, and high heels? While boudoir photography certainly can involve those things, it doesn't...

Sensational Boudoir Beauty At Any Age | Sacramento Boudoir

Sensational Boudoir Beauty At Any Age | Sacramento Boudoir

Did you know you can be Boudoir Beauty at any age? That’s right! Boudoir Photography is not just for women in their 20’s.   At Carmen Salazar Photography, we celebrate the unique beauty of women of any age. Through our luxury portrait experiences, we help...

Powerful Breast Cancer Boudoir Photography

Powerful Breast Cancer Boudoir Photography

What could be more empowering than boudoir photography for breast cancer survivors? Imagine feeling beautiful and confident in your own skin, knowing that you've overcome something so challenging. A Day of Luxury Capturing the strength and sensuality that lies within...

Biker-Inspired Boudoir Ideas in Sacramento

Biker-Inspired Boudoir Ideas in Sacramento

Do you love biking? Do you love feeling the wind in your hair and the sun on your skin while you're cruising around town? Well, did you know that you can bring that same sense of freedom and exhilaration into your boudoir photography session? It's true! In this post,...

Sacramento Boudoir Photography With Love

Sacramento Boudoir Photography With Love

“Do all things with love.” Boudoir Beauty, Miss K, embodied her favorite saying when she entered Carmen Salazar Photography to celebrate her 40th birthday with a boudoir session. Choosing to love herself and her body, Miss K said, “Embrace your body with love.  It...

Be An Angel For The Day | Boudoir Portrait Inspiration

Be An Angel For The Day | Boudoir Portrait Inspiration

Have you ever wanted to be an angel for the day? Now is your chance with this fanciful angel wing boudoir portrait inspiration!   At Carmen Salazar Photography, we help women of any age celebrate their unique beauty, embolden their feminine spirit, ignite...

6 Stunning Vintage Couch Boudoir Poses (and More)

6 Stunning Vintage Couch Boudoir Poses (and More)

Are you looking for stunning vintage couch boudoir poses?  If so, we have some ideas for you! Many boudoir clients come to Carmen Salzar Photography desiring to see themselves through a different lens but are nervous they won’t know how to pose for the...

Happy Boudoir Portrait Vibes | Sacramento Boudoir Photography

Happy Boudoir Portrait Vibes | Sacramento Boudoir Photography

Are you looking for some happy boudoir portrait vibes? If so, look no further!   With the motto, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” today’s featured Boudoir Beauty radiated pure joy and confidence throughout her boudoir session.  When Miss S came to Camen Salazar...

A Year for Me | Unique Sacramento Boudoir Photography

A Year for Me | Unique Sacramento Boudoir Photography

Have you ever chosen to take “A Year for Me”? You know, a time in your life when you say, “Forget everything else, now is my time to shine. It is now or never. I’m going to go all-in for ME this year.” This was true for today’s featured Boudoir Beauty, Miss S. "Year...

Memorable Boudoir Photography Gifts for a Loved One

Memorable Boudoir Photography Gifts for a Loved One

Are you looking to create memorable boudoir photography gifts for a loved one? If so, Carmen Salazar Photography, located in Roseville, CA, would love to help! Our Boudoir Beauties come to the studio for a variety of reasons; to feel self-empowered, to celebrate...

9 Creative Non-Lingerie Ideas for Your Boudoir Session

9 Creative Non-Lingerie Ideas for Your Boudoir Session

Boudoir photography is all about feeling sexy and confident. However, if you don't feel comfortable in lingerie, don't worry! There are plenty of other outfits that will make you look and feel amazing in your boudoir portraits. Check out these 9 creative non-lingerie...

Classy Boudoir Photography in Sacramento

Classy Boudoir Photography in Sacramento

Boudoir Beauty Miss J arrived at Carmen Salazar Photography desiring to gift her fiance with classy boudoir photography. She found herself enjoying the entire experience. Selecting the wardrobe, posing in various sets, and finally choosing the portraits to be included...

Sacramento Boudoir Photography | An Uplifting Experience

Sacramento Boudoir Photography | An Uplifting Experience

Are you looking for an uplifting experience that will boost your body confidence? Consider scheduling a luxury boudoir photography experience with Carmen Salazar Photography. Boudoir Beauty Miss H found Carmen and her work on social media. She quickly fell in love...

Photographing Feminine Greatness in Sacramento

Photographing Feminine Greatness in Sacramento

“I never knew I could look so good.”  - Boudoir Beauty Miss R. At Carmen Salazar Photography, we hear quotes like this one often. For this reason, we take pride in our work photographing feminine greatness! See the beauty Women are often quicker to see the beauty...

What If I Don’t Like My Boudoir Portraits?

What If I Don’t Like My Boudoir Portraits?

One of the most frequent concerns we hear at Carmen Salazar Photography is, “What if I don’t like my boudoir portraits?” We honor the validity of the nerves and fears behind these questions. However, with 10 years of experience, we are confident that you will be...

A Luxury Boudoir Experience

A Luxury Boudoir Experience

Boudoir Beauty Miss A came to Carmen Salazar Photography with a mission.  She wanted to treat herself to a luxury boudoir experience that would cause her to feel girly and beautiful.  "Be Yourself" Holding firm to the motto, “Be Yourself,” Miss A channeled...

Sacramento Boudoir Photography | The Power of a Woman

Sacramento Boudoir Photography | The Power of a Woman

Boudoir photography speaks to the power of a woman to fully embrace her physical being and inner energy.  Often, that particular power remains dormant until midway through life (or later).  Once awakened, watch out world! At Carmen Salazar Photography, we...

Boudoir Photography For Yourself

Boudoir Photography For Yourself

Are you looking for a luxurious gift for yourself?    If so, consider scheduling some boudoir photography for yourself with Carmen Salazar, located in the Sacramento area.  Boudoir Beauty, Miss M, came to the Carmen Salazar Photography Studio looking to...

Three Playful Boudoir Session Ideas

Three Playful Boudoir Session Ideas

Here are 3 playful boudoir session ideas that are sexy, sassy, and spirited.   Stepping into her new body after significant weight loss, Boudoir Beauty Miss V decided to surprise her husband with sexy pictures that were sure to make him smile. A former...

What to Expect At A Boudoir Session

What to Expect At A Boudoir Session

Many future boudoir clients ask the following question, “What can I expect to experience at a boudoir session?”  Boudoir Beauty Miss K had similar questions. She came to the Carmen Salazar Photography Studio desiring to create unique artwork for her...

Miss M | Bridal Boudoir Photo Inspiration

Miss M | Bridal Boudoir Photo Inspiration

Are you looking for Bridal Boudoir Photo inspiration? If so, look no further!  Boudoir Beauty Miss M was the embodiment of Bridal Boudoir Photo inspiration in her recent boudoir session. Desiring to create a memorable wedding gift her future spouse would never...

Miss K | Sacramento Boudoir Beauties

Miss K | Sacramento Boudoir Beauties

We love welcoming new clients into our Sacramento Boudoir Portrait Studio. Each woman entering our studio brings bits of her story; her past, present, hopes, and dreams, along with her.  A luxury boudoir portrait session brings a sense of empowerment,...

Miss K | Sacramento Sexy Boudoir Portrait Gifts

Miss K | Sacramento Sexy Boudoir Portrait Gifts

Many of our clients enter the Carmen Salazar Photography Studio, in Historic Roseville, CA, with the intention of surprising a loved one with sexy boudoir portrait gifts. Usually, our clients are the ones who receive an unexpected gift through their luxury boudoir...

Miss K | Sacramento Boudoir Photography

Miss K | Sacramento Boudoir Photography

Could you benefit from seeing yourself in a new way?  Are you looking for a way to celebrate YOU? Boudoir Beauty Miss Kaitlynn first heard about Carmen Salazar's Photography studio two years ago.  As her birthday approached, she finally decided it was time...

Miss R | Holiday Boudoir Photography

Miss R | Holiday Boudoir Photography

Are you looking for some holiday-inspired boudoir photography ideas? Look no further! We believe boudoir art can make the perfect gift for YOU or a loved one, all year long, but especially for the holidays. We love the way Miss R brought her fierce attitude into the...

Miss L | Sacramento Maternity Boudoir Photography

Miss L | Sacramento Maternity Boudoir Photography

Pregnancy is a sacred yet brief time in a woman's life.  While life forms inside the womb, the mother’s body endures tremendous changes.    Our next boudoir beauty came to our studio with the desire to document this short and unique period in her...

Miss M | Sacramento Bridal Boudoir Photography

Miss M | Sacramento Bridal Boudoir Photography

Sometimes opportunities choose us. Sometimes we accept the opportunity. Boudoir Beauty Miss Michelle found herself the lucky raffle ticket winner for a boudoir photo session with Carmen Salazar Photography. After winning, she chose to give her future husband a wedding...

Miss Beth

Miss Beth

I am so excited to share yet another boudoir beauty with you guys! Miss Beth exudes confidence, sensuality, and a bold gaze to top it all off. Beth had a blast getting ready and all dolled up for the shoot. Sometimes picking out some beautiful clothes and getting...

Bubbles + Beauties VIP Launch Party

Bubbles + Beauties VIP Launch Party

I am so thrilled to share about our Bubbles & Beauties VIP launch party! We had an amazing turn out, champagne galore and enough fancy cheese to last a lifetime. Bubbles & Beauties is a VIP group where women can feel empowered, body-positive and excited to...

Couple Boudoir Photography

Couple Boudoir Photography

Boudoir photography can make you feel empowered, more beautiful, and sexier than ever. So why not include your partner in on the fun? Before you start running for the hills, hear us out. Couples boudoir photography session can be one of the most intimate experiences...

Best Looks for Bridal Boudoir

Best Looks for Bridal Boudoir

Why Bridal Boudoir?  Whether you’re newly engaged or plan on walking down the aisle very soon, you know that any dream wedding takes careful planning. Finding the best wedding photographer, the perfect venue, a beautiful wedding dress, and floral arrangements are...

Reasons Why Every Woman Needs a Boudoir Session

Reasons Why Every Woman Needs a Boudoir Session

There's nothing quite like a boudoir session with Carmen Salazar Photography. Some may feel a little nervous at first, while others take full advantage of the spotlight and glam. Either way, you'll leave Carmen's boudoir studio in Roseville, feeling like a whole new...

MythBusters: Common Myths About Boudoir Shoots

MythBusters: Common Myths About Boudoir Shoots

We’re never surprised here at Carmen Salazar Photography about the common myths about boudoir photoshoots that our clients have believed. But, we are surprised when they let those myths hold them back from enjoying the liberating and unique experience of a boudoir...

Top 5 Things To Avoid Before a Boudoir Session

Top 5 Things To Avoid Before a Boudoir Session

A good Sacramento boudoir photographer will work closely with you to ensure that you are prepared for your boudoir session. A great Sacramento boudoir photographer will also tell you what not to do before a boudoir session. When working with Carmen Salazar...

Feeling Confident for Your Boudoir Shoot

Feeling Confident for Your Boudoir Shoot

When we receive clients interested in boudoir, it sometimes comes with a little hesitation. We get it! You are making yourself vulnerable and trusting us to shine your light from behind the lens. Some women are shyer than others, but we can always see the beauty they...

The Best Wedding Gift

The Best Wedding Gift

Why A Boudoir Book is the Perfect Wedding Gift For Your Future Spouse Ladies, let’s talk about wedding gifts. It’s your big day and you are surprising your love with a gift they will cherish for a lifetime. Most blogs will say, to get your partner an engraved whiskey...

She decided it was time to celebrate herself

She decided it was time to celebrate herself

Miss Greta reallllllly knocked our socks off with her boudoir experience. She trusted us to capture her on some of our new sets in the studio and we couldn't be more excited with the artwork we created!!! She brought in some of her gorgeous lingerie body suit pieces...

A journey of empowerment, strength & beauty!

A journey of empowerment, strength & beauty!

We couldn't be more excited to showcase Miss LaJina and her gorgeous, empowering boudoir photos!  La Jina has been on a weightloss journey for the last 3 years and wanted to celebrate her hard work with an empowering portrait session. Through her journey she has...

Bridal boudoir from sweet to sultry!

Bridal boudoir from sweet to sultry!

We can't stop raving about Mary and her beautiful energy!  Mary shared, although she came to us initially to have us a create a wedding gift for her husband-to-be, she realized how much she really enjoyed the experience for herself and how beautiful she felt...

Boudoir Artwork Options

Boudoir Artwork Options

Imagine holding an album in your hands or walking into your master bedroom to see your wall art over your bed - admiring those favorite photographs that make you light up with pride. I am thrilled to offer gorgeous artwork options for you to continue celebrating your...

Quiet that inner critic

Quiet that inner critic

Women, for the most part, are nurturers. We pour ourselves into everyone and everything around us. Sometimes at the expense of our own needs. We give until we realize we have given away far too much of ourselves without nourishing our own needs. It has become my...

Top 10 FAQs about Boudoir Photography

Top 10 FAQs about Boudoir Photography

Q: WHAT IS A BOUDOIR SESSION? For some it's feeling sexy and taking portraits to capture that feeling, for others it's celebrating personal acceptance for who you are in this moment, and for a few, it's capturing the real woman and the real curves they possess so they...

How to prepare for your boudoir shoot

How to prepare for your boudoir shoot

We want our empowered beauties to feel their best for the portrait experience so here are a few tips to help you feel 100% ready to slay! 3 months before your session: You've booked your boudoir session and now you are ready to 'TKO' that baby!  That yoga class,...

Miss Faith

Miss Faith

We are so inspired at the overwhelming response for our recent Boudoir Model Call... and we can't wait to share all the boudoir beauty with you! Miss Faith brought her most fierce and moody looks, and she is simply gorgeous. Faith first came to our studio in 2013, to...

Miss Abby

Miss Abby

When I read Abby's entry to our Empowered Experience Giveaway, I knew she was a truly powerful woman. I started the Empower contest because I wanted an opportunity to hear the stories of some truly amazing women and create portraits to nurture their confidence and...

2018 Boudoir Model Call

2018 Boudoir Model Call

If you've been following our Instagram stories, then you know that we are getting pumped about the new studio in Historic Old Town Roseville!!! Or, 'HOT' Roseville as the locals like to call it.  With the new year and the new studio, we're itchin' to capture some...

International Women’s Day Giveaway

International Women’s Day Giveaway

*ALL ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED* We Want to Celebrate YOU! In an amazing photographic experience give-a-way We have an exciting opportunity for women in the Sacramento area to celebrate themselves and their natural beauty! Today marks International Women's Day, an...

Gorgeous Natural Light Sacramento Boudoir Session

Gorgeous Natural Light Sacramento Boudoir Session

In my opinion, natural is very sexy. I was very excited to shoot in my new boudoir studio, but little did I know that our session with Miss Hannah would be so stunning! Our boudoir beauty loved the neutral styling of our new studio because she wanted us to create...

Love YOURSELF!

Love YOURSELF!

Boudoir has always been a fun and sexy gift to give a sweetheart, but it should also be a gift to yourself! Miss Gwen has some amazing things to say about boudoir as a form of self-love and confidence: "Celebrate yourself. You are a being of vitality, beauty, and...

Bombshell Boudoir Beauty

Holy smokes! Miss Nicole is absolutely seductive in her boudoir session. Nicole stuns in a subtle pin-up style with lots of lace and curves for days! She loved the option to add a stylist to her session and highly recommends using one to add the finishing touches to...

Playful Cowgirl Boudoir Session

I'm checking off a concert bucket list tonight and heading to see Dixie Chicks. I've got a little bit of country inside me and it's Ready to Run!!! If you're a fan...you'll get the ridiculous pun 🙂 So in honor of the Dixie Chicks come back tour it only felt right to...

Gorgeous Sacramento Boudoir Beauty!

It's true ... blondes really do have more fun! Miss Veronika is one of our many ladies who prove to us that boudoir does not only have to be a wedding day present for your hubby - your boudoir session can be a gorgeous and spontaneous gift for anytime! Boudoir...

The Sexiness of Simplicity

The Sexiness of Simplicity

Boy do I love our boudoir beauties!! Natasia's shoot was so yummy in the simple sexiness of a smile and necktie. Although all my ladies turn out just gorgeous in the final product, the most common thing they tell me before their photoshoot is that they are nervous...

Walk the walk…

Walk the walk…

So why do I shoot boudoir? Well, long story short, because it makes me feel good to make others feel good. Every woman I capture is a new mystery to me. I have the opportunity to discover who you are, who you aspire to be, what you want to celebrate and how you want...

Sacramento Boudoir Beauty | Miss Laurie

Sacramento Boudoir Beauty | Miss Laurie

I have the privilege of photographing some amazing women. Most women come in thinking it's going to be all about looking sexy in photos for their significant other. It's become so much more than that - sorry guys! Women leave feeling empowered, spirits lifted, and...

How to get perfect skin before a photo shoot

How to get perfect skin before a photo shoot

This week we have the incredible Christi Reynolds guest posting with advice on how to prep your skin for a photo session. In this detailed breakdown on how to care for your skin you'll learn how to care for your skin a week in advance of your scheduled shoot. Your...

And she said she didn’t have a sexy look…

And she said she didn’t have a sexy look…

Ms. Prescilla came to my studio as most women do...she wanted to surprise her honey with a boudoir album for Valentine's Day.  She's a recent newlywed and had wanted to do a session as a wedding gift...but if you've ever planned a wedding...you know there is never...

Boudoir Beauty | Whitney

Boudoir Beauty | Whitney

Love this vintage boudoir beauty! This darling came in to create an album as a surprise for her Mr.  I love her gorgeous vintage look and how she incorporated a playful yet sexy element for her husband who is a chef.  Many thanks to Christi Reynolds for the fabulous...

Boudoir Beauty | Miss Amanda

Boudoir Beauty | Miss Amanda

I love being a part of the sexy surprises for husbands. It's such an unexpected gift for him and the experience of the session becomes an expected gift to my beauties.  I was delighted as always to help our newest boudoir beauty Miss Amanda create a beautiful album to...

A vintage boudoir beauty!

A vintage boudoir beauty!

Meet our newest boudoir beauty Meg!  Meg came in to be photographed as a surprise gift for her husband.  She was found these gorgeous little bloomers on etsy and wore her wedding heels for a little sexy wedding day nostalgia! Meg had these amazing white ruffled boy...

Boudoir Beauty | Miss Amber

Boudoir Beauty | Miss Amber

Oh boy...do we love our Boudoir Beauties!  Miss Amber came to the studio for a session as a gift to surprise her honey for their wedding night. It was a challenge to sneak out her lingerie lovelies and his guitar but we think it was worth it!  We shot 3 different sets...

Carmen Salazar Boudoir Photography