Author: Shannon Hemauer

Brooke booked a session with me because she wanted to have a contemporary glamour portrait of herself that her daughter would cherish once the little girl was older. Brooke has such an image from her own mother and she understands it’s important to exist in photographs for the ones you love. But she also wanted to do a boudoir session to celebrate her life as it is now—she recently lost weight, ran a marathon, and got divorced. I’m sure you know by now that I start all of my boudoir sessions with my clients fully clothed so they DO have portraits they can give to their children, and most clients want to start their session wearing the included dress rental (Brooke was no exception). Below you’ll find Brooke’s client interview. Now, you’ll only find two images from her session in this blog post because, as I’m also sure you know by now, my clients are the one who decide what I can share publicly, and Brooke asked that the majority of her images remain private. Please read through her responses to her interview, and if you find you can relate to her, please contact me today to schedule a consult. How long have you been wanting to do a boudoir/contemporary glamour session and what made you decide now was the time to do one? I have always admired these photos and thought they might be amazing to do. It was probably the last three or so years that I really thought, ‘You know, I’d like to do this one day’ and with recent weight loss, a race accomplishment, and a divorce, I thought it was now or never. I had also wanted to capture a timeless portrait to gift to my daughter for some time as I have one of

Kylie is a girl-next-door kinda of woman who is an Eagle’s fan so of course we had to incorporate an Eagle’s jersey for her Super Bowl winners as one of her outfits. Below you’ll find her client interview—please take a moment to read through her responses, and if you find that you can relate to how she was feeling before her session, contact me today to schedule your phone consult. How long have you been wanting to do a boudoir/contemporary glamour session and what made you decide now was the time to do one?  For about a year. Shannon’s page popped up on my Facebook page and I knew right away I wanted to do something like this. Just took me a little to build up the confidence to call her! What made you decide Shannon Hemauer was the photographer to work with to do your boudoir/contemporary glamour session?  Her pictures on her website were amazing. All her previous customers only had wonderful things to say about her. I felt comfortable from the first time I talked to her. What was your favorite part out of the entire experience? The planning, the session, the reveal?  I loved the whole experience. The session made me feel like a true woman. I felt amazing and sexy. I was definitely more nervous for the reveal!  I’m very critical about myself and was worried how I’d look in the pictures. Did you leave your session worried about your hair/makeup (Maybe you thought the makeup was too dark or your hair didn’t look like you.)?  I thought the make-up was a little heavy, but I knew that Shannon/[lead stylist] Nath knew what they were doing. Did you leave your session worried that the posing felt awkward?  YES! What were you more nervous about–the session or the

Maddie is friends with Dianna the Assistant—Maddie’s boyfriend and Dianna’s husband are stepbrothers—and over the Christmas holiday Dianna shared her boudoir photos she did with me with Maddie. Maddie knew at that moment she wanted to do a boudoir session for her boyfriend. Below is her client interview, with of course, a few images from her session. Please read through her responses to my answers, and if you can relate to what she said, please contact me today to schedule your consult so we can discuss how you envision your session. How long have you been wanting to do a boudoir session and what made you decide now was the time to do one? I had been thinking about doing a boudoir session ever since I found out my boyfriend was being deployed. I knew this was the right time for me because I wanted to give him the portraits as a going away gift.  What made you decide Shannon Hemauer was the photographer to work with to do your boudoir session? Shannon’s assistant, Dianna, recommended Shannon to me so I did some research and decided to set up a consult.  What was your favorite part out of the entire experience? The planning, the session, the reveal?  I honestly loved everything about the whole experience. The excitement began during my consult and carried through purchasing my lingerie, to the day of the actual shoot, and then seeing my photos on reveal day.  [NOTE FROM SHANNON: She bought the heels in the next image at The Shoe Dept. at the Capital City Mall in Camp Hill.] Did you leave your session worried about your hair/makeup (Maybe you thought the makeup was too dark or your hair didn’t look like you.)? I was slightly concerned about my makeup, because I’m normally super low-maintenance