New "Lite" Packages

Great news for ladies wanting to replicate certain poses from our galleries or those on a tighter budget, we now have 3 Lite Packages.

In our Original Packages & Photo Shoots, we cover as many poses in the time booked, easily 40 and over for a 1 hour Standard Shoot. So you can easily imagine how many we strike in a VIP Shoot of 2:30!! These are great for clients who aren't quite sure what they may like and want the works.

However not all ladies require this. Some people bring a list of specific poses they want to copy and no more. Therefore we have come up with some Lite Packages to make sure we are giving people what they need without excess.

As a taster we have a 2 pose shoot, a 6 pose for more variety and 12 pose being perfect for an album or digital collection.

Lite 2 Pose - From £220.00

• 1:15 experience consisting of...


• Professional hair & make-up styling throughout


• Choose your favourite 2 photos/poses from our site to recreate


• Both images beautifully retouched and supplied as large 9x6" prints in a Missy B plasma box


• OPTION: Swap your prints for 2 digital images supplied on personalised disc for an extra £30

Lite 6 Pose - From £400.00

• 1:45 experience consisting of...


• Professional hair & make-up styling throughout


• Choose your favourite 6 photos/poses from our site to recreate on up to 2 boudoir sets


• Your chosen 6 images beautifully retouched and supplied as 9x6" prints in a Missy B plasma box


• OPTION: Swap your prints for 6 digital images supplied on personalised disc for £75

Lite 12 Pose - £700.00

• 2:15 experience consisting of...


• Professional hair & make-up styling throughout


• Choose your favourite 12 photos/poses from our site to recreate on up to 3 boudoir sets


• Your chosen 12 images beautifully retouched and supplied as digital images on a personalised disc


• OPTION: Swap your digital images for our stunning 12 page Coffee Table Album

All Lite Packages Include...

• Refreshments


• Professional Hair & make-up styling throughout


• Posing & style guidance replicating your chosen poses/images


• Access to Emma's unique "Boudoir Backstage" pre-shoot website giving you all the info needed to prepare for your shoot


• Private, online galleries with 24/7 access


• Missy style retouching and effects included on your Lite Package images


• Option to buy additional products if desired

We hope these new packages will help more and more people get the images they want as wedding gifts, to send over seas, use in website promotion and so on.
If you want to find out more or book one of our fab new packages, just get in touch with your preferred date and the required package.

Emma J

Steampunk Inspired Shoot - Part 2

Here is the second part to our steampunk inspired bride shoot. The photos are a depiction of the approaching wedding night. Down to the undergarments with a slight feeling of trepidation.

After my massive post about the shoot, I'm going to let the images do the talking. I hope you enjoy!!

Newly Designed Blog

Hello All. Last night I completed the new design for my blog and it has now been resumed. Hopefully I'll be back posting as normal adding lots of new photos and stories.

Em J

Steampunk Inspired Shoot

Since March I have been planning a bridal shoot inspired by Steampunk and general madness. I really wanted to do something different, not the usual bridal white dress, nice pretty hair and make-up but completely and I mean completely different to the norm. I'm a mega fan of the Victorian era, dark quirkiness and anything fairytale so Steampunk seemed the perfect direction.

The idea was to cover outfit, flowers, styling, cake and anything else bridal I could fit into it. Nina Wren from Bridal hair & Tiaras and Mat from Red Floral Architecture, were instantly up for it being in the wedding industry and loving the chance to show some extraordinary creativity. Emmylou Kelly from Lily Bud Cupcakes offered to make the cake and a stunning cake it was (and she made us some delicious cupcakes for the shoot, above)!

Firstly I needed an outfit and after searching for suitable attire, I came across the gothic Lolita style that is very big in Japan after a few hints from my friend Mr. J West. Within minutes or searching I found the perfect items on a website, however there were so many fabulous outfits, choosing was extremely difficult. I selected 2 outfits, red and black for the daytime and a pure white ensemble for the "wedding night". All items had to be custom made to the required size and took 4 weeks. I really couldn't wait to get them.

In the meantime I went sourcing the other bits for the outfit like jewellery, garter, shoes etc. I bought cogs and old watch parts to be incorporated into the hair styling, cog earring, the classic goggles and many other objects of use. I had a fair few items in my prop collection already like the large wigs, Victorian style boots, tights, knee socks and decorations so that definitely helped.

Not only was there the task of sorting the models look out from head to toe, I had to try get the setting right without breaking the bank on shinny copper and brass pipes or borrowing some metal from a church roof ;o). I visualised decadent, old, decay but inviting, warm and quirky. I searched the Mill my studio is in and the top floor was open featuring old walls with paint peeling off, wood floor, 200 year old dust and with permission I made me scene. I purchased some Chessboard/Harlequin lino and laid it over the wood floor, it instantly looked amazing. Finally I added a massive clock I got off eBay (biggest I could find) and got down to lighting it.

I didn't want to go safe with the lighting, quite the opposite. It needed to be direct onto the face and body but with warm glow like there was an oil lamp on somewhere in the room.

The day of the shoot arrived, 23rd May and it was hot, manic and there was wig hair everywhere! We all had such fun though and Paula the Model had the patience of a saint considering how heavy the hair do was by the end of the first set of styling. The first hair and make-up style took about 3 hours I think, time seemed to fly by so fast while I watched the hair growing taller and wider thanks to Nina and Mat.

We shot the wedding day look and then proceeded to work on the wedding night. Moving slightly softer in look at this point, we added a hint of melanchollie to the mood but with a serious dose of Tim Burtonesque!

Part 2 of our visual fable, Steampunk Bride will be available to view shortly. We can't give you all the candy at once!

Photography: Miss Boudoir®
Model: Paula Vickers
Styling: Bridal Hair & Tiaras
Flowers: Red Floral
Cake: Lily Bud Cupcakes

The Results - Part 1

Shiny New Boudoir Studio

Well we finally did it!! 26 months on, the second Miss Boudoir studio is finally open and hosting many fabulous shoots!

Originally taken on back in March 2009, the studio was set to open in the summer of 2009 but due to many unforeseen problems with building, electrics and lack of time, the opening date fell further and further into the future.

Copley studio is based in Stalybrige, Cheshire was to be a bigger replacement for my Woodend Studio. But our clients and we love Woodend so much that it's become a part of the team and very much a second home for us. Therefore we have two studios, both in Greater Manchester and only 3 miles apart with Woodend falling into the county of Lancashire and Copley into Cheshire.

Each of the studios offers different photographic sets, styles and atmosphere. I fully designed both studios to meet the needs of my clients and reflect my love of the vintage style of boudoir and glamour photography.

Naturally Copley being my second studio, it was going to be a step up in every way from my first. I wanted a greater opulence (quite hard seeing as the Woodend is just beautiful), a continental edge to the decor to be different from the now masses of samey "vintage style" of boudoir photographers and another studio that has my personality stamped all over it.

I had ideas for every nook and cranny of my new empty building, what rooms would be built where, the purpose of those rooms, right down to the wallpaper colour and the reflected wallpaper colour if I was using mirrors.

I could picture it in my head, mentally walk around it and I loved what my mind was creating. I don't think anything has turned out different apart from the fabulous pink wingback chairs I have in my waiting/seating area, they should have been a black leather chesterfield but I decided against in the end.

The dressing area is Marilyn Monroe inspired and filled floor to ceiling with lingerie, shoes, props, knick knacks, a dressing table, mirror and screens. It's like a dressing up room from heaven!

Again, this studio like my first was to be a world away from the everyday, feel like you've gone through a door back in time to a private luxurious parlour filled with beautiful gilt furniture in very opulent settings, silky bed sheets on a fabulous Rococo bed, real gold and crystal chandeliers, antiques including 18th century decanters and scent bottles.

Along the same lines is the styling room; I designed it to have a film star theme featuring images of the silver screen stars in the decor, stripes in a classic black and white and the trademark styling room mirror bulbs.

All in all, it is a fabulous studio helping us offer a fabulous experience from the moment you walk in the door, to the first steps back out into the world as a liberated woman!

I look forward to meeting, photographing and helping as many women as possible in my new studio and obviously the giggles had in the meantime.