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New Studio Location!
Pederzani Studios
1586 Compton Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45231
Free parking is located on the street directly in front to the building and in a free lot behind the building
Helpful Information To Prepare
Before Your Session
Don't stress about preparing for your session, we're here for you! We'll go over everything from what lingerie is best, to what you can do to pamper your body beforehand. We're excited to help you get the boudoir session of your dreams!
Before we worry about anything else, we always like to start by telling our clients to take care of themselves before their shoots! Drink lots of water, exfoliate, moisturize. Spend extra time taking care of your skin, it's going to be your main outfit! If you're shaving or waxing do it a few days before. We can handle a bit of stubble much more easily in post processing than razor burn!
Please if at all possible refrain from spray tanning! Your natural skin will photograph best! We've had so many clients have malfunctions with their spray tanner, resulting weird color patches and drips. The spray tanner also settles in every fine line of your skin, making you look much older. If you absolutely must tan, we recommend UV tanning, which while harmful for your skin, photographs better. Make sure you use extra moisturizer as to not dry out your skin.
Use this session as an excuse to pamper yourself! Whether that means taking the time to do a pedicure and manicure on yourself, or booking an appointment for someone else to, it's always a good idea. When doing polish we find it works best visually to have the polish on your nails and toes match. If your polish is chipped, we'll have you remove it before your shoot.
Please eat something before you shoot. Don't do anything drastic like a cleanse or fasting. Posing for our boudoir sessions is kind of similar to a yoga session. You'll be holding muscles you normally don't, and often times be inverted laying down. We don't want anyone to feel faint or light headed. The small amount of body change you feel from cleansing or fasting will not be visible in the final photos. We photograph everyone so their body looks awesome. Even if you think you're a bit bloated after you eat, we promise you will never be able to tell in your photos.
Tipping your Hair and makeup artist is always a good idea and is usually expected for beauty services. Most of our artist are able to accept tips via Venmo, Apple Pay or cash.
What to wear?
Lingerie is important, but it isn’t something you need to stress over. We do have a large studio wardrobe you can borrow from, but we ask that you bring a well fitting black lingerie set to your session (even if that’s just your everyday bra and panty set). We’ve even shot boudoir sessions with NO lingerie and just some creative bed sheet draping. So don’t let this be a stressful part of your session! These tips are for you to be helpful, but trust your gut and your eye on what kind of things your drawn to!
DO Get fitted for a bra. This is probably one of the single most important thing you can do to prepare and look the best for your boudoir shoot. If you haven't been fitted for a bra in the past year, please get fitted. If you were ever fitted at Victoria's Secret, please go get fitted. We've had some of our clients, who are employed at Victoria Secret confirm our suspicions that they really don't do the best fittings, and will stick you in whatever is close enough to sell you a bra. While we love the lingerie VS offers, please do not get fitted at there stores. We ADORE Knickers Of Hyde Park in Cincinnati for fittings. Not only are they a local independent, woman owned, business, they have simply amazing fittings. Measurements are only half the battle when it comes to finding the correct fitting bra. There are several different breast shapes, and certain styles of bras work best with certain breast shapes. Knickers has the experience to be able to help fit you correctly, and have absolutely beautiful lingerie. They also offer bra Tailoring! Sizing there isn't an issue, they go from A to fitting Anna's own mother in a P cup (yes that's P, not a typo). We promise you'll find something beautiful and well fitting. Tip: Make sure to tell your fitting assistant you're doing a boudoir session! Prices at Knickers start around Victoria Secret prices, and go up from there. They have an amazing sales rack too! We aren't affiliated with Knickers in anyway, they're simply the best!
DO have panties that match your bra! Even if you have beautiful and expensive pieces, please make sure you have at least one matching set.
DO feel free to over pack. We'll go through all the options you bring at the beginning of your shoot. We will select pieces based on what we know will photograph best. It's always better to have more to choose from!
DON'T buy thigh highs that are "stay-up" and have a silicon or plastic on the inside. No matter how thin you are, the stay-up stocking that use plastic to grip your skin will instantly give you sausage-leg. Either buy the higher end thigh highs made to be worn with a garter belt, or bring in a pair of black panty hose. We can cut the panty hose, and when worn with a garter belt will look just like a well fitting pair of thigh highs.
DO think texture! We recommend sticking with more solid colors over prints. Our favorite colors are black and jewel tones. We love any texture as it adds interest to your photographs. Lace, beading, glitter, straps, chains, ect. are some of our favorite things.
DO bring VERY high heels. We love a good pair of flats in our day to day life. Boudoir though is a fantasy and it's true the higher the heel the better your butt looks. Even if you return them after your shoot, it's always a good idea to bring a pair of "do-me" shoes. We love black and nude pumps, with a spike heel and a pointed toe.
DO bring larger scale accessories. Small and delicate jewelry won't photograph well. It's also hard to edit around. When choosing jewelry, think statement pieces! We love earrings over 10mm in size. The more your jewelry catches the light, the better it will be to photograph.
Don’t want to buy anything? We’ve got you covered!
We have a TON of items in studio that you are welcome to borrow. All items are worn with sanitary liners and cleaned between clients. We have much more than this in the studio but we're working on getting it all photographed to share with you! Sizing and other specifics about our wardrobe are in our clients only facebook group - Roar Society!
Need Lingerie Quick?
We love these pieces from Amazon. While you’re welcome to borrow from our studio wardrobe we know it can be fun to get something new for yourself! These links are affiliate links meaning we get a couple cents if you purchase something, but it’s just another way to help support our studio!
How We "Photoshop"
LEFT TO RIGHT: BEFORE SESSION, STRAIGHT OUT OF THE CAMERA SHOT, EDITED FINISHED PHOTOGRAPH
Roar Boudoir thinks all bodies are beautiful.
The way we edit reflects this. Most of our editing process involves smoothing skin, removing blemishes and smoothing body contours, and getting creative with color and contrast. The only changes in your body shape we make are slight. We may bump up your cleavage a bit or smooth the shape of your arm, but it will still totally look like you! If you have a birth mark, scar or stretch mark you'd like us to leave on your body, please let us know. We don't want to drastically change the body you've got! Most of the techniques we use to make your images amazing involves hair, makeup, lighting and posing. Your makeup will need to be much darker than you're used to wearing in your everyday life! With how bright our lights are, and how we smooth the skin it's necessary to still have definition in your face.
After your Session.
Once your session is completed, we begin our editing process. Sessions are quoted at two weeks to delivery. They are often ready much sooner, we just don't like under quoting our clients. If for any reason you need your photos by a certain date, please let us know Once your photos are edited we'll send you a gallery to view your images
In your gallery we'll show you all your gorgeous images, and you'll decide on what products you'd like to order. Your gallery contains a shop so it’s easy to order anything you’d like! You are not required to buy any products. All products are offered at an additional fee and are not included in the cost of your session. All our product pricing can be viewed here. * We offer payment plans on all our product packages. Please make us aware of any deadline we need to meet!