Canada, Part 1

An Unexpected Outcome Last month, I had the privilege of attending Camp Do More in Toronto, Canada. It’s an incredible training, development, networking, and connection event for boudoir photographers from all over. It is impossible to ...

Shutter Magazine Anniversary Edition Feature

Courageous Evolution We did it again! We are so excited to share that we received another feature in Shutter Magazine, the world's leading photography publication! Their Anniversary Edition proudly displays our photo ...

Fitting Room Reflections

This past weekend I was trying on swimsuits. Every woman's favorite pastime, I'm sure.I wasn't thrilled about what I saw in the mirror, under those harsh fluorescent lights. The tops didn't really hold in the breasts that spent so many months ...

The Influential Women Series, Part Two- Stacy Eads

Stacy Eads is a fantastic example of a woman killing it in a male-dominated field. Read on for some awesome words of wisdom from this powerful woman! How would you describe what you do for a living?As a Woman in Tech who quickly achieved back ...

10 Tips to Help You Prepare for Your Beauty Session

You've booked your beauty photography session. You've bought some gorgeous outfits and have your hair and nail appointments scheduled. But what else should you do? Here are my best tips to help you get ready for a session you won't soon ...

Do Not Let Your Fitness Goals Ruin Your Vacation

You heard me right. You can ready plenty of blogs on keeping fit and tracking calories while on vacation, but this is not one of them.Learn from my mistakes. I went to Spain… SPAIN, people! And all I thought about was my calories, hitting the ...

A Letter to Tired Women Everywhere

Dear Tired Woman,I see you. I am you.I’m talking about the kind of tired that is only partially related to sleep. The kind of tired that a good night’s sleep or a long Sunday nap would only be a band-aid for.It’s the kind of tired ...

Introducing the Influential Women Series- Dawn Karlin

I am so excited to kick off this monthly series featuring powerful and influential women! I've got some amazing boss babes lined up to share some of their wisdom with us.  First up is Dawn Karlin, a midwife in Oklahoma who holds a very ...

Here Comes Summer

I can’t believe it is already the middle of May! It feels like summer is approaching at light speed. It can be a really busy time for a lot of us.Hear me out for a minute here. Please don’t drive yourself crazy trying to do every ...

Mothers Day... and all it can mean

I know a lot of you reading this celebrate Mother’s Day in the “traditional” sense. Maybe you send flowers to your mom, call her, or take her out to lunch. Maybe your husband and kids make you a messy breakfast in bed and surprise ...

Union Station - Dream Couture

Just got back from our annual photography conference in St. Louis where get to enhance our skills, knowledge, and work with some incredible models. I worked with Gabi last year and she is not only an incredible talent, she is also a wonderful ...

The Art of Restraint…The Corset

“I can’t breathe!” How did Victorian women wear corsets? The entire concept behind the wasp waist is horrifying to me in this day and age where the average size is between a 14 and a 16, but maybe wearing a corset isn’t all ...

Finding Your Confidence In Sweats

Let’s face it, we can’t always be wearing the sexiest underwear or sporting the most trendy fashions. Sometimes we are just doing our best to get those granny panties on and get out the door with so many responsibilities. So how do we ...

Mrs. C. - Dream Session

What made you decide to take the plunge and sign up for a Dream Session?I decided to do a boudoir shoot because, after having two children, my life revolved around my family. I put myself on the back burner for 4 years and kind of got lost. I ...

Shutter Magazine Feature

We are thrilled to announce we are once again featured in the world's leading photography publication, Shutter Magazine. Shutter's Travel Edition features our photo, taken of the incredibly talented, Liz Dorsey, while we were photographing ...

The To-Do List vs. My Mind

"The most effective way to do it is to do it." Amelia Earhart I want to share something I have been dealing with here lately that some of you might relate to.I have soooooo many tasks on my to-do list, but so many times I get so ...

Press Release - Introducing The Dream Couture

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | 03/20/19Red Stiletto Photography, LLC405.757.4262Red Stiletto Photography, LLC announced that their boudoir photography brand, Red Stiletto Boudoir will be dropping the word “Boudoir” and will be known as Red ...

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!! So, it may be Halloween, but it feels a little like Christmas since I have been sitting on these photos since July!When Miss J came into the studio with this amazing Harry Potter piece, I knew we had to do something magical with it ...

Dressing The Part

We have all heard of “role play,” but have you ever tried it? Some of you may be a little frightened to read on, but I really think that you should! I am not going to go to deeply into your bedrooms for this one, but I do want you to ...

When One Door Closes

We are so excited to share with you a photo called, "When One Door Closes," which is one of the two images that not only merited in two recent competitions, it also received the Vision Award and is currently on the shelves at Barnes and Noble ...

Friendship

We all have them, but some friendships are different than others. In high school you always said you would be friends forever. Now you are just pals on Facebook. Then you had friends in college with whom some of you are still friends. There are ...

Confidence

We aren’t exactly born exuding confidence. In fact, most of the marketing is targeted at us in a way to point out those wrinkles, pimples, stretch marks, age spots, fat rolls, or other imperfections and how we should correct them. There is ...

Times Of Transition

Life does not always present us with the straightest line to get from point A to point B. When we go through these transitions, it isn’t always easy to feel like we are in control of what is going on around us. I know that I was taught ...

Can We Have Confidence Without Labels?

Our relationships in many cases define who we are. When we meet people for the first time, in many cases they will ask, “What do you do?” Then we are tasked with the question of responding with a profession or the absence of one. We even ...

Inner Beauty Exposed.

An image captures so much of who we are. An essence of the woman we hope to be and can achieve. Not those selfies where we capture ourselves at the “right” angle minus the “chins” or apply the right “filter” to ...

Swimsuit Season Is The Best!

Haha! My title is all given in jest! This may be true for some of us who love our bodies for every beautiful bump, lump or stretch mark. After all, those are battle scars! However, for many of us this season is just a reminder of the cupcake we ...

Miss. N.

Mrs. D.

Mrs. F.

Mrs. F. brought some beautiful pieces for her boudoir session at our studio in Norman, OK.