We’re thrilled to share this shoot with you today, coming from the very talented duo Jen Cook and Ann Carroll – better known as The Photographix. These Franklin boudoir photographers share an incredibly beautiful editorial boudoir shoot with us today. We love everything about this shoot – the model, the styling, the crisp clean lighting, and the overall vibe. Be sure to scroll below the images to read more about their Editorial shoot – the styling, the vision, and more!
Model: Allison
Hair/Makeup Artist: Artistry SpaSalon
What was your overall vision for the shoot, or – how did you decide to shoot this concept?
We just recently did a complete overhaul on our studio and needed to get images to show, so we asked Allison who works at the salon right beneath our studio. We loved her look and wanted to do something vintage inspired so she was the perfect choice! She did her own hair and makeup and looked absolutely stunning!!
Did you work with a stylist, or did you style all the outfits/accessories yourself?
We did everything ourselves with the help of a local bridal store, Arzelles. They let us borrow all the jewelry and veils.
Describe the styling of the shoot.
Honestly we went into this kind of blind! We work better that way 🙂 Must be the art school in us 🙂 We had the shoot on the books for quite a while, but with our schedules we didn’t have as much time as we would have liked to get everything together. The week before the shoot we hit up Nordstroms and lots of other places, but purchased the most from them. Again, Arzelle’s was a huge part in this bc the jewelry really made the whole thing come together. In the end, for the images you see, we actually didn’t use anything we bought at all! We started playing around with Jen’s Grandmothers vintage robe, high waisted undies and the fabulous jewelry and wa-lah! They turned out to be our most fave images from the whole session 🙂 Also, the black robe images are Eberjey borrowed from a local boutique Emmaline.
How would you describe your typical style, was this a departure or were you playing into your typical inspiration?
Vintage, classic, modest, natural, soft, girly, romantic 🙂 We absolutely love Elizabeth Messina and get a lot of our inspiration from her!
If you could choose the most important pieces of the styling or set in your images that you would say set the tone for the whole shoot what would they be?
The jewelry and the studio! We are so proud of our new look and no one around us is doing boudoir like we are. We want to be different and totally US, and we feel like we have finally gotten there!
Photographers always know that nothing goes to plan in a editorial shoot where there are so many elements that have to come together, overcoming them and still getting killer images is what makes us pro. 🙂 What challenges did you face?
Fit. We didn’t have our model come with us when shopping, so we just had to choose what we thought would work best. This comes back to why we also just started plaything with things we had, and they ended up being our best images. So the key is to just play and have lots of things to choose from!
Would you want to recreate this shoot for your clients? Or was this a one-of-a-kind original?
Would love to recreate it and have already had some many new inquiries from this shoot alone.
Thanks so much, Jen & Ann, for letting us show off this gorgeous editorial shoot! If you live in the Franklin, TN area, and are looking for a boudoir photographer, please contact these ladies! Also be sure to visit their portfolio page & their website.
