✧ Valentine Dreams, January 6-8 2025 ✧ Burlesque! May 5-7 2025 ✧ It’s Witchcraft, June 2-4 2025 ✧ Flower Heaven, July 2025 ✧ Neon Nights, August 2025 ✧ Birth of Venus, September 2025
Themed mini sessions offer all the great stuff of my deluxe boudoir photoshoot sessions (hair and makeup, wardrobe, pose coaching, and more!), but at a bite-sized duration and price. But they’re not just quicker, they’re ephemeral. Some of the themes are unique: they’re one-and-done, never to return again! Some themes will return annually, or with variations in the future. Catch them while you can!
Why Mini Sessions?
My clients have always been vocal about their love for my set building and immersive environments, and the mood it creates for them. 2023’s sessions taught me that my ultra-detailed themed sets need to be special editions, built for a week or two at a time then taken down(for my sanity), not offered all year! They often take up an entire room in my Philly studio homebase, and there’s no space for me to take other non-theme bookings around them!
Building sets with a finite lifespan in mind allows me to be more deliberate and more elaborate, creating an immersive romantic fantasy session for you! And it’s fun for me too; mini sessions let me try new things in my photography and art, with you in the starring role.
What’s Included?
All this great stuff from my deluxe photo sessions! ✧ Hair and makeup by a professional makeup artist ✧ Wardrobe styling ✧ Pose coaching and guidance ✧ Free consultation before your session ✧ Prep guidance so you feel ready and excited ✧ An image reveal appointment via zoom to pick your photos ✧ A few edits, delivered digitally ✧ The option to upgrade a larger digital collection, custom photo albums, and beautiful wall art!
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✧ Last year’s posts about voting brought hundreds of new eyes to my work! Literally hundreds of people who might not have otherwise known about me. For a small local business, that’s huge. I’m so grateful for it, and for the chance to grow my network again this year.
✧ The voting process involves a few steps and a few minutes of your time. Some people—no matter how much they love my work—won’t do that, so every vote really counts and I appreciate any and all help to spread the word!
✧ It feels more important than ever for LGBTQ+ artists and queer-owned businesses to be represented and visible for our community and for our allies!
✧ I’ve been a Montco resident since I moved to the Philly metro in 2002, which officially means I’ve been here more than half my life! I love being part of the community here, and the more people who know about me, the more I get to meet and make gorgeous photos of!
✧ 2024 was a difficult and often demoralizing year and 2025 is already bringing its own complications; a win would make me feel very appreciated for the queer joyful work I’m putting into the world.
“I have worked with Cassie numerous times. And every time she impresses me more and more. She is so creative and fun to work with. Whether it’s her project idea or mine. She knocks it out every time. She is one of my top favorite female artists!”
“I’ve worked with Cassie several times now for my business and every time I’m blown away with the images she captures! Each time I think it’s the best shoot we’ve ever done… until the next one, and then THAT’S the best one. She always makes me and our models feel comfortable and confident, she pays … Continue reading Johanna S.→
For as long as we’ve had bodies and art, artists have been celebrating the wonderful beauty of the nude figure. Bodies of all shapes, sizes, colors and genders doing all kinds of fantastic activities and luxurious lounging! Stark ass naked, wearing nothing but a smile, or occasionally a little drape of lovely fabric! I’ll be sharing a few examples from classical art with you today because I’m a nerd, and also because if I share nude boudoir photos directly in this post I won’t be able to share the post anywhere.
If you’d like to see the nude boudoir photography I’ve created, I’ll be linking that at the bottom of the page. Apologies for the inconvenience, but let’s pretend it’s a fun scavenger hunt.
“After the Bath,” by Giovanni Boldini
There’s something wonderful and timeless about nudity; the human form is beautiful and largely unchanging on a cosmic scale. A body won’t be dated by fad wardrobe (though maybe by poofy 80s hairdos). The human physique is frankly a marvel. I’m obsessed.
Titian’s “Venus with a Mirror”
What is Nude Boudoir?
Like all boudoir, artistic nude portraits are intimate. They’re vulnerable to make and share. And the end results are often very powerful! Posture and posing matter so much; as a model you’re using your body to tell a story, set a scene, create a mood. Marry that with setting and lighting, and we can build a cinematic masterpiece in three simple steps (none of these steps are simple but that’s a future blog post).
A nude boudoir photoshoot has a lot in common with a regular boudoir session: it should be fun, something you’re excited for! Please never do anything that makes you uncomfortable. It’s never mandatory to show more skin than you want to. This artistic collaboration is all about enthusiastic consent!
Because comfort levels are unique and personal, open honest communication and a consultation are especially important to me for sessions like this. It’s important to find an artist you vibe with! You deserve to feel confident, comfortable, and safe with your photographer, regardless of what you are—or aren’t—wearing.
All Nude Boudoir Is Not Created Equal
How nude is nude? Let’s begin with a quick breakdown of types of nudity!
Non-explicit nudity: Honestly this is all wildly subjective, but my definition would include all the classical art included in this post.
Explicit/sexual nudity: NSFW. Nudity in situations designed to arouse. You can see how this gets vague depending on your worldview, right?
Implied nudes: Might be considered SFW depending on the details. Nudity is suggested to the viewer, but nothing spicy is visible in the image–it’s covered in fabric drape, a towel, or even a particularly deep shadow. Historically this could include obscuring intimate parts with a hand, but social media censors consider this “sexual touching,” so today an implied nude with a ‘hand bra’ would be flagged as sexually suggestive content—a great example of how the creation and reception of art are both interrelated with the times and circumstances in which they’re made.
The cool thing about implied nudity is that you don’t need to be fully naked to create this style of image; a model for boudoir implied nudes could still be wearing pasties, a thong or low-profile pair of underwear, a modesty pouch. Illusion at work!
“Aurora,” by François Boucher
Nude Boudoir is For You If:
✧ You hate worrying about what to wear. ✧ You’re in touch with your sensual side and the idea of nude photos of yourself thrills you. ✧ You want to star in timeless fine art nude portraits. ✧ This isn’t your first boudoir rodeo and you want to try something new! ✧ You love art history and long to recline dramatically on soft pillows, possibly eating symbolic fruit. ✧ You never want to be able to share the images on instagram (I joke, but I kinda don’t joke) ✧ It’s time to commemorate a moment in time with your body. Maybe it will be changing soon, going through a major life transition! Maybe you just love it as-is! Or maybe this is part of your journey to loving your body in all its present glory. ✧ Your favorite feature would otherwise be obscured by an outfit: maybe you love the natural shape of your unadorned butt or hip dips, or your bra strap covers part of your favorite tattoo! ✧ You don’t feel you can move and pose freely in clothes!
What Do I Do with My Artistic Nude Portraits?
I knew somebody who put a 24×36″ gorgeous fine art nude image of themselves in their guest bathroom where any visitor could see it. Other clients order discreet 5×7″ print collections in a custom keepsake box, or small albums that are easy to hide from tiny household fingers but can be viewed by the subject (and friends?) at will! Some clients ask me to submit their photo sessions to magazines because they want the world to see. Some people go all-digital, and text their bespoke nudes. I keep a boudoir photo of my partner as my phone lock screen. My partner has a polaroid of me in their wallet. Some people put their boudoir nudes on onlyfans for the world to see.
As always, nude images or clothed, the photos we make together are totally private. I don’t post them unless you choose to sign a model release allowing me to share one, some, or all of them!
You wouldn’t put a robe on the statue of David, would you? This cc0 image of Michelangelo’s David photographed by Guy Percival
“I have worked with Cassie numerous times. And every time she impresses me more and more. She is so creative and fun to work with. Whether it’s her project idea or mine. She knocks it out every time. She is one of my top favorite female artists!”
Bonus content: if you’d like to read more about any of the artworks I’ve included here, great info is available about them and other public domain works through the National Gallery of Art.
I’m getting in early for once, instead of scrambling to put together a Black Friday boudoir sale at the last minute! Is this growth? The High Roller Collections are back in extremely limited numbers. And since I’m so excited about this year’s special edition session, I’m sharing it early too!
You’ll get two hair and makeup looks for double the fun! Plus multiple wardrobe changes and one or two sets, whichever best suits the concept we come up with. And if you’re feeling bold and want to share with the world, I’ll help you submit your photos as a magazine editorial to some publications.
And as always I love to reward my regulars: If this isn’t your first session with me, you get a complimentary bonus edit!
In addition to showing appreciation for friends and family, you should show yourself some love too–with beautiful boudoir photos!
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Your Exclusive Black Friday Boudoir Session Includes:
✧ A pre-session consultation to get you feeling prepared and excited for your experience! ✧ Professional hair and makeup styling by one of my favorite local artists to help you feel pampered and relaxed. Since this editorial boudoir session includes two gorgeous glam hair and makeup looks, expect to spend extra time here getting your look switched up! ✧ The location (most sessions take place in my home studio, unless otherwise specified/discussed) ✧ Access to my client closet! This is a great way to add variety and spice to the favorite outfits you bring (I have sizes S-4X; if you fall outside this size range I’m always shopping for new pieces and am happy to add to my collection in your size!) ✧ Pose coaching, hype, and guidance through the entire process! I have over a decade of experience photographing people, so you’ve got nothing to worry about if you’re nervous or have no experience in front of the camera. ✧ Approximately 45 minutes of session time in one or two sets. This is enough time for multiple outfits! ✧ A post-session image reveal appointment to view and select your images ✧ Your six favorite images, edited for digital delivery, web sharing, or submission to publications! And if you’re a returning client, you get a bonus image, on me!
Fine Print
✧ To receive the special promotion, you must schedule your session, sign your contract, and pay your retainer during the sale period (now-Dec 1, 2024) ✧ Specialty sessions are limited availability, and will be scheduled on a first come, first served basis. When they’re sold out, they’re sold out! ✧ These are solo sessions only! If you’d like to do photos with your boo or your bestie, you can book two back to back sessions on the same date, availability permitting. ✧ Sessions can be gifted but they must be paid in full if the buyer is not the user. ✧ Any add-ons (prints, albums, additional images) selected at the time of your image reveal are not eligible for payment plans through me. You can put them on a credit card or pay however you like, but it needs to be paid in full in my accounting system!
Schedule your consultation and reserve your date for your two-look special editorial boudoir session, or indulge in extra self-care with an extremely limited edition high roller package!
Ready for some Black Friday boudoir editorial inspiration?
Treat yourself or someone else with our Black Friday boudoir specials! We offer gift certificates from $100+ so you can give someone part or all of a session. And if you’re particularly forward-thinking with an eye on birthdays, anniversaries, or the 2025 (I know!) holiday season, you can use this Black Friday sale to score some unique photo session packages to use throughout the year.
Savor the whole experience and keep the mementos for yourself, or order albums and prints as a gift for someone who’ll love to see the sensual side of you.
In the spirit of giving, take 15% off a la carte items when you add on to any session at the time of scheduling. We accept credit cards and offer pre-payment plans for people who wish to break their order into installments.
It’s Halloween Boudoir season again, so let’s get into a few ways you can add a little pumpkin spice to your boudoir session! 👻
I’m a gay goth goblin so it’s probably no surprise to hear I love Halloween and the season that surrounds it. It’s leather jacket weather, the air is crisp but not too cold, leaves crunch when you step on them, and I’m not the only one listening to The Cramps and hanging out in cemeteries. I’ve got a great group of spooky friends and clients, so it’s only natural that energy creeps into my boudoir photography.
Let’s look at four basic categories of halloween hottie!
Sweet Treats
This one’s for my lifestyle spooky babes, who keep halloween in their hearts year-round. Your perfect boudoir session is dark and moody, atmospheric, dramatic, a little creepy cute, smolderingly sexy. Maybe you dream of witchy boudoir to help you cast a spell on your sweetie with a one-of-a-kind photo album!
Spicy Pumpkins
Where are my sirens? Those who embrace sensuality all the time, and are looking to Halloween for an excuse to live out their particular dark romance fantasies! Maybe that scream mask hair pull TikTok awakened something in you. Your dream session a mix of drama, kink, nudity, and maybe fake blood or Evil Dead style black ooze. (Note: I’m keeping reference images here suuuuper PG but please don’t feel limited by that!)
Spooky Cuties
You’re a halloween movie buff! Are you planning a Beetlejuice boudoir look while you’re reading this? Maybe you’ve been working on a sexy cosplay of an original character or a fan favorite. You’re delighted by fantasy boudoir, elaborate costumes, theme sets. More is more, and you really bring your best this time of year.
Autumn Vibes
This is for my babes who aren’t into all the halloween stuff. They want a little candy, some pretty leaves, and a nice latte! You love dress up but like to keep it cute, so maybe you’re a Pink Pony Girl looking for your fantasy dance club photoshoot. Your perfect halloween mask involves lace and rhinestones, more masquerade than mask. You get the picture.
Halloween Boudoir Inspiration: How to Get the Halloween Spirit
You’ve got a lot of options to make your photos a scream, whether you’re doing a professional boudoir photography session or taking some sexy spooky selfies! Here’s some things to help you prepare:
Choose your vibe: are you silly, spooky, or scary? Horror comedy, or dark thriller?
Pick thematic outfits. This can be anything from goth lingerie to something straight from the scenes of your favorite final girl or haunted horror.
Get atmospheric. Setting is huge! Maybe you’re a Scream fan, so you want to do your session in an oversized sweater in a kitchen while making some stovetop popcorn! Or the isolated woods are calling you.
Lighting matters! Deep ominous shadows and color gels can help create a dark and moody boudoir vibe to perfect your scenery and get that Dracula vibe.
The devil’s in the details. What little elements can you add to really put the last nails in the coffin? Claw-like fingernails, fantasy contact lenses, ominous ooze? Props are great so don’t forget candles, candy, jack-o-lanterns, or your favorite crystal ball.
Shy? Halloween boudoir is a great opportunity to wear a mask or get out of your shell and into character.
Final Girl Final Thoughts
The most important part of boudoir in general–and halloween boudoir in particular–is to have fun. In my opinion classic boudoir photography is a great opportunity to see yourself in a new way, and themed boudoir sessions are perfect for trying something fun and maybe a little unusual for you! So what are you waiting for? Get your selfie setup and start snapping, or schedule your free consultation for a session with me!
Not exactly, but I have checked several times to see if results dropped without me noticing.
But the wait is over!
it’s a major award!
I’m excited to announce that, while I didn’t win the whole deal, I was voted a finalist! So I’m not quite the best photographer in montco, but I’m one of them! I might even be the best boudoir photographer in montco; the list doesn’t get that specific. 🤔
Congrats to the winner, the other finalists, and the nominees! If you’re curious you can find everyone’s info at Montco Happening; we all do very different genres of work so there’s something for everyone to enjoy. And I also love being part of an industry that has so many creative woman-owned small businesses.
Thanks to my clients, friends, and everyone who took the time to vote or share and hype me up on this journey. I appreciate your time and energy and love so so much! I’m gonna take another try at the title next year, and in the meantime I’ll be here working on my craft! <3
Some things I’ve got planned:
✧ More themed mini sessions, announced ahead of time so payment plans can be accessible to more clients! ✧ An exciting collaboration & promotion with other local businesses, because teamwork makes the dream work ✧ A super special giveaway? 👀
Let’s be real: romantic lovers come and go, but there’s absolutely no life partner like your best friend. So why is everyone always talking about couples boudoir and not the magical best friend photoshoot? I love love in all its iterations, especially the platonic, ride-or-die kind that grows between soul siblings. So let’s talk about why you should do a BFF session.
Reasons To Book a Photo shoot with Your Best Friend
✧ Automatic hype! I’ll always cheer you through the photo process, but nobody is as experienced at making you believe how incredible you look like your best friend. ✧ Instant morale! How are you gonna be nervous if your best friend is right here with you? ✧ Mark a milestone. Book a best friend photoshoot for any occasion: friendship anniversary, birthday celebration, a breakup party, Tuesday (let’s be honest, it needs all the help it can get) ✧ Celebrate your similarities! Wear matching outfits or coordinating colors. #twinning is winning. OR… ✧ Emphasize your differences! Are you an odd couple? She was a punk and she did ballet? Make the most of your mismatched aesthetics and show the world it’s never gonna hold you back. ✧ Plan a pajama party. Picture it: pajamas, pizza, ice cream sundaes, pillow fight! CUTE. ✧ Longer lasting than a spa day: Getting your hair and makeup done is pampering as hell even if it doesn’t relax you like a massage. And while a steam room is exactly where you’ll find me on my day off, that joy is temporary and photos are forever. ✧ As unique as your relationship. Let’s work together to design a best friend photoshoot as perfect as you are.
Pose Together…
…and Pose Apart!
You can do your whole best friend photoshoot as a team! Or you can do some together, and some individually. Or you can share the experience with back-to-back solo sessions, so you’re each the star of the show (okay Aries/Leo pairings, I see you) but you’ve got your best hype mate in the wings.
Did these best friend photoshoot ideas give you some inspiration? Are you already texting your friend? Contact me too bestie! We’ll do a free consultation 🖤
Select a ‘couples’ session or schedule two solo sessions (full length orthemed minis!) back to back. If y’all love this I’ll build a special bestfriends photoshoot package for 2025 sessions! Got more than one bestie? Let’s discuss a party package!
What Clients are Saying
“The studio atmosphere and beautiful set made me feel comfortable and creative, with room to play around and indulge in finding poses and character moments.”
If you’ve spent even a minute on my site, you won’t be surprised when I say I love things that sparkle! I’m a t-shirt and jeans goth, but my photography heavily features prisms and lights and things that twinkle in dark moody spaces. I also love colorful lighting and set design! Once I spent several days turning a mannequin into a disco ball just so I could have a super unique prop!
I’ve got disco planters (hello, Disco Days!), disco curtain, and disco balls to pose with. The client closet has rhinestone dresses and bodysuits and mirror-silver pasties, and my hair and makeup artist can give you the glam makeover of your dreams.
All that’s missing is you!
Disco Nights is Perfect For You If:
✧ Glitz, glitter, rhinestones, and disco balls are your native environment ✧ You’re willing to share the spotlight with our queen and mascot, Dolly Disco! ✧ Big 70s glam hair thrills you! ✧ Dramatic standing and leaning? POSE. ✧ Two words: Bisexual Lighting ✧ Is it you? Are you the drama? ✧ You’re already dreaming about which of multiple outfits you own would be perfect for a disco ball photoshoot ✧ You read the Throne of Glass series and Aelin was your favorite character ✧ You want to fight me a little for the above statement (it’s fine, I do too) ✧ Your record collection has its own zip code ✧ The plural of vinyl is vinyl ✧ You want to subvert expectations and bring some glam rock sleaze into the mix
Love is in the air with a Valentine’s Day boudoir shoot
I’m an elder goth, the absolute last person you’d expect to get fired up about Valentine’s Day. And you’re right; I don’t care about it as a commercial occasion. But I love it as a themed boudoir session opportunity! These can feel more playful than a classic boudoir photoshoot because they’re colorful and can involve cute props. Valentine’s Day has always been campy and Valentine’s boudoir is too. Want hot pink femme euphoria? Got it! Or maybe you’re a them fatale. Classic widow robe vibes. Or you want to dress up like a powder-blue fox and wear heart-shaped pasties. I’m for it.
There are three types of people I think Valentine’s Day boudoir sessions are perfect for:
People in love
People out of love
Happy singles
Let’s get into it!
People In Love
Got that special someone you want to be sure is thinking of you when you’re thinking of them? Nothing says love like the personal and sensual gift of sexy photos! Flowers are beautiful and candy is nice, but a custom photo album will last forever. Valentine’s Day boudoir sessions are a little sweet, a little spicy. Use them to set the romantic vibe for the year to follow.
Or really lean in and schedule a Deluxe Couples Session with your sweetie! You’ll be together forever in your album and prints, memorialized for the hot pair you are.
People Out of Love
Look babe, I get it. Heartbreak hurts. But sometimes the best way to move on is to be so hot they regret everything. Let them cry. Let them regret. Block their number. You’re hot and you’ve moved on. You’re dressing for revenge. You are a sultry siren ready to break the heart that broke yours, and maybe a few others on the way. I don’t judge. That’s for god and drag queens to do.
These photos are for you, but maybe they’re for the internet too. So let’s accentuate your favorite features and get you feeling fire again. And if you want extra moral support, book back-to-back sessions with your pal for Galentine’s Day and make it a party.
Happy Singles
Welcome to the Self Love Club! You’re living your glorious unattached life and this session is about you creating a glamorous archive of self-adoration. I love the other kinds of sessions but between you and me, this is my favorite one. You’ve got no one to prove anything to but yourself, and it’s time for a luxurious little treat. Like those expensive bath bombs, but longer-lasting.
Get fancy in professional hair and makeup styling, have a dress up dream in the Client Closet, and pose your heart out! You can be sweet or spicy or a bit of both!
If you’ve made it this far I just need you to know that at some point writing this I confused St. Valentine with St. Sebastian and barely course corrected in time. But like… if somebody wants to do a St. Sebastian-themed session I think that would slap. Love you. Please sign up for my mailing list if you want to.
What Clients are Saying
“I’ve worked with Cassie several times now for my business and every time I’m blown away with the images she captures! Each time I think it’s the best shoot we’ve ever done… until the next one, and then THAT’S the best one. She always makes me and our models feel comfortable and confident, she pays … Continue reading Johanna S.→
Are you excited about an upcoming boudoir session but not sure what you should be doing before you arrive to get the best results? I made a free boudoir prep guide to help! Or maybe you’re the kind of person who like to have a detailed, multi-point action plan, and you wanna know what to focus on before you’ve even scheduled your consultation!
Wherever you’re at in your journey, here’s a mini-guide to get you started, featuring five simple tips you might not expect to help get you glowing.
This focuses on simple lifestyle adjustments. I recommend implementing in the weeks before your session. They’re a great idea for long-term prep too if you’re into commitment! Personally I love setting a goal and keeping a streak alive. Catch me with my bujo habit tracker every day!
Either way remember: it’s never too late to get started. Even a few days of following these tips will be great for you and your results!
Did the Dark Garden set building post make you curious for more? Let me help you picture yourself in the Dark Garden of Eden.
Are you: ✧ Corporeal (possibly involuntarily, because you’ve been cursed by a witch) ✧ Extremely into halloween, cosplay, or sweeping dramatically into a room in a floor-length gown ✧ Looking for any excuse to wear a crown ✧ Someone who looks at fantasy romances and thinks, ‘hmm, could be gayer.’ ✧ Exploring your sensual side (ominous, possibly as a threat) ✧ Ready to risk it all for forbidden knowledge of the arcane ✧ A will-o-the-wisp ✧ A crone who Knows Too Much ✧ Lowkey obsessed with being a Fae Prince (in a very hot and genderqueer way) ✧ Afraid for your mother to see just which books you read last year (ahem, dark romance readers) ✧ Into the Dark Maximalism or Dark Academia aesthetic
If you answered yes to three or more of the above, it sounds like your butt belongs in the Dark Garden!
