One of the best reasons for gifting yourself a boudoir session before your wedding is to get more comfortable with having your photo taken on your wedding day. Every moment will be documented. If you are not used to cameras being focused on you, it can feel awkward, and even a bit uncomfortable. But if you have just rocked a session where you had amazing photos taken of you in lingerie, it is easy to be confident in a gorgeous wedding dress! 

Boudoir sessions also boost self-esteem. Everyone deserves to feel their most beautiful on their wedding day. When you see your amazing photos, it will be a huge confidence booster. Yes, it feels vulnerable. But so does love. So does starting a life together with another person. When you commit to marrying someone, you are the most excited and happy that you may have ever been. Let that shine through in this more intimate form of documentation. You are showing off your best self, this radiant being ready to enter a new chapter of companionship.

So much planning goes into a wedding, big or small, and it is over so quickly. But photos are forever. This boudoir shoot can capture the fleeting moments in another, more intimate, way. Your wedding is one of the times in your life when you feel the most special. This will allow you another way to mark this momentous occasion. You will showcase a side of yourself that feels more personal than other parts of your celebration. 

Your session can also be a way to pamper yourself. The stress and nerves of wedding planning can be overwhelming. It can be fun to capture the feeling, the reason you are committing yourself to this person, without all the pressure and intensity – just a fun, relaxed time to feel like a beautiful bride .

Your bridal boudoir session can look like whatever you want it to. You can personalize the images. Many sessions incorporate your veil, garter, or shoes. But you don’t have to wear white lingerie or a veil – you can wear whatever makes you feel best. This is a celebration of your beauty, your hope, and your upcoming nuptials. You may not be a traditional bride, and that is totally fine. Wear what makes you feel happy and confident 

Often, brides gift boudoir pictures to their significant other as a wedding gift. That is wonderful, and I am sure your sweetheart will be thrilled, but remember that really, this is a gift for you. You will be celebrating yourself and your wedding. That being said, this is a gift that only you can give your partner. You are helping to create a present that you have put yourself into – your heart, your soul, your time, your energy, your vulnerability. It will be even more meaningful because of that. Take this opportunity to give an incredible, personal gift that you will both treasure forever.

Quick tip – you are probably already planning on purchasing some new lingerie for your wedding night and honeymoon. This is a chance to show it off. And we all know that stuff won’t stay on for long, so take a picture. It will last longer. 

One brief idea. Maybe your wedding is over. Or maybe it isn’t, but you cannot deal with one more to do before the big day. There are no rules that say your bridal boudoir session needs to take place BEFORE your wedding. You make the rules. Schedule it soon after the wedding to keep that post-wedding letdown at bay. You are done with the checklist, and you are married! Celebrate after the stress. Heck, the traditional gift for a first anniversary is paper. Take out your veil again, reminisce, and gift your love a bridal boudoir album to commemorate your first year of marriage. 

Make one of the most important days of your life even more notable. You are a beautiful bride. Prove it with pictures.