When E contacted me back in May about a boudoir session at Okanagan Lake, I was SO excited. This was to be a full boudoir experience for herself and a gift for her to be groom coming up in September.

Turns out we actually had bit of a history and I had no idea! Back in 2012 when I graduated from my photography program at CATO in Kelowna, E, who was a student there herself in a different program, grabbed one of my business cards and followed my social media. Over the years, she followed my work and became a huge supporter of Pillow Talk when I decided boudoir was my new passion. I was always so excited when I saw her comments and likes on my photos. So when she said she wanted to do a session this summer I was so thrilled! Here’s the catch…..she drove all the way to Vernon from CALGARY for this session! This is by far the longest distance anyone has travelled to have a shoot with me. Before this, I think the farthest anyone had travelled was Oliver in the south Okanagan. I can’t even express how flattered I was by this! It really means a lot when anyone travels for a session, but I knew this was going to be memorable.

E described herself as part mermaid, which I totally relate too. The freedom of water, the feeling of it washing away worries & sorrows, being one with nature….it all has such deep meaning to E. We started on rocks by the water with one of her fiance’s shirts. I love shooting with one of his articles of clothing, they never really expect it, and it’s so simple yet sexy! Then we moved over to the beach portion of the shoot. She ROCKED it. Like, holy crap! Her willingness to be vulnerable in my hands and so open to my ideas was amazing. At one point a sail boat saw us and started playing spicy Latin music, so that must have said something about well she was doing. I had her in the sand, bent over rocks, laying in the water, you name it, she was open to it!

I think the photographs show for itself how incredible the whole evening went.

Thank you, E, for everything.

-Cierra