Boudoir portrait session in Reading MA | Boudoir studio near Boston Ma | Empowering boudoir portrait session at The Swan Boudoir Studio by Tara Starr Photography

It’s been a while since we have had a client allow us to share her portraits! We love getting to share gorgeous images, but of course we understand when clients want to keep their sessions private. We are also very grateful when clients share how they felt before, during and after their sessions. It is so important to us that we create the best overall experience for our amazing ladies!

Here is what Laura had to say about her time here at The Swan Boudoir Studio.

“I was SO EXCITED before coming in for my session!! I’ve wanted to do this for so long. I’ve been healing from various things and so it just felt like the right time to finally have this beautiful experience.

Tara and Michelle were awesome. They have incredible attention to detail (a quality I personally resonate with) and they’ve been doing it long enough to know their respective crafts well. One word: Impressive from communication to customer service to making you feel like you’re their only client.

The best part of the experience was viewing my photos. I teared up. This session was for me and it was the culmination of an 8 year journey of healing, self acceptance, body love, and being able to relate to my body as art and not just something for someone else to have.

When I saw my photos I was like, “Wow! I really am that beautiful! I look like a model!!”

The biggest reason I chose to do a boudoir photo session is that I’ve been working on myself for a while. Sex abuse, body shaming, emotionally abusive relationships, divorce etc...these are no longer my stories, but they are what brought me to a place of wanting to heal myself. This was the tail end of that for me and such a huge personal reward. And while it wasn’t the original intent, it has become an inspiration for other people as well. I am inspiring magic in other people because I healed me.

I would recommend Th Swan Boudoir Studio for sure, and YES, I would have another session! Next time it will be for different reasons and I may be interested in traveling to an outdoor location.

 Tara and Michelle are so great to work with. I promise it will be the experience of your life! I’m here to tell you that you don’t need to be perfectly toned or be at your perfect weight or to have achieved a certain level of success to look or feel beautiful. Be you. Know your worth!! Own it. The rest falls into place. 

 I am so completely impressed with the whole thing. I’ve seen other boudoir and glamour shots...they just....don’t ....compare. The feedback I’ve received of the way they were done is “tasteful”, “classic Hollywood material”, “elegant”, “classy”. Tara was able to capture the different aspects of my personality which was a huge surprise for me. And the final product I received in the mail was high quality. 

This experience and the end results of it (between the photos, wall art, but most importantly, my self confidence and kick ass attitude) was everything I was hoping for and more. 

They say you get what you pay for...I’m super glad I spent my money on Tara’s services and not someone else’s”

Hair and Makeup by the amazing Michelle DeVoe at Demiche Beaute