Lisa' s fun Boudoir and Pin-up session

Lisa's fab mom recently purchased a Boudoir Girls voucher as a gift to her daughter. As Lisa was booking in for her new fab tattoo (by Nancy L. Klein of Galway bay Tattoo) we decided to wait until it was done to do the session. Her favourite type shots were leaning toward the retro pin-up and some classy boudoir images. She applied her own makeup for the shoot and hair was done by the talented Laura Murphy . Four of her amazing family and friends (some also former clients you may recognise)  popped down to share in the fun and support her. We had a  great giggle shooting for the afternoon and had plenty of outfit changes to mix up the styles a bit.
We all have our favourites from the images and at least she will have them forever too! Well done girl you were amazing ! Here is a peek at some of the shots from the day.

Tattooed Beauty!

Here is a sneak peek at my recent shoot with the lovely Keelin.
Keelin is an apprentice at  'A.W.O.L.' tattoo shop in Galway with great promise and a love for the retro pin-up styles. I mentioned  a roller girl look might be cool and as fate would have it  her boyfriend had actually bought these for her 2 days before!!
The second look was more alternative bride - for those ladies who like to rock their tatts and still look pretty. Boudoir Girls cater for alternative styles and tastes as well as the classic bridal looks - Rock that frock , Tattooed Boudoir shots, Retro pin-up  and of course if you have any tattoos you would like to showcase we can do the whole 'Miami/LA ink look for you in studio or on location.
Hair styling in the 'Rollergirl' shots was by 'Natasha at Shockalocks' (check out her work she is amazing )  Anyone interested to book Keelin to model  for a shoot give her a shout on facebook!

wig and props costume: Boudoir Girls
Makeup : Keelin 

Halloween preparations!

Nom nom - will be lashing into the kids collection of these at Halloween! 

It's all go round here at Boudoir Girls HQ preparing for our favourite time of year - Autumn and Halloween of course! It is the one time of year everyone gets to dress up crazy and have some fun - a good deal like our Hen parties really!! There have been some fun Boudoir Sessions going on with Halloween featuring so stay posted for some updates and sneak peaks  in the near future. It's a crazy month so I am apologizing now for my lack of blogging!
The children are demented thinking about their disco so I decided to trawl the internet for a good Halloween set list  - alas, to no avail.  I wanted to put one together that really covered all peoples tastes. Here is a list of songs that will help you get your party started - I think it caters for all genres and different music pallets  - Also to be sure you get more than ten songs with evil in you need to be a bit creative so I picked anything to do with devil/scary/evil/toxic/magic/heart  etc - you get the idea!
feel free to post more in the comments I know there are plenty more out there that could be added to this.
Here Goes.......

Alice cooper - poison
No Doubt - Hellagood
The smiths - Panic at the disco (hang the dj )
The prodigy - The poison/the remedy
Basement Jaxx - where's your head at
Adamski - killer
Blue oyster cult - Don't fear the reaper
Motorhead - Ace of spades
Britney Spears - Toxic
dead or alive - you spin me
electric six- danger high voltage
ELO - evil woman
Santana - black magic woman
Kenny loggins - Danger zone
Blondie- heart of glass
LEd zeppelin- stairway to heaven
Evanescence - Bring me to life
Evanescence - going under
Falco - Rock me amadeus
Ray Parker - Ghostbusters
Meatloaf - dead ringer for love
Garbage - Paranoid
The Cure - Lullaby
Tatu - not gonna get us
Marilyn Manson - sweet dreams
MArilyn Manson - This is Halloween
Ne-yo - She's a monster
The yeah yeah yeah's - Heads will Roll (the project X remix is epic)
Shakira - She wolf
Sia/david guetta - She wolf (new one)
Def leppard- Animal
Iron maiden - seventh son of a seventh son
Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
The Cranberries - Zombie
Thin lizzy - Killer on the loose
Rocky horror - Time warp
Warren Zevon- werewolves of london
Kernkraft - Zombie nation
Rockwell - somebody watching me
Sophie ellis Bextor - murder on the dancefloor
Beatfreakz - superfreak
The rasmus - In the shadows
AC/DC - Highway to hell
Bananarama- Venus
Shakespeares sister - Stay
Cypres Hill - insane in the membrane
The prodigh - outer space
Pink- funhouse
Madness - house of fun
Inxs - devil inside
Inxs - suicide blonde
Kyile Minogue - Better the devil you know ( super cheesy yes I know!)
Queen - killer queen
Queen - Bohemian rhapsody
Lady gaga - monster
Metallica - Sanitarium
Rita Ora - RIP
Rhianna- Disturbia
Christina Perry - Jar of hearts
Lana Del rey - Born to die  - (save these for the slow set!)
Metallica - enter sandman
Bangles - Walk like an egyptian
White lies - to lose my life
Freddy le grand - the creeps
Bjork - play dead
Echo and the bunnymen/The doors - people are strange
freeks - get on the dancefloor
Drop kick murphy's - shipping up to Boston
Nelly Furtado - Maneater
Radiohead - Creep
Space- female of the species
Stooche - Black heart
Talking heads - psycho killer
The prodigy - firestarter
The shamen - Ebeneezer goode
The smiths - girlfriend in a coma
The specials - ghost town (always think of father ted for this one but it never gets old!)
AC/DC - thunderstruck
The police - every breath you take
The village people - YMCA
Aerosmith - dude looks like a lady
Backstreet boys - everybody
Pink- just like a pill
Scissor sisters - filthy gorgeous
Michael JAckson - Thriller and Bad
Eight wonder - I'm not scared
Beyonce - beautiful nightmare
Hole - celebrity skin
The automatic - monster
Tenacious D - Tribute
Divine comedy - something for the weekend
Abc - shoot that poison arrow
Aphex twin - window licker (just a freaky song + vid so had to throw it in )
Adams family theme song
Monster mash
The Munsters theme song
Ballroon blitz and the usual classics

The decorating has started! 

sailor girls hit the carlton..

 have to say this is the first time I got the chance to photograph a hen in a swimming pool area. Boy was it hot  in there and these ladies were smokin! Michelle had planned her hen with the sailor theme for the girls and they also brought along some props for fun. I'm sure there were a few eyebrows raised in the pool area which added to the craic. Outside we managed to steal a few shots on the decking which was lovely. The girls even did a faux tug-of-war with a scared Michelle in the middle!!

Having the craic

Tug - o -war

pool side fun!

Hens at the House Hotel

Had a lovely shoot on March 5th at the lovely House Hotel in Galway with a fab bunch from Cavan, Armagh, Dublin etc! Fantastic to see that a group of girls who stayed in touch since college have all come together again for Charlene's Hen party. That's real friends for you....
As it was a surprise we had to keep mum about the operation until the day when we ambushed her in the lobby. This was, her sister tells me right up her street . Costumes were brought so the girls could dress up and we carried out the shoot and makeovers in the various pretty rooms in the hotel. The curtain made such a pretty backdrop for the pics that I did not use my own. We finished off with a group shot in the lobby of the hotel - all the girls dressed to impress and getting many admiring glances along the way!! Even 'mama M' who's birthday it was that day, donned a top hat for the pictures with style!!

Makeup was skillfully applied on the day by Theresa Danaher and Tricia Kenneally!

the lovely hen!

Baby bump session.

I had the honor recently of  photographing a boudoir baby bump session for my friend Fiona. She had only two weeks to go at this stage and still looked amazing. The beautiful baby 'Pete' has since made his entrance to the world and I look forward to getting some shots of him in the future now that this family shot needs to be updated!!!
Here is a little taster of the session which took place in their beautiful home in Corofin.