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Sarah McDaniel Studio Welcome Guide

I am so excited that you are taking the next step in your self-love journey! I put together this Welcome Guide to allow you to go over some information to help prepare yourself for your session! I get it, trust me, Boudoir & Maternity Sessions can be intimidating. But I promise you, you will love every second of your session! So take your time, read over this information, and let us know if you have any questions!

Our Artist Statement

At Sarah McDaniel Studio we have a different outlook on photography. We document the human form showcasing the mental and physical strength that we have within us. We invite all walks of life into our studio regardless of their ethnicity, sexuality, or background. Having a session with us is more than just having your photos taken, it is allowing yourself to have a restart on how you see yourself. So thank you for trusting us in documenting your new chapter in your life. I can not wait to meet you!

Tell Us Your Story

First Off, What inspired you to want to do a Boudoir Session? I love getting to know all of my clients and their empowering story. Regardless of your decision, just know that you are welcomed in our studio. Considering surprising your significant other with an Album? Wanting to celebrate an accomplishment? We got you. 99% of our Clients have never done a session like this before. So, we understand how this can make you nervous. Just realize that at Sarah McDaniel Studio is here to document your empowering journey. Your story and inspiration behind doing a Boudoir Session is important, and we are glad you are here.

Why Us?

Doing a Boudoir Session can change your life, and change how you see yourself. At Sarah McDaniel Studio we are dedicated to showcasing the beauty in everyone. We design each session around your desires, wishes, and vision.

Our Boudoir Studio is home to three of the most extravagant Boudoir Studios on the East Coast. We designed different visions and themes to allow your own vision to come to life. When you arrive, you will be given a private tour of each of our studios for you to choose for your experience. After the tour you look throughout our VIP Clients Closet with over 500 outfits to choose from, and you receive a one-one Fitting Session for your Lingerie and Accessories. We design your overall look with you, so you feel absolutely amazing in each outfit you choose. Our Hair & Makeup team transforms you into your desired look, and then you receive one-one posing with our team for your Photos. Our team is dedicated to helping you throughout your self love journey. Once you see yourself in these photos it will forever change your outlook on how you see yourself.

Doing a Boudoir Experience with us is one of the best ways to showcase your first step into falling back in love with yourself. Are you ready?

What Type of Experiences Do We Offer?

Boudoir, Couples Boudoir, Maternity, Couples Maternity, Themed, and more.

Now your average Boudoir Experience.

Themed Sessions

At Sarah McDaniel Studio we love being creative and showcasing a more artistic style of Boudoir. So, we loveeee creative sessions. Showcasing a certain theme or look. We have over 400 props and styles that can really bring your vision to life. So if you are considering something outside of the norm. We are the studio for you.

Our favorite styles we have showcased in the past are Vintage Pin-up, Vampires, Demons, Harry Potter, Elves, Star Wars, Witches, Gotham Sirens, Alice in Wonderland, and Vikings. Want to do a themed session? Bring it up during your phone consultations!

Themed Session Examples:

Each Theme is designed between the Client and our whole team. We help you design the Lingerie, Props, Hair & Makeup, and Poses! If you are considering exploring a theme that will include one of our Add Ons, we can chat about that as well!

Maternity Sessions

Maternity Sessions are one of our favorite sessions to document. Each Maternity Session is uniquely customized for each Client. From the Hair & Makeup, to the customizable lingerie just for Maternity, we take every detail into consideration. Each Client is given the chance to have their dream session to document their beautiful transformation. Within the Maternity Sessions the Client has the choice to do Solo Boudoir or bring their Partner/Partners in as well.

We suggest clients come in for their session around 30-34 weeks! That's the perfect time for the bump to be showcased!

Examples of Maternity Boudoir:

Boudoir Sessions

We allow the client to showcase their strength in an artistic and elegant way. Each session allows the client to choose their own theme, lingerie styles, sets, hair & makeup design, and mood. We go over everything at the phone consultation before your session to ensure that your vision is brought to life.

We offer clients the option for the Pool Add On, Special Effects Add On, Fairy & Angel Wing Add Ons, and more. Neon is optional for any Add Ons as well.

Examples of Boudoir Sessions:

Each Session is designed around the Clients Vision and Desires. Posing and Outfits are all based around the clients taste. We typically like to do a mix of Romantic and Spicy Boudoir, and can also change it up for each client!

Couples Sessions

Doing a Couples Session at Sarah McDaniel Studio can really change both you and your partner(s) lives. Boudoir can be one of the most intimate experiences with your partner, and it really does showcase the raw and emotional sides of your time together. Regardless if you are looking for a romantic or steamy boudoir session, your session will be full of laughter and excitement. Each Couple gets a One on One fitting and styling session for outfits, and their overall vision. We sit down together to go over the mood of the session, and poses we can try. The Couples Experience is all based upon your desires, and comfortability. So, do not stress if you are nervous, we are here for you! We also offer Additional Hair & Makeup Options for the partners as well, and opposite sex Clients Closet options as well.

Want a Steamer Session, we offer Erotica Styled Boudoir Session! Well at Sarah McDaniel Studio we allow for the clients to feel absolutely comfortable in their nude and raw form. This is a new edition we are doing for 2022, and it is focusing on the intimate journey with couples. Being able to fall back in love with every inch of you, and your partners body. This would be steamier than more boudoir sessions, and allow for clients to experience themselves in a new light. Want to learn more? Just ask! We will walk you through the whole process during your phone consultation.

Couples Boudoir Examples:

Each Session is designed around the Couples Desires. If you are wanting more romantic or spicy we can design your poses around either! Or Both! Couples Boudoir is becoming our most popular session experience!

Sarah McDaniel Studio's Session Add Ons

Customizing Sessions for everyone's desires, our Luxury and Premier Session Add Ons Collections. Each Level of Add Ons is designed around the various methods for each add-on.

Premier Add Ons: $250

  • Reptile/Animal Add On: We supply the option of reptiles to choose from, and our team assists you with posing with the Animals. If you are interested in bringing in your own animals, just contact us as well.
  • Pool Add On: We supply the best florals or bubbles in our 6ft by 6ft Pool,.The Pool is surrounded by plants and candles. Each client gets the option of Flowers or a Bubble Bath with their add on.
  • Special Effects Add On: This add on allows for us to safely use prosthetics, blood, and other materials to transform the client into their desired vison. With this add on the Fairy/Angel Wings are included.
  • Black Light Add On: We design a blacklight look for each client! It is super fun but also super messy! Each Blacklight Add on is unique, and can give you a completely different feel for your session!
  • Shibari Add On: This is a twist on the Japanese knot tying experience! It is a fun look, and really creates an erotic look for any style. We walk you through the whole process going over triggers, ties, and also colors. We do not do suspension work; we only do groundwork.
  • Specialized Themed Add On: This experience showcases a desired theme for your experience. This can include a Vintage, Viking, Bridal, Magical Experience, Pin-Up, Princess, or anything else that would involve a stylized experience.

Luxury Add Ons: $150

  • Angel Wing Collections: You can choose between any of our Angel Wings for your Session. Become the Goddess or Demonist you desire to be.
  • Neon Add On: We can recreate the Neon Light in the the Gothic Studio. Following you around, showcasing your curves with Neon Colors.
  • Shower Set Add On: We recreate a shower atmosphere without getting you wet. Yes, you do not get wet with this look! The shower set is a moveable plexiglass showcased with neon!

* When pre-planning your session, we require that you select a package that allows for a minimum of 10 images per add-on. If you would like Two Add Ons, we do require for you to make a purchase of more than $5,000.

What Should I Wear?

Your can wear whatever you want! Wear what is comfortable, or take a step outside of your comfort zone. For both Maternity & Boudoir we offer different styles of Lingerie for each client to consider. We have around 400 different styles, sizes, and colors of lingerie. Want to see them all? You will! During your Boudoir Session we do a Fitting Session to make sure everything looks, feels, and empowers you perfectly! Want to bring your own? Do it! Want to wear just sweat pants? Do it! Want to be fully nude covered in silks? DO IT!

Each Client gets the choice of 3 Outfits Changes and the Option of Nude.

So, Lets Walk You Through The Process..

Once you have finished reading everything on this guide, let's chat! We will schedule you a time for your Phone Consultation and go over everything! If you already have done that great! During Your Phone Consultation we will go over any questions you might have, and go over the process with you then! The Session Fee will be paid during this and your Session Time & Date will be scheduled!

The Day of Your Session

So, its happening, its the Day of Your Session. Nervous? Excited? Somewhere in between? We got you. The Day of your session can be literally the most emotional and empowering day of your life. Your Session will start around 9am. The first hour is dedicated to your Fitting Session. During this session we look over all the lingerie. Yes, literally all of it. We have around 400 pieces. Typically clients try on 15-20 outfits, but you are more than welcome to try on more! After you try everything on we look over your "contenders" and your overall vision. Then, we choose two outfits! Want to be naked? We totally got you, that would just be considered an Outfit! We also have BDSM harnesses, Pasties, Tape, and other accessories!

Hair & Makeup

Most of our clients have never had their Hair & Makeup done. Maybe for prom or for their wedding, but never just for them. Our HMUA, Olivia Lee, is a Professional Makeup Artis that focused in everything from Halloween Fantasy Makeup, to Bridal. She loves to bring any vision you have to life, and bring out the inner beauty you already have. So if you are considering a more Creative Makeup, or even a Classic Look she will create it for you! Olivia Lee is such a down to earth type of person, she will also reach out to you before your session to go over everything, which I absolutely love. Because, you know, we have questions! After your Fitting Session we will walk you over to the HMUA station! And she will go over everything for you! We supply everything, so you do not have to worry about bringing a thing! But if you have questions, Olivia will gladly go over everything with you!

So, Whats Next After Hair & Makeup?

So, then we take some bomb ass photos, and just hang out. We have a ton of different locations in our Three Studios to play around in. In our Greenhouse Studio we have the Bed, Couch, Tub, Egg Chair, Brick Stair Case, Tub, and Windows! In the Gothic Studio we have a wall of Mirrors, A birdcage, Victorian Floor Mirrors, Darkened Brick, and a ton of candles. So, basically whatever vision you have, we can bring it to life. Regardless if you choose the Gothic or Greenhouse studio, you are going to have a ton of fun! During this time, which is around 2 hours, we help pose you, help guide you, and literally hype you up. Everyone is nervous about this part, and we get it. That is why we are here for you. AND, we also show you photos on the back of the camera. Because, damn, look at you.

The Ordering Session

After we are done playing around in lingerie, we have you go grab something to eat. During this time I edit the images for you. So guess what? You can literally walk out looking like a bad ass, Feeling like a bad ass, and having photos of you as a bad ass. We usually tell clients to come back between 60-75 minutes. When they come back we look over the images, narrow some down, and then decide on if you want to buy a package, a wall print, album, or digital images! We also go over and accept Payment Plans, Financing Options, Debit, and Credit Cards! So yes, everything is done in the same day. You are the only client that day as well! The Client will then have their customized Digitals, Albums, Keepsake Boxes, or other Products delivered to them within 6-8 weeks of their session!

Due to the Nature of the Session & Personalized Products, all Sales are Final at the Ordering Session. And any photos that are not purchased are deleted.

So what is the next part? What do I do next?!

Well, you need to officially sign the contract and place your Session Fee down. This fee holds your time and date for the session, and is nonrefundable. We often book clients months in advance, so both the contract and retainer fee needs to be completed!

The Products & Images are sold Separately. Your Session fee allows for us to create a Unique Experience and pay commissions to our Creative Team! Within this session, we will produce beautiful images for you to be able to purchase during your Ordering Session! Clients typically spend between $5500-$8,000 on their products.

Payment Plan Information!

We get it, numbers are scary. At Sarah McDaniel Studio we pride ourselves in giving clients a ton of options to be able to afford their amazing photos! We have Four Options for Payment Plans for purchases over $3000.

Paypal Credit: This Option can be pre-approved before the Session. Paypal Credit is a financing option that allows the client to receive their products while they pay it off! This option is a credit card, not a loan. It also allows for 6 months no interest! You can make an account and apply on their website, and you are instantly given the amount you are approved for. I would HIGHLY suggest you apply before your session just incase you have issues with the application. Apply Here

Affirm: This Option can be pre-approved before the Session. Affirm is a financing option that allows the client to receive their products while they pay it off! This option is a credit card, not a loan. You can make an account and apply on their website, and you are instantly given the amount you are approved for. I would HIGHLY suggest you apply before your session just incase you have issues with the application. Apply Here

Pre-Session Payment Plan: The Prepayment Plan option allows for clients to book further out, and pay a Monthly Payment towards a desired Package. We offer this for clients that are booking further out, and wish to have their Products paid off by the time of their Session. This is our most commonly used Payment Plan option aside from the PayPal Credit Option.

In-Home Payment Plan (Layaway Program): For purchases over $3000. This option is our in-home option for clients for after their session. We ask for a minimum $500 Down Payment, Two Cards on file, and we have payment plans for 4-, 8-, and 12-month options! If you are purchasing over $8,000, we do ask for a minimum down of 20% the day of your Ordering Session. Once the Products are completely paid off, the client can schedule a time and date to come to pick them up when the products come in!

The Session Fee is $500 and it includes:

  • The Option Three Luxury Studios to Choose From. (You Choose one the day of your Session)
  • Fitting Session for Lingerie
  • Full day of Empowerment & Pampering
  • Professional Hair & Makeup
  • Professional Editing of Images
  • Access to the VIP Clients Closet of 400 pieces of lingerie
  • Prep-Guide to prepare for the Session
  • One on One Posing Coach
  • Private Ordering Session to purchase products.

Packages

The Succubus (Package 5): $10,500 (Valued at $17,500)

  • 12x12, 10x10, or 8x8 Luxury Album with 50 Photos
  • 50 Corresponding Digital Images (Same Images that are in the Album)
  • Option of Full Digital Gallery (Cap at 80 Images) or Three Luxury Wall Prints
  • $1000 Print Credit
  • Three Lingerie Gift Sets & Makeup Bag from Session
  • Complimentary Waived Session Fee to be Booked within 12 Months.

BAMF (Package 4): $8000 (Valued at $12,500)

  • 12x12, 10x10, 8x8 Luxury Album with 30 Photos
  • 30 Corresponding Digital Images (Same Images that are in the Album)
  • Option of 10 Extra Digital Images or One Luxury Wall Print
  • $500 Print Credit
  • Complimentary Waived Session Fee to be Booked within 12 Months.

The Brat (Package 3): $5500 (Valued at $8500)

  • 10x10 Standard Album or 8x10 Keepsake Box with 20 Images
  • 20 Corresponding Digital Images (Same Images that are in the Album)
  • 16x24 Metal Wall Print
  • $300 Print Credit

The Love Tap (Package 2): $3500 (Valued at $5500)

  • 8x8 Standard Album with 10 Images
  • 10 Corresponding Digital Images (Same Images that are in the Album)
  • 8x12 Metal Desk Print

The Tease (Package 1): $2,600 (Valued at $3500)

  • 8x10 Keepsake Box with 10 Matted Prints
  • 8x12 Metal Desk Print

* When pre-planning your session, we require that you purchase a package that allows for a minimum of 10 images per add-on.

Package Add On:

**These can only be purchased with a Package**

  • 8x8 Companion Album, 10 Images: $1500
  • Vintage Viewfinder with 7 Images: $550
  • 8x12 Metal Desk Print: $600
  • 8x10 Acrylic Print: $700
  • 16x24 Metal Wall Print: $1500
  • 20x30 Metal Wall Print: $2000
  • 30x40 Metal Wall Print: $2500
  • 8x10 Keepsake with 10 Matted Prints: $3000

A LA CARTE

Albums

  • 12x12 Luxury Album (25 Images in Album): $9,000
  • 10x10 Luxury Album (includes 20 Images in Album): $6000
  • 10x10 Standard Album (Includes 15 Images in Album): $5000
  • 8x8 Standard Album (Includes 10 Images in Album): $2000
  • 5x5 Little Black Book (8 Images in Book): $1600

Digital Collections:

  • 20 Images: $4,000
  • 40 Images: $6,000
  • Full Gallery: $8,000 (Cap at 80 Images)

Frequently Asked Questions:

What If I am Not A Size Two?

One, Fuck What They Think. At Sarah McDaniel Studio we do not judge based on how society sees women. We welcome men and woman of all shapes, colors, and sizes into our studio. We also have a VIP Clients Closet full of 400 different pairs of Lingerie that are sizes XXS-7XL. Documenting yourself love journey is something we take very, very seriously. During your fitting session we will go over all of the lingerie together. We also go over any concerns, questions, and show you around the studio. You are more than welcome to purchase your own lingerie, and we have websites provided if you need assistance!

Where Does The Session Take Place?

Your session will take place at one of our three luxurious studios in Norfolk Virginia! Our Address is 2501 Fawn Street, Norfolk VA! We are right by the Norfolk Zoo!

Is Hair & Makeup included?

Yes! Each Experience with Sarah McDaniel Studio provides the client with their own Hair & Makeup Artist! The Hair & Makeup Artist will contact the client 1-2 weeks before their Session. We pride ourselves in taking the time to make sure that each clients vision of their Hair & Makeup is perfection! The Hair & Makeup will be done at our Luxurious Studio in Norfolk Virginia the day of the session!

What if I am Awkward, Will you help me pose?

Yes! Trust me when I tell you that we will do everything for you. I help you pose your feet all the way to your face. I do this for numerous reasons. One, because you look amazing. Two, because it takes the stress away from you. And three, because I want you to look and feel amazing. I will show you the poses, pose you based on how comfortable you are, and then show you the photos on the back of the camera. Right? I am the type of photographer that I want you to see how Bad Ass you look behind the lens. And get this, it wont be photo-shopped. So you get to see how you ACTUALLY LOOK, which is AMAZING.

How Much Am I Looking To Pay?

The amount that you are looking to pay is all based around what YOU would like to purchase! All Sessions have a Session Fee of $500, and digital images and products are sold separately. The average client invests between $5500-$8000 on their overall experience. However we offer a wide variety of packages and payment plans for clients!

Are You Ready?! Let's Do This!

I'm so excited to get to meet you and provide this unique opportunity and experience for you! You truly will never regret it! Please contact me so we can start planning your session and let me know in the message if you read over this guide!

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