Boudoir Photographers

Here at Firefly Photography we are specialist boudoir photographers. Based in Derby, our sessions are both a fun and intimate experience as we prepare you for those close ups. With the session lasting the day, our makeover will prepare you for the shoot and we'll only take the shots that you want us to! On top of that you'll also be able to take your favourite shot home with you! Find out more by visiting our website. 

Charity Blog

Did you know... Firefly Photography has donated over £4000, in photographic experiences, to charities and good causes in and around Derbyshire in the last year? There are the obvious cancer charities, school fetes and silent auctions but have you ever thought of what happens with those who win?

Obviously they ring up and book in.... And then a week before their shoot they will receive an email - just like any other client - confirming the date and time of their appointment along with FAQs, directions, nearest restaurants and outfit advice if needed (normally for makeovers). Then, the day of the shoot arrives. And just like any other client they are welcomed in to the studio, sat down, talked through their shoot, taken into the studio, made to feel like the only people in the world and leave with a feel good factor - just like any other client. However, have you ever thought about the type of person/people that come into the studio?

One grandma had won her granddaughters nursery raffle and booked her entire family in for the shoot. Their were the grandparents, their children and their children's children... Ten adults and children in total. From talking to the grandma we knew it was going to be a big group so we booked out a double slot for them. We also found out that one of the children had ADHD so we made sure that the studio was inviting, we had calm music on and we went at his pace. The family units had never had photo shoots before... So we did a series of mini shoots within this one shoot. We made sure that the family didn't feel rushed. To top their day off, they'd booked into a restaurant, on Friargate in Derby, that we had recommended in their confirmation email a week earlier. A fantastic family day was had by all... And they even gave us cuddles at the end to say thank you!

We had another family come in... A dad and three teenagers. One of the teenagers had won a Family Portrait Experience through Derby's only eating disorder charity - First Steps. The mum had left and the winner of the voucher had suffered with bulimia and anorexia as a result of his mum leaving. This was the first ever photograph he'd had taken since taking his first steps to recovery. We weren't aware of his struggles of image and weight until the end of the shoot... When he asked his dad if he could have a kebab on his way home! His family were both thrilled and surprised however he had asked to see the photos in the middle of the shoot... And he felt that he looked good. Not only good - happy. His family were proud of him, he was proud of himself and we were proud of all of them just for having the courage and team spirit to come through the studio doors. They now have a 30" family photo of them all, hanging up for all to see, in their home.

Then there was a Makeover winner... Her mum had won it, through a raffle, and had passed it onto her daughter. Both mum and daughter turned up on the day. The daughter was petrified. She struggled to look in the mirror and her mum had forced her to come as a confidence boosting exercise. We took our time. She went through and chose the makeup she wanted and how she wanted it to be applied. Her photographer talked through her outfits, her insecurities as well as what she thought her best features were. She asked if, after the shoot, we would edit out all of the scars up her arms from her self harming days. We said we could - but we didn't want to. We weren't there to photograph 'her'... We were there to photograph her spirit and her personality which, once she'd chilled, was big, bold and beautiful. When it came to viewing she loved her images - with the scars. We went through an entire box of tissues but both mother and daughter left happy... Arm in arm.

We're always up for supporting a good cause... Charity or otherwise.

What do you think of when you hear 'Boudoir'?

What do you think of when you hear 'Boudoir'? This is becoming a buzz word in the photography world especially with brides to be or women who have lost a lot of weight. The fab thing is that not all of our boudoir ladies are young, free, tiny-framed girls. We've had voluptuous ladies in their 50's, burlesque dancers and even a police woman who wanted photos to prove that, in 30yrs time, she did used to be fit (her words, not ours)!

Thanks to Gok Wan, women are realising that anyone can be sexy - you just have to believe in it. Even better, women are wanting to prove how lovely their curves are by having them photographed and 'documented' for themselves and loved ones. As mentioned earlier, we've had brides to be, slimming ladies but we've also had women come in to celebrate their divorce and use this as an experience to uplift themselves and move on. We had women 'tease' in lingerie right through to nude (tasteful, of course) along with lady talk to us about posing naked on her motorbike (and the answer is still hell yes!).

Our boudoirs include consultations with both stylist and photographer on the style of imagery you would like to create, up to an hour in hair and makeup with one of our professional stylists, time in our modelling suite with one of our professional photographers, a separate day viewing (so that we can tweak your images and fulfil any post production dreams you may have) and complimentary framed print. To see our most up to date promotions, please visit our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/fireflyderby

Here, at Firefly Photography, we pride ourselves on our personal customer service, quality of photography and making sure that all of our customers feel truly looked after and pampered. This is from the first initial contact, with ourselves, right through to the collection of images.

However, a personal favourite 'time' is the collection. Customers are able to see themselves looking fantastic and look at their art work whatever it may be: a portfolio, wall art, shelf portraits. They have had time to discuss where, in their home, these items are going to go and they leave feeling excited to add their photos into their family home. It's a fulfilling feeling knowing that these pieces of art are going to take pride of place in somebody's home. However (and here is the selfish bit) we never get to see them! We hear about them through emails and customer thankyous (which are always lovely to receive!) but we never 'see' what we class as the finished product.... So.......... 

Please can you post, to our Facebook wall, photos of your images in your home? We'd love to see the finished piece in all its glory and I'm sure that other customers may be intrigued too. Who knows - perhaps you could swap interior decor ideas?! OK, so maybe I'm getting a little over excited now but it would be fab to see.

Did you know... We can digitally enhance your photographs after your shoot?

OK OK... So there are the removal of spots on teenagers, adding of teeth on children and the secreting of dribble on the babies. But we can digitally enhance your photographs through, what we nickname, 'expressions'.

Firefly Expressions is about enhancing and developing an idea of the clients. It could be a favourite book, a dream or a past memory to be marked with a commission such as this. Let us give you an example.

Lucy rung us up after purchasing a Makeover gift voucher. She loved the idea of cartoons and make believe... Her outfits included a sexy army uniform and an Alice in Wonderland costume. She loved Christina Aguleria's Candyman music video. So we shot her in her army uniform, in some iconic poses from the video, and in post production added her to backgrounds created, by our team, that reflected the Candyman video. Next up was the the Alice in Wonderland costume. She loved this book and had always imagined herself as Alice. When it came to confirming her appointment, by phone, her photographer talked through ideas that she had and things that we could do for her in the studio and post production. She finished with a pop art style feel to her photographs of her finding the door, being watched by the cat and even (as copyright had expired) editing her into the actual book - being sat on a toadstool!

We've had gothic dolls, cheer leaders with Hollywood lights all around, dogs in autumn style scenes, 'Alice Cooper rabbits' (no, really!)...... Go on - give us a vision and we'll create it with you, for you.

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Massive Give Away When we Get 1000 Likes on Facebook!

Do you want to know a secret? We're planning a massive give away when we reach 1000 likes on FB... However, we're not just going to 'give away' to anyone. As part of our ongoing commitment to support local projects and charities we want to give away 1000 vouchers to charities, across 

the East Midlands, who can then sell/raffle/auction the vouchers and 
keep all of the proceeds for their pots. Our vouchers are valued between 
£95 and £145 however it is up to the charity how much they sell them for 
(if they sell £100 at £30 each the charity will raise £300 and will not 
have had to spend a penny doing so).

In the last year alone Firefly Photography has donated over £4000 of 
photography goodness to charities in and around the Derby area. We also 
support one national charity a year and the charity this year is Clic 
Sargent. For the past year any gift vouchers that we have sold at 
exhibitions, or compeitions we have done, we have asked for a donation 
to Clic Sargent. To top it all off we will be holding a christmas party, 
with Santa, at the end of the year... But more about that later.

So... we need your help to spread the word.
We need your help to get to 1000 likes.
We need your help to tell charities about this so that they know to 
contact us about receiving the vouchers.

Thank you so much and we can't wait to give away 1000 vouchers!

photo credit: .....antonio..... via photopin cc

Photography Studio Derby

At Firefly Photography, we are a specialist photography studio based in Derby. Our services include studio makeovers, commercial shoots, weddings and family portraits. Our fun and popular services are available to everyone, whether it be to capture a newborn or the entire family; if you would like to find out more about the services we offer at Firefly Photography then please visit our website or call us on 01332 341 300.