Laura's Valentine's Day boudoir mini-session was one of the firsts of the day. I remember the early morning, Tel Aviv light perfectly falling through the bedroom window.

When I asked Laura her main reasons for wanting to do a boudoir session, especially around Valentine's Day, she said, "I have been playing with the idea to give a boudoir sessions as a gift to myself for a while now, I think I will be very grateful to myself now and later in life when I look back on it. The whole idea of being conscious and loving your body isn't something that was brought up with as a I grew up, and I feel I owe it to myself to take those steps now."

I couldn't have been more happy with the results in just a half-hour of photographing Laura. This beautiful woman was a real inspiration for the marathon of sessions that followed.

While a mini-session isn't the same, full experience as having an individual session, it is an amazing way to dip your feet into the "boudoir waters."

The natural makeup and hair enhanced Laura's features so beautifully and helped us focus on her already existing beauty.

Our energies bounced off each other, and I loved how slow paced our session was. It gave me the ability to capture moments like this...

Many times a mini-session is just the beginning of my relationship with my clients. Just as much as it's a sample for them, it is the same for me! I am excited for the opportunity to photograph this beauty again.

Makeup by Jaquelyn Mowszowski Lawrence

Hair by Sara Hecht