Before the advent of boudoir photography, preserving sensual imagery was limited to weeklong painting sessions and paying fruit bowls to arrange themselves in alluring poses on the nightstand. Give the gift of modern sensuality with today’s Groupon: for $45, you get a boudoir-photography package from St. Louis Boudoir by The Studio (up to a $265 total value), which includes:

• An in-studio photo shoot with hairstyling and makeup services (a $150 value)
• Pictures in two outfits
• One retouched 8”x10” print (a $115 value) or a disc of up to 20 low-resolution images (up to a $100 value)
  
  

Boudoir photography appointments are taken on Tuesday–Friday, with daytime and evening shoots available.

The trio of female photographers at St. Louis Boudoir by The Studio sets models at ease and snaps tasteful, alluring photos, employing an artistic vision that has evolved over more than 10 years. Once skilled makeup and hair artists have cast human canvases with a dramatic or natural look, guests caper into a private dressing room to change into the first of the two sultry outfits they brought along, such as a lacy teddy or a frilled space suit.

Subjects then ensnare the camera’s eye in the private studio as they coyly wrap fingers around tresses and strike leggy poses. After the shoot, the photographer sets to work digitally retouching a single image or collecting up to 20 digital copies to burn onto a disc suitable for an Arbor Day gift. With today’s deal, Groupon customers get 20% off the purchase of any additional prints and 10% off Little Black Books.

Our customers loved this deal last year, earning St. Louis Boudoir by The Studio a spot on Groupon’s Best of 2011 list.