Your guide to the boudoir experience—featuring real sessions, expert tips, and empowering stories.
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The Artistrie Co. Boudoir BLOG
Your guide to the boudoir experience—featuring real sessions, expert tips, and empowering stories.
Your guide to the boudoir experience—featuring real sessions, expert tips, and empowering stories.
Uncovered
The Artistrie Co. Boudoir BLOG
A Sultry Boudoir Session at the Langham in Chicago
A summer evening boudoir session at The Langham, Chicago—featuring soft, moody light, a luxurious wardrobe, and timeless, elegant portraits.
A Radiant Morning at the Ambassador Hotel
This light-filled boudoir session at Chicago’s historic Ambassador Hotel was the perfect blend of softness, confidence, and timeless elegance.
"This experience and these photos held up a mirror so I could see myself as I really am: as a beautiful person who contains multitudes."
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A Pre-Mastectomy Boudoir Photo Shoot
Photographed just days before her double mastectomy, this emotional session captures the quiet beauty, resilience and radiant spirit of a woman preserving her story through art.
Some sessions just stay with you, and this one was definitely one of them. D booked her boudoir session as a way to celebrate two big milestones: turning 40 and getting married. It was such an honor to be the one to help her mark both with something that felt joyful, intentional and completely her. […]
Stepping into a boudoir session for the first time can feel both exciting and nerve-wracking. If you’ve never done anything like this before, it’s completely normal to have questions and to feel nervous. This guide will walk you through what happens before, during and after your shoot to help ease any concerns and ensure you’re […]
Chicago boudoir photographer Ashley Biess of Artistrie Co. shares how she defines the art of boudoir photography. Boudoir photography stands out in the world of photography, celebrated for its intimacy and ability to capture beauty, sensuality, and vulnerability. As a boudoir photographer, I’ve explored this captivating realm, delving into light, shadow, and emotion to craft […]
As I take a moment to reflect on my journey as a boudoir photographer, I find myself drawn to the sources of inspiration that have shaped my craft. From the timeless elegance of classical paintings I see at the Art Institute to the ethereal sculptures I had the pleasure of seeing while visiting the Met […]
A hotel boudoir shoot can be incredibly fun and luxurious experience! If you plan it right, you can even turn your boudoir session into a mini staycation. To help with your plans, I’ve compiled a list of my very favorite Chicago hotels that will be picture perfect for your boudoir photoshoot. At the very end, […]
As a boudoir photographer, I believe one of the most meaningful things I can offer to women is a reminder: you are already enough. Through light, movement and honest moments, I create space for women to feel seen, celebrated and beautifully themselves, just as they are.
Named one of Chicago’s best boudoir photographers by The Knot Magazine, Boudoir Rule & Peerspace, I’m honored to tell these stories and help women look back on this chapter with love and pride.
The Woman Behind the Lens
A Note from Ashley
As a boudoir photographer, I believe one of the most meaningful things I can offer to women is a reminder: you are already enough. Through light, movement and honest moments, I create space for women to feel seen, celebrated and beautifully themselves, just as they are.
Named one of Chicago’s best boudoir photographers by The Knot Magazine, Boudoir Rule & Peerspace, I’m honored to tell these stories and help women look back on this chapter with love and pride.
The Woman Behind the Lens
