Body Positive, Sex Positive, Queer Affirming, outdoor loving Boudoir Photographer based in Anchorage, Alaska
Hi :) I’m Penelope
Welcome to Salmonberry Boudoir, your Alaska adventure boudoir photographer. I specialize in outdoor boudoir but I love it all! I studied Human Sexuality in grad school and made my way to boudoir in the hopes of giving people the ability to see their bodies and sexualities as beautiful pieces of themselves.
This is a collaborative process, and I would love to create art with you, wander up streams with you, take photos in mossy forests, feel the tundra under our toes, find rocky beaches to frolic on or let you sink into a bubble bath.
I believe that everybody regardless of size, gender, and sexuality deserves to see their body as a work of art and it is my goal to give you that gift through seeing your body in a different light.
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Couples and Individual Boudoir
My version of boudoir is a little different than your average boudoir photographer. I aim to create photos that reflect the you that you see in the mirror everyday, not a version only possible with a team of stylists and photoshop. So my images are very natural, come wearing a full face of make-up or none at all and we will create beautiful images regardless. This process is about celebrating you. It is about seeing your body as art. And art doesn’t need to be retouched in photoshop.
If you are looking for the full glamour process, I may not be the best fit. If you are looking for someone who sees beauty in every wrinkle, role and dimple, who wants to show you that every part of your body that society has told you is a problem, is actually the most beautiful piece of art. Then you are in the right place. I have no desire to remove the stretch marks, the wrinkles, the cellulite, and the laugh lines. Those pieces are what make you you. And I fucking love them. I love the way stretch marks create beautiful lines, I love the way light hits the dimples on your hips. I love the way our bodies tell our stories. And I want to tell yours.
So if you’re looking for someone that says you need a full face of makeup and photoshop to make your photos beautiful, I’m not that photographer, but if you’re looking for a photographer to help give a middle finger to societies beauty standards and show you your whole body as art?
That’s me.
Couples Intimate Portraiture
I think often when people think about a couples boudoir session they think it sounds weird or awkward. And for the first couple of minutes, you will both feel awkward, and that’s okay and totally normal! But I promise the nerves fall away. Along with my philosophy that bodies are art, I also see intimacy, connection and ultimately sex as art (although I do not shoot erotica). Nudity and intimacy don’t make me uncomfortable. They are beautiful to me and I am the fucking queen of making couples feel comfortable. For one, I don’t rush this. At a minimum my sessions are 60-90 minutes long. You have plenty of time to get used to me and get comfortable with the camera.
I also absolutely love to tell couple’s stories so I also offer multi hour, either in home or in cabin sessions. While it isn’t the norm for boudoir to take place in someones home, the intimate space of someones home tells a story. So let me document you making art together, playing games in your underwear, baking together, smoking together, or anything else that you love to do as a couple. Those are the things I live for. They are what tell your beautiful story. And I would love nothing more than to tell that story.
“Penelope is absolutely amazing! I have had the honor to work with her a few times now, and each time has been the most amazing time! She has the most uplifting energy and such a creative view. Her work is absolutely breath taking. I am so in love with every photo she has taken for me. The hardest part is selecting your photos because you will want them all.”
Amanda
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“I have worked with other photographers before but this experience was like no other. She made me feel completely comfortable, I did not feel an ounce of guilt or shame for my larger body type, and the end result of the pictures made me feel like a literal princess! If anyone is contemplating getting a boudoir session done, this photographer is by far the person I'd recommend for your first, 5th, or 20th time!”
Zoey