This was a genuinely traumatic experience. I have written a very in-depth review on another…read moreplatform. I believe they remove negative reviews, but my experience is very much in line with the other negative reviews re: the Boudoir Project. I went through with the shoot even after their website told me false information. (They claimed no purchase was required, yet The online form told me that the shoot would not take place unless I reached the end of their form to make a confirmation, yet it would not allow me to reach the end of the form without making a purchase). I found several other reviews from people indicating they had similarly been misled. I was wary, but gave the benefit of the doubt and went through with the shoot. It was truly a nightmare experience. I can't write everything due to character limits, but here is what happened: I was told I wasn't allowed to bring anyone with me, so I came alone. They directed me to do some explicit poses. When I told the photographer clearly and directly that I was not comfortable with one of the poses, she told me to just do it anyway. When I would refuse, she would just keep telling me to do it. It was very alarming to me. I was no longer consenting, just complying. One of the poses involved simulating something that starts with an "m". I felt very violated by the ordeal. The operations manager, Kelly, later indicated to me this is how they normally operate, writing it is how they "try to help push women out of their comfort zone". Bomshell's website claims "your comfort is our #1 priority", but clearly that was not the case. This is extremely disturbing to me, as consent cannot be pressured out of someone, and their whole business revolves around intimate photography. so insisting someone perform certain explicit poses when they have clearly stated that they are not consenting or willing to do so is egregious, especially considering that they keep the rights to sell or use the photos that are taken. In the photo review stage, initially the photographer Kelsey was the one going over photos with me. She told me we had to view each photo in turn, and she would not remove one of the photo when I asked. So when Caitlyn sat down to replace here, the first thing I said to Caitlyn was to remove that photo. Caitlyn snapped "NO. That one stays". She was not joking, because she would not remove it for several minutes. Again, this was very disturbing to me; as they were not actually allowing me to choose the photos. Eventually I told Caitlyn I would only take one photo (the promotion said there was one free photo), but she would not accept this. She seemed irritated and said "lets just calculate the price for them all", and pulled out her calculator and calculated the cost of all the photos. Caitlyn began pressuring me to finance four photos with affirm. I kept refusing. Caitlyn resorted to directly commanding me to apply for financing, commanding each small step along the way (as in "take out your phone. Go to the app store. Download Affirm. Open it." etc). When Affirm rejected me, she commanded me to apply to paypal. When paypal rejected me, she wanted me to hand her my card. I didn't have a car, so if I tried to run, I couldnt garauntee I could get away. A few times, I unlocked my phone to try to text or call for help, but noticed whenever I did, they would stare at my phone screen; so I couldn't do it without them seeing. I was always surrounded by either Caitlyn / her employees / her non-employee "friend", Leslie. It was a deeply traumatic experience, and I believe my safety was at risk if I did not comply. I signed the contract (which was just a checkbox on a digital form - I was hoping I could just write "I am not signing" instead of my signature, or cross things out to invalidate it and give myself time to escape, but since it was just a checkbox, I couldn't. I stared at it quite a long time. I the end, felt I had exhausted my options to leave safely without signing; I only signed for my safety.) AFTER the contract was signed and Caitlyn had used my card, Caitlyn asked "I didn't pressure you, did I?" in a sort of tee-hee voice. I was afraid that if I said yes, they might command me to sign something else stating it had been freely signed. The fact she asked tells me that indicated she knew what she had done, and I believe waiting until after the contract had been signed was intentional, as Bomshell and the operations manager state that they never give any refunds at ANY point after a payment is made. They are not honest, and not safe. I ended up making a complaint to the NY Attorney General's office. They keep complaints forever, and when a new complaint comes in, they compare them to the old ones to look for patterns. Edit: I received notice from Yelp that *someone* complained about my review, yet it does not violate policy so it is staying up. They can try to come at me legally for my review, but they'll lose, as what I have written is true.

I was also baited into believing I had been selected for a 'free' boudoir session…read more I was told a $199 "refundable" deposit was required to hold my spot, informed It would be refunded on the day of my shoot. Come to find out it is not refundable, Had a chat with a woman about my session, after she talks me up for 20 minutes, she casually mentions there is a required purchase minimum of $1600. ("portrait guarantee" as they so eloquently call it). And I've already secured my spot, and the info was NOT clearly communicated to me beforehand. There's nothing wrong with their pricing. There's plenty wrong with multiple women's reviews feeling tricked with this bait and switch, shady business approach. I'm eating the deposit and canceling my session. I do not wish to be associated with a company like this. So disappointing. Seems they do beautiful work, but the business 'promo' feels really shady. I'm clearly not alone in this experience. ***addendum*** I was informed because I was selected, I was exempt from the minimum purchase requirement. This was only made clear to me when I told them I wanted to cancel.