Galway photographer brings boudoir glamour out of the bedroom

Playing dress up is a game beloved by boys and girls that has survived the generations. Galway photographer Natalie Greer was no different to any kid, except she had access to a rather exciting box of costumes.

“My German grandmother was very glamorous, she had these fabulous furs, antique jewellery and I was left a lot of her stuff,” she recalls.

After school in Moycullen and Salthill, she did a secretarial course and went on to do work in a German company doing accounts, using the language she learned from her father.

After she married husband Artie, she gave up work to raise their two girls. She rekindled her interest in photography to take pictures of the family, doing courses with the Galway Camera Club to learn new skills.

Natalie started a new dressing up box for her girls and over the years it slowly grew to include a host of exotic costumes and props. And it got her thinking about a possible idea for a business.

“As the girls were getting older, I wanted to do something that brought in everything I loved – photography, costumes, antiques, dressing up,” she reflects.

“I started really building up my collection of costumes for different themes, corsets for boudoir sets and props and started getting my name out there on social media.”

Boudoir Girls offers the whole gambit of staged photography sessions – catering to hen parties where girls want to get dressed up in retro outfits for a laugh before a night on the town as well as brides to be who decide to give the hubby a private wedding night present of some saucy photos.

See full story in this week’s Connacht Tribune.