Boudoir · Wellington, FL
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Wellington is home. The barn, the bedroom, the long hallway with the good window.
Felipe Restrepo is a boudoir photographer who lives in Wellington, Florida. Sessions here happen in your own house, in the guest house of a horse property or in a rental in Royal Palm Beach, Loxahatchee or The Acreage. No travel on my side, no studio on yours: 90 minutes, hair and makeup done in your bathroom, every pose directed, from $450.
I. — Where
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Wellington houses are built for light: tall ceilings, sliding doors to the lanai, a primary suite at the back of the house. That suite is usually the set. I move a lamp, maybe a chair. Nothing else in the house gets touched.
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If the horses live with you, the barn aisle at 5 pm has the best light in the western communities. A show coat, tall boots, lace under the coat, dust floating in the backlight. Private land, private set, and the horses don’t talk.
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Plenty of equestrian properties in Palm Beach Point and Grand Prix Village have a guest cottage or a groom’s apartment. Small rooms photograph close and intimate. If yours sits empty between seasons, it is a ready-made set.
Before the day, read preparing your Wellington home for an on-location boudoir session. To see how the light works in a house or a hotel suite, see on-location boudoir lighting at home or in a hotel suite.
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II. — Pricing
03 · The full experience
Every image retouched · 10×10 album · 16×20 wall art · digital files
$2,795
In Wellington the math is simple: $450 for the session, covering the consultation, 90 minutes, hair and makeup, wardrobe styling, a same-day reveal and 5 retouched images. You pick a collection afterwards and split it into 3 installments. $225 holds the date; the balance is due on session day, before I take the first frame.
New to boudoir? The guide to the first boudoir session explains how the day goes before you book.
III. — The area
Wellington proper is a patchwork of neighborhoods off Forest Hill Boulevard and Pierson Road: Olympia, Sugar Pond Manor, Binks Forest, Palm Beach Polo, the equestrian estates south of Pierson. West and north of it: Royal Palm Beach, Loxahatchee Groves, The Acreage and the new streets of Westlake. Greenacres to the east. All of it is ten to twenty minutes from my door.
Houses out here are mostly one or two stories, stucco, with a screened pool and big glass to the back. That glass faces whatever it faces, so we plan the hour around it. East windows: 9 or 11. West windows: 3 or 5, when the sun comes in low across the lake behind the house.
January through March, the Winter Equestrian Festival and polo season take over Wellington: traffic on South Shore, hotels full, rentals booked. If your session falls in those months, book a few weeks ahead. Summer is the opposite: empty roads, sunsets around 8:15, long afternoons. Sessions start at 9, 11, 1, 3 or 5.
Downtown West Palm, Jupiter or Boca instead? See boudoir in West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County. Lake Worth Road runs straight east to Lake Worth Beach.
IV. — Styling
Equestrian wardrobe is already in your closet, and it photographs better than most lingerie sets: a fitted show coat open over a bra, white breeches, a stock tie loosened, tall boots on bare legs. One riding piece mixed with one lace piece is a look nobody else in the county has.
Second look: something of his. An oversized white button-down or a polo shirt, sleeves pushed up. Third: the piece you bought and never wore. The styling guide arrives after you book, and we go through all three on the call.
Why now: an anniversary, the end of a season on the circuit, a birthday with a zero in it, a body you have trained for months. Every conversation can happen in English or Spanish; Felipe is from Medellín, Colombia.
V. — How it works
i. Pick a date on the booking page; $225 reserves it. In season, pick early.
ii. Call with Felipe: which room, which window, which three outfits. Your styling guide lands the same day.
iii. Session day at your place: hair and makeup in your bathroom, then 90 directed minutes. You see the first images before I pack up.
iv. Proofs within 24 hours. You choose; the retouched images arrive 7 days later, together with the collection you picked.
VI. — Before you book
5 questions.
Yes, and it is the most common setup here. I live in Wellington, so there is no travel to plan. I bring the lights; hair and makeup happen in your house before we start.
Yes, if it is your property or you have the owner’s permission. The barn aisle works best at 3 or 5 pm, when the sun comes in low. The horses can stay in their stalls.
The session is $450 and includes 90 minutes, hair and makeup, wardrobe styling, a same-day reveal and 5 retouched images. The collections, Esencia $895, Musa $1,695 and Icono $2,795, can be split into 3 installments.
January through March, during the horse show and polo season. Book those months a few weeks ahead. Summer dates open easily.
You, first. The gallery is private and password-protected. Under the Session Agreement you sign after the deposit, selected images may appear in my portfolio, website and social media, never with your full name, contact details or location.
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Send your date and the room you have in mind. It goes only to Felipe.
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