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I Nearly Forgot… It’s All About Love ❤️

Can I tell you something real?

I nearly forgot that it’s all about love.

Not romantic love — I mean the kind that starts quietly inside you. The kind that says you’re already enough, already worthy, already lovable — just as you are.

I’m Alexandra. I’m a portrait photographer, author, entrepreneur and speaker — but mostly, I help women like you see yourself through the lens of love.

In 2002, I founded FYEO — For Your Eyes Only — to give women a confidence-boosting boudoir experience. Since then, we’ve photographed over 23k women.

Every time, I’m reminded: we’re not a collection of flaws. We are a whole, radiant woman.

This year marks 23 years in business.
Thank you to my incredible models who appear here ❤️Your courage helps others believe in themselves too.

When I photograph you, I don’t just capture an image. I paint with light. I help you see yourself — not through judgement, not through shame, but through love.

You don’t need to change.
You don’t need to wait.

You are not a before-and-after.
You are a whole damn masterpiece.

⭐️📸 Powertography — not just a photoshoot, but a reconnection to your power, your beauty, your body, your truth.

Because when you fall back in love with yourself, everything changes — your relationships, your confidence, your voice.

And maybe, like me, you forgot.

But now I remember.

It’s all about love.
And you deserve nothing less.

With love,
Alexandra
x

#INearlyForgot #ItsAllAboutLove #FYEOportraits #boudoir #marlow #boudoirphotography #Powertography #SelfLoveFirst #ConfidenceIsPower #20YearsOfFYEO #BodyPositivity #WomensEmpowerment #ThankYouModels #ForYourEyesOnly

Ladies, drop a ❤️ if you’ve learned to love the skin you’re in.

We go through so much in the relationship we have with our body, don’t we?

The pressure, the comparison, the noise — and yet here we are, showing up every day in the skin that carries us, feeds us, loves for us, and lets us love in return.

When I was younger I used to think body confidence was about changing how I looked. But since starting my boudoir photography back in 2002 I now know — it’s about changing how I see myself. My mindset.

How many of us have stood in front of a mirror and picked our body apart because we don’t like the reflection- a reflection that could easily be affected by bad lighting or an awkward angle.

Here’s what I’ve learned (and what I now teach and photograph every single day):

✨ Our bodies are not separate parts to be judged individually — we are WHOLE.

✨ We are not here to look “perfect” in every photo — we are here to live, breathe, love, feel. Our feminine energy shows up in unique and s3xy ways.

✨ A bad angle does not define our beauty — our light does. Our power does.

✨ Understanding your body is part of reclaiming it. You learn your angles, yes. But you also learn your worth.

Through photography — and through my own personal work — I’ve stopped seeing my body as something to fix and started seeing it as something to thank.

It’s the vehicle that’s carried me through grief, passion, motherhood, success, heartbreak, laughter, rebirth, and everything in between.

It’s the vessel through which we give love.

Receive love.

And it’s beautiful.

To every woman learning how you show up — not just in your body, but in your presence — I see you.

To those learning to forgive a harsh mirror or unflattering photo, I feel you. I can help you SEE your body.

And to those who’ve come to honour the body they live in — not because it’s changed, but because they have — I applaud you.

💌 Drop a ❤️ in the comments if you’re proud of the journey you’ve been on with your body.

You deserve to celebrate you — every version, every curve, every lesson learned.

With love,
Alexandra

#LoveTheSkinYoureIn #BodyConfidence #Boudoir #fyeo #marlow #photoshoot #SelfLoveJourney

📸 How to Book a Photo Shoot With Me, Boudoir Photographer Alexandra Vince – Step-by-Step

Booking a boudoir photo shoot at For Your Eyes Only Portraits is simple. Just follow the steps below:

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Step 1: Go to the Website
• Visit the home page of my website.
• Click the red button that says “Book a Photo Shoot.”

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Step 2: Choose Your Option

You’ll be taken to a page where you can:
• ✅ Check availability and book your session, or

• 🎁 Buy a photo shoot gift voucher

Choose from:
• One-person photo shoot

• Bridal photo shoot

• Two-person photo shoot

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Step 3: What’s Included

Every photo shoot includes:
• Your own private studio space at FYEO
• Styling and direction into flattering body poses
• Skin smoothing lighting
• A preview gallery of around 20–30 portraits
• One complimentary digital image

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When you’re buying a gift voucher, you can also add creative extras like:
• 💄 Smokey eye makeup

• 💧 Body oil

• 🌹 Rose petals

• 📷 Additional digital images

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Step 4: Review & Checkout
• Review your selection in the basket

• Enter a discount code (if you have one)

• Fill in your name, address, and email

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Step 5: Choose a Payment Option

You can pay with:
• 💳 credit card

• 💸 Or spread the cost with:

• ClearPay: 4 interest-free payments

• Klarna: 3 interest-free payments

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Step 6: Contact Me

After booking:
You’ll receive a Photoshoot Guide.

• 📞 Get in touch if you’d like to talk about your shoot, styling, or how everything works.
• I’m here to help you feel confident and excited!

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✨ Want to Enhance Your Experience?

While at the studio, you can also choose:
• 📘 Albums

• 🖼️ Wall art

• 🎁 Gift boxes

• 🖼️ Framed products

READY TO FEEL AMAZING? Let’s go!
Alexandra xx
#fyeoportraits #boudoir #marlow #boudoirphotography #lovetheskinyourein #boudoirshoot #bride #ukbride #weddinggift

🎉 HAPPY BIRTHDAY ME! 🎉 52 and feeling fabulous.

🎉 HAPPY BIRTHDAY ME! 🎉 52 and feeling fabulous. I’ve had a great day so far at the very beautiful Cliveden House with dear friends Trina Julie & Emily on a girls day trip. @fyeoportraits

⭐️ B R I D E ⭐️ to-be, this one’s just for you. yes, their wow factor.

⭐️ B R I D E ⭐️ to-be, this one’s just for you. Whether you’re deep in wedding planning mode or just beginning your journey down the aisle, there’s something magical about marking this moment with something truly unforgettable.

I’m Alexandra, boudoir photography expert and founder of For Your Eyes Only Portraits. For over a decade, I’ve helped hundreds of beautiful brides just like you step confidently in front of the camera—showing off their strength, their softness, their sensuality… and yes, their wow factor.

💍Your wedding day is about more than dresses and diamonds. It’s about celebrating YOU—your story, your glow, your courage to love and be loved. So, why not give your partner a wedding gift that captures all of that?

👙A bridal boudoir shoot is more than just sexy photos—it’s a celebration of the woman you are before you say “I do.” My signature Bridal Boudoir Pose Guide is designed to bring out your most confident, flattering angles—whether you’re curvy, petite, athletic, or somewhere in between. No modeling experience needed. I’ll coach you every step of the way. ✨

Your boudoir session will become a core memory: part self-love, part spice, ALL goddess energy. And the finished images? A jaw-dropping wedding gift your partner will never forget.

👑 Ready to own your inner goddess and create something beautiful together?

📥 Grab your FREE Bridal Boudoir Pose Guide now:
👉 fyeo-portraits.lpages.co/boudoir-bride-poses
Let me help you pose with power, grace, and total self-love.

📸 Follow me @fyeoportraits for real bride transformations, behind-the-scenes, and the inspiration you didn’t know you needed.

#BridalBoudoir #BoudoirBride #WeddingGift #BrideToBe #WeddingGiftIdeas #ForYourEyesOnly #WeddingInspo #BoudoirPhotography #LuxuryBoudoir #EmpoweredWomen #BrideLife #UKBride #WeddingPlanning #WeddingCountdown #BoudoirInspo #SexyBride #PreWeddingShoot #ConfidenceIsSexy #BodyLove #WeddingSurprise #BridalInspiration

✨Body brushing: the most underrated form of self-love✨

As a professional boudoir photographer, I see women reconnect with their bodies in the most beautiful, vulnerable, and empowering ways in my studio.

🦋I want to share one small ritual that has had a massive impact on how I see and feel about my own body—body brushing.

Every morning, I make it a moment. I grab my body brush and check in with myself. I touch base with my toes, ankles, fingers, elbows. And I say—

🦶“Good morning, toes!”

💪“Hi there, elbow. You’re looking gorgeous today.”

🧤“Morning, ankles. We’re going to have a fab day.”

I know it sounds a little silly, but stay with me. This isn’t about vanity. It’s about rewriting the internal narrative so many of us have absorbed for years—the one that criticizes and picks apart our reflection before we’ve even had coffee.

This is about consciously choosing to treat your body with kindness. Speaking to it with love. Looking at it with gratitude.

Because here’s the truth: we can decide, right now, to change the voice you use when you speak to yourself. And when you do, everything shifts.

After brushing, I smooth on the most delicious moisturizer I own—not because I’m trying to “fix” anything, but because I’ve decided to treat my skin like a Ferrari. A damn Ferrari. It’s coming out of the garage, getting polished with love, admired like the work of art it is! 🚀

Ladies, if you’re waiting to feel confident before you love your body—you’re doing it backwards.

⭐️ Start with the love.

⭐️ Start with the ritual.

⭐️ Start with the intention.

⭐️ The confidence follows.

So tomorrow morning, grab your brush, say hello to your knees, and start the day with joy in your bones.

Your body deserves to be loved by the most important person in your life—you.

With love,
Alexandra 💕#fyeoportraits #marlow #boudoirphotography
#BodyBrushing #SelfLoveRitual #BoudoirConfidence #BodyPositivity #FeminineRituals #EmpoweredWomen #SelfCareIsSexy #LoveYourSkin

🎬ZOE ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🎬 Behind the scenes with Masters Athlete @zoedoyle._

🎬ZOE ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🎬 Behind the scenes with Masters Athlete @zoedoyle._ Doyle — middle-distance record holder, powerhouse, and proof that strength has no age limit.⁣🔥

Every woman deserves to feel strong, seen & celebrated — no matter her age, shape, size, or fitness level. Zoe is all that and more. 💪⁣

This shoot wasn’t just about muscle. It was about mindset. Years of discipline. Resilience. Grace under pressure. She showed up with focus and fire, and it radiates in every frame.⁣✨

Whether she was mid-stride, holding still, or pausing for breath — Zoe embodied what it means to own your power.⁣

These sessions aren’t just for elite athletes. I work with women at every stage — from seasoned runners to those just starting their movement journey.⁣

You don’t need a six-pack. You don’t need to be at your “fittest.” You just need the courage to step in front of the lens — and claim your story.⁣📸

Because strength isn’t just how you move — it’s how you’ve lived.⁣

To Zoe — and to every woman who dares to show up boldly. This is what empowered looks like. 👏⁣

📍DM me to book a session that celebrates your strength. Whether you’re racing, lifting, or simply reclaiming your space — let’s create something that reflects who you are.⁣

Alexandra xx

#FitnessPhotoshoot #fyeo #fyeoportraits #Marlow #zoedoyle_. #MastersAthlete #StrongAtEveryAge #WomensFitnessPhotography #lornajaneharnesses

When I asked @tracysladiesfitness for feedback on my boudoir photography service here’s the beautiful response from Tracy

When I asked @tracysladiesfitness for feedback on my boudoir photography service here’s the beautiful response from Tracy that made me cry… “Hey Alex 💖 I’d be honoured for you to share my story and photos, because working with you is so much more than just a photoshoot.

🌷It’s a full experience that I truly cherish.

I book shoots once or twice a year, and have done for nearly 10 years now, not just as a celebration of how I look, but as a reminder of everything I’ve overcome and everything I stand for.

It keeps me accountable to my health and training, and it’s my way of showing the women I coach that confidence, courage, and strength don’t have an age limit.

When I found you two years ago, I was turning 50 and grieving the loss of my brother, who tragically passed at 49. That heartbreak lit a fire in me, a fierce reminder that life is short, and we have to grab every chance to live boldly and fearlessly.

Travelling over 300 miles to shoot with you wasn’t even a question, I knew your style and energy matched everything I was searching for: realness, raw beauty, and a celebration of womanhood that didn’t rely on filters or fakery.

You create a space that makes women feel seen, empowered, and beautiful, just as they are. No pretence. No pressure. You guide, direct, uplift, and laugh with us every step of the way. The entire process feels like a collaboration between friends, and your makeup artist is absolute magic too.

As a women’s fitness coach, my mission is to help women feel stronger, more confident, and proud in their own skin, not just for photos, but for life. And you, Alex, are part of that journey. You capture us at our best: not because we’re perfect, but because we’re powerful.

Thank you for doing what you do, I honestly can’t wait for our next shoot.

Tracy xx”

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#fitnessphotoshoot #boudoir #boudoirphotography #marlow #fyeoportraits #tracysladiesfitness #southshields

🦋 Let’s talk about scars, ladies…

In my colourful career as a boudoir photographer, I’ve photographed hundreds of women—often partially or fully nude—and one thing keeps coming up: how we feel about our scars.

Some women want to hide them.
Some want to show them off, defiantly.

Most of us? We’re somewhere in the middle. Torn. Tender. Unsure. Right?

Today, I’m lying by the pool in Spain, basking under the sun on my 50-something skin, flipping through a crime novel. I catch sight of a faint silver scar on my arm—and just like that, I’m not in Spain anymore. I’m back in a hospital bed in 2021.

It was the first time I’d ever been really ill. A sudden infection in my ovary and fallopian tube. Painful. Frightening. I was vulnerable, angry, high on morphine, unsure what was happening. That little scar on my arm? That’s where they put in a PICC line so I could leave the hospital but return daily for IV antibiotics. It hurt like hell. But it also helped save my life.

And now, years later, when I see it? I still feel a wobble. A flash of fear. But mostly—relief. Gratitude. I’m still here. Still me.

It made me reflect, so let me ask you…
💭 How do YOU feel about your scars?

Do they bring up pain, or pride?
Do they tell stories you’d rather forget—or ones you never want to lose?

Scars are like time stamps. They say: “I was here. I lived this. I got through.”

Sometimes they mark trauma.
Sometimes joy.
Sometimes surgeries. Sometimes survival.

In my studio at FYEO PORTRAITS, some clients ask to have their scars edited out. And of course, I honour that. It’s your choice, always. But I also light every photo artistically with care. Not to erase, but to embrace.

Because I never see women as body parts.

We are whole.
Brave. Soft. Powerful. Beautiful.

Our scars don’t define us.
But they do say something.
And we get to choose what they say.

So I’d love to know…

✨ Do you have a scar?
✨ What story does it hold?
✨ If I photographed you—would you want it hidden… or honoured?

Let me know. 👇💬
Alexandra
Xx

✨ 💡Shine Your Light – Part one of an article written by Masters Athlete and Empowerment coach @zoedoyle._

“The eternal feminine draws us on.”
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Her body is her magic: it both invokes the male and is the vessel of all human life. Women’s magic
is thus primary, and of nature.”
— Joseph Campbell, Goddesses: The Mysteries of the Feminine Divine, edited by Saffron Rossi

🌹 A Celebration of Femininity
In Goddesses, Joseph Campbell explores the symbolic, mythological, and archetypal themes of the
feminine divine — a celebration of the sacred and transformative power of womanhood.

This same energy is invoked through Alexandra’s @fyeoportraits boudoir photography. Even before women
see the incredible images, they begin to experience a shift. Many arrive already on a journey of
personal growth; the shoot becomes a ritual of self-realisation.

Boudoir photography can serve as a rite of passage — a mirror that reflects our inner goddess. It
allows us to explore feminine archetypes, awaken our life force, and reconnect with our creative
essence.

We become our own muse. We see and feel our feminine divinity. It is a powerful process
of self-acceptance and integration.

💖 Self-Confidence & Self-Love
As an empowerment coach, I help women build deep confidence and self-love. True transformation
begins within. Lasting change comes from nurturing our internal landscape.

🔓 Internal Validation
Embracing our messy, perfectly imperfect humanity means letting go of people-pleasing,
perfectionism, and external validation. Confidence arises when we honour our internal compass —
led by values, intuition, and the wisdom of our Higher Self.
It takes courage to stand out. To risk vulnerability. But this is our superpower. As The Confidence
Code says:

“We can resent it, let it undermine us or limit us, or we can embrace our uniqueness and choose to
wear it like a badge of honour.”

Not everyone will understand your path. Not everyone will like you — and that’s okay…

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