September 18, 2026
If you’ve spent any amount of time inside the LRP VIP group, you’ve probably seen Babes Day photos pop up from Hit me with Color, Galentine’s Day, Murder Room, Heatwave, Tacos Tushies + Tarot, Ride or Die, Masquerade, Slaughterhouse, or one of the other themes we’ve gotten ourselves into over the years.
Babes Day started as my way of creating something completely different from a private session: themed photography events where you could come get incredible photos, hang out with other women from the LRP community, and actually make an afternoon or evening out of it.
Since then, it has grown into one of my favorite things I’ve created at LRP, and every event gets its own concept, sets, styling, props, and personality.
Your First LRP Babes Day Is Probably Going to Feel a Little Scary
A lot of women walk into their first LRP Babes Day without knowing many people there. Some have never done boudoir before, and honestly a LOT have been sitting in the Facebook group watching everybody else go to these events for months before finally convincing themselves to grab a ticket. One of our recent bookings has been watching for two YEARS before finally booking in for Slaughterhouse. Then afterward I get posts like this in the group:
“I had SO much fun at Heatwave on Sunday! Everyone was so incredibly sweet and welcoming and I loved getting to meet all of the girls. I LOVE how these pics turned out and I am definitely planning on coming back.”
Another first-timer described hers as a complete 10/10 and said she loved being able to meet everyone, hang out for a few hours, get photos taken and have the entire group hyping her and her friends up. And girl? That is pretty damn accurate.
There is usually some nervous energy at the beginning, especially if it’s your first event. Then people start talking, somebody is yelling compliments from across the room, someone else is showing everybody what they brought to wear, and suddenly the thing you spent three weeks worrying about feels a whole lot less intimidating.
So What Is an LRP Babes Day Actually Like?
Every Babes Day starts with a theme I build the entire event around, which means no two really look or feel the same. Heatwave had water, bubbles and summer chaos. Slaughterhouse is full of blood. Hit Me With Color was paint + floral themed. Tacos, Tushies + Tarot leaned fully into the witchy girls-night energy. Ride or Die went in a completely different direction with a Harley in the rain, and Masquerade brought its own entire look.
You’ll arrive with the rest of the group, get settled in, meet everyone, enjoy some really good girldinner type potluck style food, and spend four hours hanging out between shooting times. When it’s your turn, we’ll photograph your portion of the event just like I would any other session: I’m directing you, posing you, fixing little details, and making sure you are never standing there wondering what the hell you’re supposed to do with your hands.
The part that makes Babes Day different is everything happening around your session.
There are people hanging out, talking, laughing, checking out everyone’s outfits and losing their minds when somebody walks back in after absolutely murdering their set. If you came alone, you are very rarely sitting alone for long. If you came with friends, you’ll probably leave knowing more people than you showed up with. And THAT is basically Babes Day in a nutshell.
The Group Is a Huge Part of Why People Love Them
One of my favorite things to watch is someone come to their first event after mostly lurking in the VIP group and suddenly put faces to all the names they’ve been seeing online.
By the second or third event, you start seeing familiar little groups form. Somebody walks in and immediately gets screamed at from across the room. People start coordinating which events they’re going to next. Friendships have come out of these things that had absolutely nothing to do with photography in the beginning. After Tacos, Tushies + Tarot, one woman wrote:
“This year has been all about accepting myself and feeling confident in my skin. While it may take me a bit to warm up to get them taken I appreciate every bit these photos have brought me. The amazing women in this group supporting each other is so great to see and be apart of.”
Another said: “Thanks to you lovely ladies stepping outside of my comfort zone is definitely something I can check off my bucket list! TTT WAS AMAZING AND I CANT WAIT FOR ANOTHER LRP BABES DAY!” And that last sentence comes up a LOT.
Then You Get the Photos Back
Obviously we still need to discuss the actual reason there are cameras involved. Babes Day galleries can be a little wild because you may go into one thinking you’re just grabbing a few fun photos from a themed event and then receive your gallery and immediately have a problem because you cannot narrow them down One Heatwave client wrote:
“I could NOT pick a favorite out of this gallery. I keep looking at them and thinking – is that really me?”
She had originally started doing these shoots because she wanted to become more comfortable in her skin and stop hating how she looked. Heatwave gave her another set of images she loved, but she also talked about how much the group itself had become part of that experience for her. Another woman was only on her second boudoir shoot when she posted: “I seriously cannot get over these pictures from HEATWAVVEEE. This was only my second attempt at doing boudoir and I can see just how easily it is to get addicted and want to do it all the time.”
And honestly, that is probably the funniest side effect of Babes Day. I’ll create one theme thinking it sounds fun, everybody shows up and does their thing, and before I’ve even finished dealing with that event somebody is already asking me what I’m planning next. Which is how we end up with people who booked one Babes Day and somehow find themselves on the list for three more.
And There Is Always Something Next
I don’t recycle one Babes Day formula and give it a new name. Part of the fun for me is coming up with a completely new concept and figuring out how the hell I’m going to pull it off. That means you might love one theme and have absolutely zero interest in another, which is completely fine. Then six months later I announce something that immediately makes you go, “Oh fuck, I need that one.”
That is exactly how I want Babes Day to work. They happen throughout the year in Fort Worth, and I announce upcoming events inside the LRP VIP group first. So if you’ve been watching everyone else’s galleries roll in and wondering what these things are actually like, now you know.
And when I inevitably announce another ridiculous idea that sounds like your kind of fun, come join us.
