Kind Words

“Shay totally made me feel completely comfortable and my nerves went away instantly!!! She had me laughing the whole time and made the whole experience so much fun! Totally knows how to position you to show your best features! Never felt more gorgeous, love looking at my photos!” – Colleen

“Shay recently did a boudoir shoot for me. Outstanding. The only words to describe the job she did.” – Michelle

"My boudoir session was so much fun. Shay made me feel very comfortable and at ease. She helped with posing, facial expression, and every other aspect of the experience. She truly tailored the session to my personality and the look I was going for. She made sure every shot came out perfect—which they did! I love the way my pictures turned out and would highly recommend her to everybody." –Marissa

"I wanted to do a shoot like this for myself and my fiance before we got married. I was nervous about how I would look and worried that I was being silly for thinking I could look good in these types of pictures. Chycaria met me for lunch and kept in touch with me for months before the shoot to get to know me. That made me feel so comfortable when we finally did the shoot. (Our shoot was delayed by Covid.) I would suggest that if you have any desire to have these photos taken... do it! You won't regret it. I'm very happy with the photos and so is my fiance and I have a new friend." – Kelly Marie

“I loved working with her and omg we had so much fun! never too serious but just serious enough, she guided me through poses and I hope to do more shoots with this ray of sunshine!” -Ally

Long story short this year has been so hard for me between my chronic illnesses and losing over 100lbs. I forgot who I was. I forgot about how beautiful I was. I forgot how important I am. Between this amazing photographer and the MUA Tonya they have given me my self confidence back. I walked away a new person. -Jeanine

"OMG...Perna Photography: Boudoir I keep looking at these pictures and I'm just speechless!!! Once someone else gets to see them I'll put a few more out... clothes on people don't get it twisted! I've NEVER EVER liked myself in pictures... I'm almost in tears these are so beautiful!" - April

“Shay is so sweet and modest but so fun! I enjoyed my maternity boudoir shoot so much, not only was I beyond mortified and nervous but wasn’t feeling all that secure with embracing my body until I got a few minutes of shooting with her and she made me forget all of my worries and made me feel comfortable and confident again! She was very funny and was super easy to work with as well as professional I’d highly recommend her to anyone!” -Brianne

"I had an amazing experience! I thought it would be a little weird at first, but I was completely comfortable and relaxed. I would recommend anyone to do this at least once! Thank you to the wonderful ladies that made me feel so beautiful and empowered." - Adrianne

"AMAZING ! Could not wait to rave about my Experience. From the flawless makeup and hair done by Gwen. To having Hands down the best photographer I have ever worked with. She was patient , kind , and exceptional. Helpful though each step of the process! She even got me to convince my husband who's HATES photos to come along. He ended up enjoying himself . Sneak peeks looks amazing I was such in awwww. I felt super confident and we had fun. Greatest experience ever to work with such a talented woman. Been following her for over a year and finally got the opportunity to work with her. If I wasn't moving I definitely do it again. Like I'm still in amazement how well everything went despite the obstacles we had to make it happen around hubbies schedule." – Tiyanna

Shay and Gwen are amazing! Shay really went out of her way to get to know us as a couple, and tried to incorporate our ideas and kept the session representing us. She made us feel comfortable during the session. She was awesome to connect with and made my husband feel great during this session and probably made his head a little bigger lol. Gwen asked why I wanted and I didn’t have an idea but she worked with Shay to create a look that would go with the outfits Shay chose. I’m glad I had these two to share our first boudoir experience with the and can’t wait to display the photos!