Asking clients to lie on the floor
I use a boudoir posing platform which elevates clients off the floor, not puts them down on it.
I would never ask a bridal boudoir client to lie on the floor for a boudoir pose.
To me, bridal boudoir is about creating beautiful, elegant body portraits and lingerie portraits. I don’t believe a woman should be asked to lie down on a floor, particularly while wearing lingerie or nothing at all.
There are countless ways to create powerful, sensual and artistic images without putting a client on the floor.
For me, it’s simply about respect, elegance and how I want my clients to feel during the experience.
To capture the best body shapes, including lifts and arches on film a hard surface is required. It is lazy and down right disrespectful to use the floor.
2. Sharing private client bridal boudoir photographs
I don’t share private client work unless the client has specifically given me permission to do so. And there’s a reason for that. It’s about respect. And trust.
Bridal boudoir is commissioned as a private photographic experience, intended for the client and whoever she chooses to share those images with.
It isn’t a lingerie model shoot.
It isn’t fashion photography.
It isn’t commercial photography.
It’s personal.
And I believe that privacy should be respected unless the client herself decides otherwise.
3. Shit lighting
I use creative professional studio lighting, designed to flatter.
As a professional photographer, I place enormous importance on beautiful, flattering, artistic and creative lighting.
Boudoir photography is about shaping the body, creating atmosphere, building emotion and making someone look and feel incredible.
Putting somebody in a room with flat, boring or poorly considered light and simply taking photographs doesn’t meet my standard.
Lighting isn’t an afterthought in boudoir.
Lighting is the art.
4. Male boudoir photographers
This is probably the most controversial point and I’m very comfortable saying it.
I believe women are best served by a female photographer when it comes to bridal boudoir.
I founded my company in 2002 because, at the tim
