Boudoir photography
Boudoir photography is an intimate and sexy type of photography. It is a session where you can be your glamourous self, pampered and looking very sexy. This is something you can do to treat yourself or surprise your partner.
What is boudoir? It is a French word that means a lady’s private room.
Wikipedia description is as follows:
A boudoir is a lady‘s private bedroom, sitting room or dressing room. The term derives from the French verb bouder, meaning “to pout“[1].
Historically, the boudoir formed part of the private suite of rooms of a lady, for bathing and dressing, adjacent to her bedchamber, being the female equivalent of the male cabinet. In later periods, the boudoir was used as a private drawing room, and was used for other activities, such as embroidery or entertaining intimate acquaintances.
In Caribbean English a boudoir is the front room of the house where women entertain family and friends.
Latterly, the term boudoir has come to denote a style of furnishing the bedroom that is traditionally described as ornate or busy. The plethora of links available on the internet to furnishing sites using the term boudoir tend to focus on Renaissance and French inspired bedroom styles. They have, in recent times also been used to describe the ‘country cottage’ style with whitewashed styled walls large heavy bed furniture and deep bedding.
Do you offer this type of photography session? Yes, I do boudoir photography.
Where? All of my boudoir sessions are done in a 3 or 4 star hotel room in central London. As these hotels are tastefully decorated and very private. You will be able to relax and enjoy your session. In order to avoid distractions I do not do boudoir photography in your home.
How long will the session take? On the whole, the session will be between 4 to 5 hours. This includes pampering and styling, relaxation and photography.
What should I wear? You can bring sexy undergarments, your partner’s favourite clothes (or accessories), sexy shoes, etc. *After booking, we will meet up for a consultation with a fashion stylist who will advise you on the best items to wear.
Should I apply make up? You do not need to. A professional makeup artist will do that for best results.
Will you retouch my images? Yes, your images will be retouched.
What is in the package?
- Descreet and Glamourous: 2-hours photography, pre-session consultation, fashion stylist consultation*, make-up artist and hair stylist, 50 images on your private online gallery, 20-pages professionally printed photo album or high-resolution files on CD, photo editing and retouching. Hotel fee will vary, depending on the hotel and room availability.
What about copyright? The copyright belongs to the photographer but full copyright release is possible for a fee. Your images will not be posted online publicly without your consent (via a model release).
Will I get copies on CD? If you prefer a CD to an album then yes, you will get a CD with high-resolution files for personal use only.
Importrant note: *Fashion stylist consultation is an option, if you are confident of how you look and what you want in your photographs, we can skip this.
To book or for more details, please feel free to contact me.
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