Use Boudoir Photography to Highlight Your Tattoos

Tattoos are a great way to express your personality and individuality. Tattoos can be found on men, women, and even children! Tattoos are often given as gifts or commemorations of an event in one's life. Tattoo sleeves are popular tattoos that cover the arms from the wrist to just below the shoulder. Tattoo lovers have come up with some clever ways to show off their tattoos for work, family, or social outings--and boudoir photography is one of our favorite techniques! Boudoir photography is a type of photography that features sensual images of women in seductive poses--perfect for showcasing t

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Why Blog About Boudoir Photography?

Are you a boudoir photographer and thinking about promoting your business website? Many boudoir photographers have blogs. They are a great way to attract and connect with your boudoir clientele, show off samples of your work, improve boudoir photography skills and give advice on boudoir posing. Here's why boudoir blogging for boudoir photographers like you is the key to success!

What is the Next Big Thing in Boudoir Photography?

In the past, boudoir photography was reserved for couples looking to spice up their love life. But now, a lot of women are turning to it as a form of therapy after a tough break-up or divorce. The result is an artful way to reclaim one's own body and sexuality following trauma and abuse. Learn how this intimate form of self-expression can help you work through emotional pain by sharing images with your partner, alone or with a group of people who understand what you're going through.

How to Come Into Your Boudoir Session with a Healthy and Powerful Mindset

What does our mindset have to do with a boudoir shoot? A lot! You may be surprised to hear that many women come into their session with a negative mindset. They think that they are not attractive and they are uncomfortable in front of the camera. These thoughts can influence how your shoot goes, and it may even affect your post-shoot experience as well.

The 5 People You DO NOT Want to Bring to Your Boudoir Shoot

A shoot with Chicago Boudoir is an empowering experience, a way to pamper yourself. Would you invite people to watch you get a massage? How about to get your hair colored? How about to a bikini wax? Yes at some point most of you will show these photos to a romantic partner and maybe more, but it’s not always a great idea to have someone behind the scenes with you.

The Top Five Predictors of a Healthy Romantic Relationship

Romantic relationships can take on a lot of forms, and it’s difficult to make hard and fast rules about what works and what doesn’t. However, there are researchers who are dedicated to this study, fortunately and they have a few important insights. Successful relationships, in fact, have several things in common!

Glamour Blog: A Boudoir Shoot Solved My Body Image Issues

Naturally I was intrigued when I saw that Glamour had a blog post about boudoir shoots! I love it when my niche industry gets a bit of coverage on a big platform. Especially an article with such a positive message about a woman improving her body image. This aligns perfectly with what I strive to do with every woman who comes into the studio. My goal is to boost self image and empower every woman!

Unexpected Skills Required To Be A Boudoir Photographer

When I embarked on a career as a boudoir photographer, I had some assumptions about the skills I would need to be successful. I knew there were key technical skills, like expertise in use of an SLR camera, lighting and digital editing tools. I also knew that artistic and creative talent was very important to create beautiful images. Communication is also important when working with clients to pose and frame. After all, I’d been a professional photographer for over a decade.

Google Searches That Lead to chicago-boudoir.com

I thought it would be fascinating to see what people are looking for when they come to my website. Obviously this is pretty basic stuff for someone who does business of any kind online :)

I pulled from google analytics the top search 100 search terms where chicago-boudoir.com came up as a result and then made a word cloud! More fun for me than for you perhaps, but it’s a nice visualization

Black and White Boudoir

Now a good black and white photo has to start with a great photo! I take all images in color first before making the decision to convert to black and white. I may decide to do a monochromatic (single color) look and use blue for the single color rather than black; that would be impossible if I hadn’t started with a color image.

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