11 Essential tips when choosing your Boudoir Photographer
You are about to have a boudoir photography session but you want to make sure you have picked the best photographer for you. You may never do this again, so you want to make sure that your photographer is going to bring out the very best in you.
So many ladies want to have a boudoir photography experience but find it hard to pick the right photographer.
Our team have put together a few tips on what to consider when choosing your boudoir photographer… enjoy!
Make sure your boudoir photographer is…
1. A specialist Boudoir Photographer
There are photographers to suit all your needs such as wedding photographers, event photographers, commercial photographers and portrait photographers – you name it!
You want to make sure that you are booking a photographer who lives and breathes Glamour and Boudoir photography.
Why? Because a specialist glamour and boudoir photographer will understand how to professionally light the female form, pose all body types and be experienced in guiding a woman through a transformational experience.
A professional glamour and boudoir photographer is a master at making a woman look great and feel great!
2. A member of the AIPP and award winning
The AIPP (Australian Institute of professional photographers) is the peak industry body for photography and videography across Australia. Photographers part of the AIPP have to go through a qualification process to be accepted meaning that it gives you piece of mind knowing they are qualified.
If you can also source an award winning AIPP photographer then you will know you are in very capable hands. Any AIPP photographer who has won awards at state or national level will be a high class photographer.
Between our team of Zest photographers we have two AIPP Masters and have been awarded over 50 industry awards including 4 golds.
3. Interested to know… what’s your purpose for doing a boudoir photo shoot?
What inspired you to want something like this for yourself? What would you like to get out of doing a Boudoir photography session?
A lot of women decide to do something like this for themselves in order to see themselves in a more positive light, to help rediscover themselves and look and feel amazing! Many have been through trauma or dramatic changes in their life and need to experience confidence and beauty in order to heal and move forward.
Whatever your reason is, it is important that your boudoir photographer has the empathy to understand this and understand you, so they can help you to achieve a positive change in your shoot and guide you through a transformational experience.
4. Has incredible past customers experiences
Out of all the advice you will get about how to choose a boudoir photographer that is right for you, this is without the doubt the most important one.
Any photographer can show awards, beautiful photography galleries and great looking websites which is valuable, however, knowing what other customers experiences have been will give you a great idea on what you will achieve by going through a boudoir photography experience.
Will you just be having a photoshoot? and get some nice photos? or will your experience be life changing and even transformational.
Check out past customer reviews of your photographer and ask to see what past customers have said.
Here are a few examples of what to look for:
5. Has a dedicated Boudoir studio with different backgrounds and sets
A boudoir photography session is all about you! Having different backgrounds and sets creates different environments to bring out different sides of you.
Different colours and different textures of backgrounds will also add different dimension to your photography plus different types of lingerie and costumes work better with different backgrounds.
Here are a few examples below:
6. Has a whole team to look after you!
Your boudoir photography experience begins from the moment you contact the photography company to after you have picked up your beautiful artwork.
It’s important to know that there is more than one person looking after you through your experience such as session planners, makeup artists, photography assistants, photo retouchers and fine art specialists.
The people behind the scenes who help you to prepare, to plan out the look and feel behind your shoot, who make you up on the day and who assist the photographer in working their magic all play a very large role in a beautiful, high end boudoir photoshoot.
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When considering a photographer, be sure to ask them about who will be there on the day and find out about their personalities and learn a bit about the people that will be taking you through this experience.
Here are a few examples:
7. Guaranteed to capture the way you want to see yourself!
When ladies who work as professional models go into photoshoots, they very rarely are given a say as to what they wear, the look and feel of the shoot or how they see themselves.
This is something very important to consider when looking for a Boudoir photographer. The whole point of taking a leap of faith and doing something like this is to explore a more confident, beautiful, sexy and glamorous version of yourself. The photos need to reflect who you are as an individual, your unique style and personality, they need to be true to you!
Be sure to check out a photographers gallery and that you can see the unique personalities and style of the women in each example provided.
8. Professional website, pinterest page, Facebook page and Instagram page.
Make sure that your boudoir photographer you are considering is constantly updating their website, pinterest and social media with recent work, especially recent shoots which resonate with the style you would like for your Boudoir photo shoot.
Constant updates show that the photographer is always creating, improving and challenging themselves. It gives you evidence that they continue to help women to look and feel beautiful day in and day out and are up to date with latest trends and innovations.
Instagram Feed
Pinterest Feed
9. Blogs, Advice and Educational materials
You want to know that your boudoir photography is a master in their field. By researching and reading their blogs and educational materials, you will learn how experienced they are in all aspects of boudoir photography.
Through reading blogs you will see how passionate your photographer is and how knowledgeable they are. You will also see how much they are wanting to help and guide you through your experience.
When researching, you will find a high quality professional boudoir photographer will have written articles about how to prepare for your boudoir session, ideas on what to bring, different types of photography examples, stories of past clients and information about them and their personalities.
Here are a few examples of educational blogs:
WHAT TYPE OF GLAMOUR SHOOT IS RIGHT FOR ME?
10. Customer Reviews
When you plan to go to a hotel, a restaurant, a beauty therapist etc. the first thing many people do is read the reviews – to find out what sort of experience others have had and gain a collective understanding of the quality of the service before they invest.
Reviews are an authentic and open way to understand what other peoples experiences have been using that photographer. You want to know what the quality of service that you will receive and that every member of the team will help you in every way possible to create beautiful photos and have a truly transformative experience.
You want to make sure that your boudoir photographer has a minimum of 100 reviews on google and are rated at least a 4.8 star.
11. Innovative and Creative
Being a professional photographer is not easy! You have to constantly be innovating and pushing your creative energy to come up with new ideas and be playing with different concepts.
So you know that your photographer is edgy and pushing the status quo, make sure you see some out-there and artistic imagery. You may not necessarily be looking for this and you are more looking for the classic or natural boudoir, however, seeing a photographer taking their photography to different levels will show you passion and a drive to constant improvement.
If you are interested in booking a Zest Photography family, couple, modern glamour, boudoir or nude portrait photography experience, call 0862453150 or email us at info@zestphotography.com.au.