Wait… isn’t boudoir just a fancy name for risqué photos in your birthday suit? So, are you saying that the full monty isn’t necessary? – Friends, let’s talk!
I’m going to address the elephant in the room right off the bat – NUDITY IS ALWAYS OPTIONAL. Phew, I feel better now, hope you do too. Let’s move on, shall we?
Now what I’d like to do, is kick the elephant out the front door – nudity, naked, bare, and any other buzzwords belonging to this family are outta here. The question shouldn’t be if you should bare all or not, instead let’s try:
What do I need to do to feel…
Vulnerable
Intimate
Fierce
Confident
Sexy
Badass
Empowered
If showing additional skin helps you to accomplish any of those, then by all means, DO IT. We live for the moment that someone decides to throw all their inhibitions out the window – because that means we have fostered the environment for them to do so.
Above all, the goal of a boudoir session is to capture your essence in your most private state. It’s about letting the camera see a side of you that is normally only seen behind closed doors or with the drop-dead-lucky people you choose to share it with. Sexy isn’t defined by the percentage of private parts you uncover, it’s the energy you exhibit in your most raw and real form. That’s what we are here to do, unleash your badassery (is that even a word?), at its finest.
And if this blog has left you thinking – I don’t know how to show this stripped-down-state you speak of! – Absolutely have no fear, that’s why I am here. You can bet your bottom dollar that I’ll get you there.
Carrie Roseman Studios is a body-positive, luxury portrait studio in Connecticut, and available worldwide.