🇬🇧 Suggestions for preparing for a boudoir or fine art nude photo shoot

Nobody likes to look ugly in photos, and with little or no clothes the challenge can be great for some people, but it is possible to have good results, even without having a model body. It is also possible to have bad results even with a perfect body, if you neglect some precautions. See my suggestions for preparing for a boudoir or fine art nude photo shoot by me. Recommendations aimed at the result you are looking for and your profile are offered in the online meeting I have with clients before photoshoots to plan how to do each one.

I warn that I work to value the beauty of each client, but I do not invent beauty where the client sabotages himself/herself, such as poorly cared skin or very damaged hair. I don't do skin and hair editing to correct what the client doesn't want to seek a definitive solution to solve. Unlike commercial photographers who sometimes make models unrecognisable through editing, I look for the real beauty of each person, and I mainly explore makeup and lighting resources to obtain the desired effects.

This text concerns my way of working at the time of its publication. As I am always evolving, learning and improving, the most important guidelines are those offered individually to each client in the interview prior to the photo shoot.

Artistic nude photoshoots are carried out where there are no legal impediments to make them happen.

1. Choose carefully what you are going to wear. The customer must wear their own lingerie, and if they are vulgar, in inappropriate sizes, have defects, are stained, among other reasons, the result will deviate from the objective of having an aesthetically pleasing image. Colours and fabrics also affect the final result of the photograph. Investing in beautiful and good quality lingerie, in sizes and models that suit your profile is worth it to have a photographic record that you are proud to show to someone else. If you want, you can count on my style consulting focused on the shooting. If the client has accessories and other items that are related to the subject of the shooting, (s)he can suggest, until the online meeting, their inclusion, and (s)he will be responsible for taking them to the photo session.
2. Know that makeup is important in photo sessions. If you're not used to it, get used to the idea. If you are allergic to cosmetics, you must inform this by email when requesting the service, detailing which substances you are allergic to.
3. If you have the courage to go out with hair full of split ends or broken, I think it won't be a problem to register it like that in the photos. My suggestion is that you completely eliminate broken and split ends from your hair by going to a good hairdresser and having them cut. Badly cared for hair looks ugly in photos. I'm not going to spend hours editing photos to show beautiful, healthy hair if you don't do the basics to keep it beautiful and healthy.
4. The same principle applies to skin care. Makeup helps a lot, but I refuse to edit skin to look like something you’re not. If the intention is precisely to look like something you are not, it will be the makeup and lighting that will cause this effect.
5. Feel like a beautiful and attractive person. If that feeling comes from within, the end result is better.

My communication is usually pretty straightforward, so healthy self-esteem is important. It is not feasible to work with people who are offended by what I say or how I say it. I do not intentionally offend my customers.

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