The Business of Boudoir Photography

Next Available Three-day workshop. 6:00pm Friday, March 2nd through 12:00pm Sunday, March 4th, 2012.

Boudoir photography is one of the fastest growing markets in the photography business. It has become a mainstream item for women of all backgrounds. Women have boudoir portraits taken to celebrate engagements, anniversaries or just to do something special for themselves.

This three-day workshop will give you the training you need to add boudoir photography to your list of services. We'll cover everything from setting up your space to working with clients and, of course, the actual shoot.

Please note: This workshop contains adult content and is not suitable for anyone under the age of 21. Students will be photographing models in various states of undress. We will not be shooting full nudes, however, models may be exposed briefly during shooting and the course materials do contain nudity. The images on the left indicate the type of photos we'll be shooting during our sessions.

Friday: 6:00-9:00pm

Getting ready to start your boudoir business

Working with a model
Types of Boudoir Photography
Understanding client preferences
Setting up your studio
Sets and props
Getting the right lighting equipment
Communicating with your clients
Defining your boundaries
Using the right software

Saturday 9:00am - 12:00pm

Before the shoot (morning session)

The studio space
Meet our models
Preparing your shoot plan
The model release
Wardrobe
Finances and payments

Lunch 12:00 - 1:00pm

Lunch is provided and included in session fees.

Saturday 1:00pm - 6:00pm

The shoot (afternoon session)

During the afternoon session we will have a live boudoir shoot. Each participant will shoot each model in a variety of settings following our "playlist" of lighting setups and poses. Models will be posing in lingerie. There will be no nudity during the photo shoot.

Lighting setups.
Posing the model.
Lighting and posing for different body types and issues.
Lightroom workflow

Saturday 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Dinner and Photo Review

After a long day of learning and shooting we'll relax with a catered meal right in the studio. After the meal we'll watch a slideshow of the our favorite images of the day.

Sunday 9:00am - 12:00pm

After The Shoot (morning session)

We'll continue our workshop by learning how to take the amazing images from our shoot and process them and make a final print. This session is all about working with your clients to make sales.

Using Lightroom to review images and choose winners
Watermarking your images
Batch processing your images
Wrapping up the session with your client
Post processing tips using Lightroom and Photoshop
Session wrap up.

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