Night cityscape and night street photography. Followed by model photography.
Melanin_Royalty
joined 11 months ago
Haha I get you about the pronunciation of the word.
The thing is there’s creeps and weirdos on both sides women just make more noise about it. Men brush it off and keep it moving.
As for why do boudoir even if the pay isn’t as much, it’s not always about bread (money). If that was the case I wouldn’t take photos of half the things I capture, most of what I do is because I’m interested in it and I like the look of it so I want to freeze that moment. It’s no different with boudoir or capturing a beautiful woman. Inspiration starts with an interest, nothing wrong with that or admitting to it.
The whole label of men photographers being just in it to be creepy is lame, even the OP’s own friends vouched for the guy after having shoots with him.
The hilarious part about this whole comment thread is as a creative (photographer/videographer) who has mostly commercial clients, when it comes to all the fields that make real money (commercial development, product shoots, weddings, corporate events) you’re always told to “work for free”, “build a portfolio”, “provide free work first”, “you can’t charge for something you’re not experienced with” but oh low and behold boudoir MUST be different if you’re a male photographer just getting into it. You’re just magically supposed to have a portfolio and people are just supposed to randomly want to work with you.
If we’re being real that’s not how it works, this is becoming a field of photography that’s being dominated by women photographers playing off the “male photographers are creepy to want to see you in this way” thing. Even if that male is 10 times better and can create an even better overall experience to the client. They want to keep it that way so they fuel that fire consistently.
My advice to males who really want to get into boudoir, ask friends (women you’re dating) to help build your portfolio, if you’re going to really do it, actually be a professional, DON’T do free shoots, I charge a good amount for a 30 min shoot and it goes up with more time and more photos and looks. Have paper work (contracts, model releases, use of likeness), and use a studio and an assistant.
Also believe it or not there are women who throw themselves at you even in a professional setting it’s not always us (I’ve had it happen countless of times in everything that I do, from personal training to photography to having women working for me in my career field), most women think they can have whatever man they want and it’s cool when they do it but it’s a problem when we do so resist it and be professional.
As a male photographer who has mostly commercial clients (events/corporate) that pay way more than boudoir and would like to explore boudoir photography I find it’s very difficult to even get clients for boudoir without a portfolio so you would definitely need to do a few for free or at least low priced.
I feel most women simply only want to work with a female photographer and I’ve seen women not be great at photography for all the things you just listed above. Also the women I’ve seen who do boudoir definitely share and post the content all over their social media and the shoots are just as tasteless, with trashy sexual poses no different from their male counterparts.
So when it comes down to it, doesn’t seem like a skill thing. Just a matter of “well at least the photographer is a female capturing me.”
Yes and no but most of the information is out there for you to find, learn, and practice. You’re going about it wrong and looking for handouts. Why would anyone just want to give you information? What did you offer those people you’re seeking out to give you something?