Sultry, Sweet or Sassy: The Professional Photographer's Guide to Boudoir Photography Techniques Paperback – July 15, 2014

As a relatively experienced professional photographer, I like to think I can turn my hand to any job that presents itself to me. In that sense, I like a challenge. But when I was asked if I would do Boudoir, my initial response was 'sure, I can do that', shortly followed by 'oh heck, what have I got myself in to?'! Thanks to Kay's straightforward book, I was able to pull off some great photos that my client really liked. If you are looking to get started in this bourgeoning field, you can't go wrong with her guide.This book is a well-organized compendium of recipes for success, applicable to beginners through advanced photographers. What makes Kay's approach so accessible is her careful use of un-complicated lighting setups, together with inspired posing and prop suggestions. It's easy to get overwhelmed with elaborate equipment demands in some tutorials, but Kay keeps it really simple (only 4 different light source combinations, plus window light, are used throughout the entire book), emphasizing instead how much you can do with relatively few light sources and modifiers.During the course of our first session, I found myself turning to this book over and over again, not only to remind ourselves of what we had planned for the day, but also to bounce ideas off the client by showing the amazing sample images in the book as a source of inspiration for both of us. Being as the formulas were relatively simple, I soon was able to produce results as flattering as the sample images, and soon had the client's confidence.Boudoir photography turned out to be one of the most challenging assignments I had encountered, but with the help of Kay Eskridge's book, I was able to both overcome my anxiety, and produce some photographs that both my client and I can be proud of!

The media could not be loaded.  Author Kay Eskridge takes an approachable, educational look at boudoir photography. Her aim is for real women to have fun while empowering them.Celebrate women of all body types and ethnicities, and go beyond improvisation to proven techniques. Eskridge’s well-organized work covers beginners and veteran boudoir photographers alike. Her lighting setups are simple yet her poses and prop suggestions are inspired and creative. Making things even easier is her insistence on limiting her lighting combinations to just four, plus window light. Learn how to get more out of less.The information is extremely straightforward, even including such necessities as F-stop, camera type, lens used, lighting, and shutter speed.Beyond the artistic aspects of boudoir photography, author Eskridge also puts a spotlight on the business itself. Learn how to sell an album to your clients, and not just a collection of pictures. Just as importantly, the author provides a rating system. You can easily tell which images were client or studio (or both!) favorites.Take your business to the next level and create works of art your clients can’t help but love.

The photos are very good, the layout is very user friendly, and the explanations of how the photos were done are well explained. This is a great little book for the hobbyist or photo buffs wanting to learn more - certainly not an end-all volume on how to shoot boudoir photography, but well worth getting and there's good information in here along with some very nice work. I'd recommend this one, but wish it was a hardback book, just don't care much for paperbacks! For the money, it's plenty good enough.

Text is OK, but schematic illustrations are bad - it is hard to guess how exactly softbox or other light sources were placed, also, there is no mentioning of focal length of used lens for specific photo. But hey, this book is cheap. Too bad there is no downloadable (and printable) version in PDF. Some other publishers of similar book, will give you printable version as well, along with kindle book purchase.

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Kay has provided not only photographers with a wonderful resource for boudoir photography, but this is a MUST read for any client looking to do a boudoir photo shoot. I purchased this book while traveling home from Las Vegas and couldn't put it down. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book!

This book is straight to point about how each photograph was set up and shot. Camera type, Lens used, F stop setting, shutter speed and lighting. I just received the book a few days ago so I have not done any of the covered shots myself but since the information is so direct I have faith that my photos will look great with a little trial and error.

Creative and fun

Fabulous addition to my photography collection

Worth buying.

Some good ideas.