Most of us are at least familiar with the concept of Boudoir Photography, in which a client, usually female, hires a photographer to produce glamorous, sexy and, most importantly, private images for her Significant Other.  This trend has been around for a long time but has exploded in popularity since digital became a driving force in photography, and for a couple of reasons.  First, societal mores have been increasingly relaxed.  You can blame that on current fashion, MTV, the Summer of Love or whatever you want, but the fact remains that sex and sexuality play a greater role in our lives than anytime in the past.  Secondly, the aforementioned issue of privacy.  With digital, the only people who might see the images are the photographer, client and recipient.  The risk of a photo lab employee recognizing the teller at his bank has been eliminated.

Boudoir style photography differs from conventional photography in that it can lean more toward art and can be very effective, perhaps most effective, when some conventional “rules” are broken.

Because these jobs are contracts between people off the street and the photographer, most real boudoir images are never published.  There is no release needed, because the photographer is trusted to not use the images for anything other than the client’s use.  Let me stress that point – any photographer who abuses that trust and exposes his client to the public deserves to be sued, and sued big time. 

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