Critique the Community
Your Best Photo of 2022
Critique The Community Is Back! Upload Your Best Image of 2022
Congratulations to the winners!
The results from the last photo critique are in!
Rules & Prizes
Six months ago we dismantled our studio but we are finally back in business again. Submit your favorite image that has been taken this year (2022) and Patrick and I will critique them live next week. Each photographer is allowed to submit up to three images. Make sure you write a little bit about the image in the description. We want to hear about how the image was conceived, lit, and edited. Submissions without a description will be disqualified.
As always, the highest-rated image, and one random image will receive a free tutorial from the Fstoppers Store.
Featured image by Mark Rowe
Fri, 05/06/2022 - 13:45
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116 people have cast a total of 5,834 votes on 209 entries from 105 participants
Contest Submissions
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27 Comments
Only one alcoholic beverage shot, that I saw. You don't think that instead of photographing the drinks, they were....
Lee Morris If you could change the deadline to May 6, we could upload some submissions. :)
Whoops! fixed now
First of all thanks for selecting my image and rating it higher than the community did lol. (Mine was the boudoir image of the 2 girls).
So, to address some of your thoughts/questions you raised while talking about my image.
A lot of people find it strange or even a bit taboo. However, as a boudoir photographer I can assure that most of my clients (and most of the clients of my fellow boudoir photographers) do not do it for their spouses/bfs to see. It is more about seeing themselves in a different way, in a way in which other people might see them, but not necessarily themselves (a lot of them do not think they are 'worthy' enough or beautiful enough). This genre, if done properly, boosts their confidence in such a way!
I did weddings a long time ago, and I've gotten more tears of joy from boudoir clients than from brides. They look at themselves and can't believe they are them!
Being a male boudoir photographer is harder than being a female one. However, I've never had any issues whatsoever. There are always creeps who do it for the wrong reasons, sure. But the vast majority are really professional guys.
Another thing is that a lot of people tend to confuse boudoir with erotica. There might be a 'fine line'. But boudoir is not about sexuality, but rather sensuality, which is not the same.
Now, this is a complicated genre because not only you need to be good at photography, but also have the correct soft skills. It is much harder to make someone feel at ease while wearing underwear or nothing at all.
From a business standpoint, apart from commercial, I can say it is probably the most lucrative genre in photography.
Thanks again! :)
Lee Morris
Patrick Hall