Nude

“Sometimes nudity is sexy. Sometimes it’s not.
Sometimes being clothed is more sexy than being nude.
I think people tend to get the two mixed up.”
Helen Mirren

Bodyscapes

In contrast to a portrait, a bodyscape focuses solely on the outside, aiming to celebrate the aesthetics of the human form by depicting (parts of) a body, either male or female, as if it were a landscape. The lines and shapes of the naked body are emphasized using pose and perspective, light and shadow. Posing for a bodyscape shoot can be a great help in learning to see your own body in a new light. As these images are all about physical features and not about the personality of the model, I generally choose to keep faces out of the frame.

Art Nude Portraiture

If the focus expands to encompass both the sheer beauty of your naked body and your personality, then we're moving into art nude portraiture territory. An art nude portrait is both about the outside and the inside; the human form we all share, and your individuality as a person. This is the domain of ultimate self-expression, 'body and soul'. An art nude portaiture photoshoot often turns insecurities into empowerment and has the potential to radically transforms how you see yourself, revealing a version of your beauty you may not have realized existed.

Boudoir

In between portraits and art nude portraiture there's a photography segment called boudoir, named after the private dressing room where a woman can freely move in various states of (un)dress. Like art nude portraiture, boudoir aims to capture both your beauty and personality, but in a less revealing way, and often in a more playful and teasing fashion. Parts of your body will be strategically hidden from view by the pose and the direction of the light, or are simply covered by fabric like lingerie, bed sheets or a bathrobe, effectively adding sensuality to the scene. You are in full control, deciding what to reveal and what to conceal.

Self-Love

Photography styles like bodyscapes, boudoir, and art nude portraiture offer an excellent and highly effective way to boost your confidence and self esteem. Seeing your own body in its natural beautiful splendor, favourably lit and tastefully photographed, is a great antidote for the heavily photoshopped, unrealistic beauty standards society imposes on us. Treating yourself to such a shoot can be a powerful act of self-love, and self-care.

TFP

Bodyscapes, boudoir and art-nude portaiture photo sessions are usually commissioned private shoots, exclusively intended for the eyes that the client had in mind. But if you want to express yourself incorporating your body (or simply want to experiment) and you're looking for a non-commercial creative collaboration, we can discuss Time for Picture (TFP). That's a form of collaboration in which we both invest our time, creativity and talent, to create beautiful images together that we're both allowed to use (e.g. for portfolios). We can work indoors or outdoors, play with lights, projection, specialty lenses, effect filters, smoke and mirrors... Prior to a shoot we discuss the goal, expected result and usage, and explicitly put down in a signed contract wat we will and will not include in the pictures. 

All images you see in the 'bodyscapes' album are the result of such TFP shoots. As the name suggests, the album contains primarily bodyscapes. Boudoir and art-nude portraiture can be based on a 'Time for Picture' collab too, but that doesn't happen often enough to fill an album. I do want to give you an impression of these styles, so I placed a few examples in the bodyscapes album. If requested by the model, I've anonymized those images by obscuring the face (either by pose, lighting or cropping) to protect their privacy.