07/01/2025
I took some self-portraits in my studio this week. (I was testing out the AC and unfortunately, it is not strong enough and I am going to need to buy a more powerful one. If you're one of the people I reached out to about a bo***ir session but haven't heard from me yet, this is why. I need to cool the space down for you all in this heat!)
This is natural light only, (but it will be shot with strobes in the future) and I'm working on my posing flow guide. Do you see how many variations you can get from just a small change of hand placement or shift of the body?! I can't wait to offer this guide for you all. You really don't need much, a stool, a chair, a couch, an ottoman... you can do these poses on anything!
You also don't NEED to be lingerie! I know so many people want to do it but they’re too self-conscious and don’t want to be in lingerie. You absolutely don’t have to be! I LOVE a simple skirt and bra. The sexuality can be implied! (And in some ways, I think it’s a lot sexier that way) I help you with posing, from your body to your face and we create some classically beautiful, sensual, intimate images. You could also just wear a sweater and underwear or a white button down shirt. There are so many options other than lingerie! And this is the type of bo***ir I want to be offering. It's softer, more emotive, sensual, the sexuality is implied... YOU are the focus and the work of art, not the set. Hand painted backdrops and romantic, victorian sets are want I want to build my studio around.
Also, if you've seen my art social media account, you'll have seen that I'm talking about how I'm no longer compartmentalizing parts of my personality on different social medias. You can read about that on my instagram. ( or you can see it on my art page as well Rosalee McGilvery Art)
(I started to edit out my chest acne and scars without even thinking... because that's just a part of my editing
routine/workflow. I offer 2 types of editing that you choose from in the questionnaire I send out when you book. But almost everyone chooses the glamour option, so that's what I'm used to doing... but a few images in I thought.... no, f**k this. This is what my body looks like, I do have a lot of scarring from side effects of my medication. I'm not editing it out. If you don't want to see it, don't look. I'm still hot..)
