What Would I Do In An Erotica Session?
by Teresa Conner
Does the concept of owning your pleasure with an erotica session peak your interest but leave you wondering what pleasure you have to own?
Do you feel too tame or not creative enough for an intimate photography session like others you have seen?
Everyone deserves to know what they like and be able to enjoy it without shame or judgement. It is common for our clients to be discovering more about themselves as they go through their erotica experience. Your final images are sizzling evidence of all the progress you’ve made on your journey to asserting what feels good for you. Whether you are doing your session yourself, with a partner, or with multiple partners, our suggestions for examining your pleasure will get those ideas flowing in no time.
Start with style inspiration:
What kind of clothing has always screamed sexy to you?
Is it business suits, pencil skirts, bourbon and cigars? Have you always thought the best kind of seductive is lounging at home in just boxers or your favorite t-shirt with nothing else?
Maybe you’re a topless denim jeans fan. Whether it’s John and Yoko’s “bed-in for peace,” Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct, nipples through a white top, red shoes, black harness and a collar, or silk, you are well on your way!
Next, take an inventory of ways you have experienced pleasure already:
When engaging in sensual or sexual encounters, do you get pleasure from the environment?
Candles, colored lights, and smoke can replicate this in a session.
Do you take pleasure from impact play or certain sensations?
Spanking, flogging, canes, belts, riding crops, paddles, and whips are all ways to bring these pleasures into your images. Think about the sensations of ice, hot wax, scratching, tickling, biting, nipple play, sensual massage, electricity, or licking. If any of these resonate with you, incorporating candle wax, oils, ice, neon wand, warbler wheel, or a spray bottle may be the way to go.
Have books, magazines, your phone, or laptop played part in your pleasure?
Gathering inspiration from what you see, read, or who you interact with through these mediums, all the way to actually using these items as props while you pose, is a wonderful way to find your pleasure.
What role or roles please you most?
Does a power dynamic where you are in control, taking on responsibility for your own or your partner’s pleasure, exploring desires, providing care, communication, directions, and protection as you lead and guide the xperience have you leaning in and ready to go?
This can be portrayed in strong, tall posing and with wardrobe choices.
Do you prefer relinquishing control or decision making in order to relax and let go while receive pleasure?
Props and posing are useful for communicating this preference as well: restraints (leather, rope, handcuffs, blindfolds), kneeling, cages, chastity devices, gags or collars.
Enjoying being watched during sensual moments is another source of pleasure that can be showcased in your session as well as enjoying watching sensual moments. Whether incorporating a partner in your session for a more literal interpretation of the role you embody or using mirrors, eye contact with the camera, props, or clothing to artistically communicate your message, the options are endless for aligning how you choose to be present in a pleasure filled experience and your final images.
Your pleasure, and by extension your session, can be inspired by fantasy. You already have your style, experience, and role in mind as your pleasure guide.
What would you like to experience?
A bathtub full of balloons
Having your body painted with blacklight paint
Intricate rope ties
A human ice cream sundae
Toys or partners to achieve double/triple penetration
Having multiple strings of pearls draped over your body
Using kink friendly furniture such as a sex swing, St. Andrew’s cross, kneeling bench, spreader bar, suspension frame, or throne
Role playing such as medical, schoolroom, pet play, or character scenarios
Yoga or stretching sessions in various states of undress
Body fluids or activity smears on your or your partner’s makeup
Your photographers will meet with you in the studio to plan your session and discuss boundaries and consent (more on boundaries and consent here!). You will have the opportunity to get to know each other and also share any ideas you have that you aren’t quite sure how to translate into a plan for your session. This is your experience and we walk every single step with you. You may know you want a romantic, elegant vibe and have a fantasy of experiencing touch all over your body. In a solo session, several pairs of black velvet gloves could make a very spicy statement. At Boudoir Studios New York, we believe every single person has the right to their pleasure. If you are ready to explore your sexuality and intimacy with an erotica session, we assure you it will be anything but tame or unimaginative.
