Intimate portraiture · Boston, MA
I am currently only shooting with couples who want to be photographed in an erotic setting. I am not booking individual portrait shoots.
Most of the people I photograph are 'ordinary' people. They're teachers, lawyers, parents, students, musicians, therapists, engineers, healers, and they come in a variety of sizes, ages, and life situations. While I do sometimes shoot with professional models, most of my work is with men and women who have never posed for portraiture before. Very often, my clients come to me to create special gifts, for Valentine's day, as wedding, engagement, or birthday gifts, or to celebrate life's transitions.
For a lot of people, I think, being photographed nude is an adventure, an opportunity to see themselves in a new, intimate way. People have always been fascinated with seeing themselves in photographs, but because we're mostly used to seeing ourselves in casual snapshots, we rarely get the chance to see ourselves as breathtakingly beautiful as we really are. One woman I photographed told me that it felt like she had found a mirror that reflected a part of herself that she had never seen before.
I think just about everyone who comes to me to be photographed feels at least a little nervous in the beginning. This isn't exactly a sitting at the Walmart portrait nook, is it? If you've never posed for photography before, nervousness will probably be part of the process. That's really, really OK.
I like to take things at a slow pace. We usually start off with poses where you're at least partially dressed and we progress at a rate that's comfortable for both of us.
Some people feel comfortable coming to the session alone. Others feel better if they bring a friend or partner. It's up to you: if you'd feel more comfortable bringing someone, by all means, bring someone. Whatever works for you, works for me. The only thing I ask is that if you do bring someone, make sure it's someone you feel really comfortable around, and that they'll be OK about sitting quietly through the session.
Many people ask me if their photographs are going to appear on my website, or any other place. The answer is this: unless you want to give me explicit permission to use your photographs, they will absolutely never appear on any part of my website. Everyone you see on my site has signed a model release/consent form that gives me permission to display their photographs here.
"I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman."
- Anais Nin
For booking, or for more information, please write me at matthew@screamingsexy.com
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