The most common manifestation of contemporary boudoir photography is to take variations of candid and posed photographs of the subject partly clothed or in lingerie. Nudity is more often implied than explicit.

 

Commercially the genre is often (though not exclusively) derived from a market for brides to surprise their future husbands by gifting the images on or before their wedding day.

 

Other motivations or inspiration for boudoir photography shoots include anniversaries, birthdays, Valentine's Day, Mothering Sunday, weight loss regimes, other form of body change or alteration (such as breast augmentation or reduction) and for servicemen and women overseas.

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Definition source: Wikipedia