My efforts in boudoir, sensuous and glamour photography started out years ago, when I saw something on TV on a talk show. I didn’t have any idea what it was, but I was interested. We built a chaise and got hold of many fabrics and started shooting models. And I did very well. Soon, I joined the Professional Photographers of Ohio and attended many professional seminars through them, perfecting my skills.
I became an Award Winning Photographer with them many years in a row after I studied with Ken Marcus from Playboy. Ken came to town and gave a wonderful seminar on Playboy-style photography. Later, I met the people who supplied him with his model and ended up eating dinner with them that evening. I found out how I could study with him and I did. He change my professional attitude of photography towards women and how to photograph them. From Ken I learned a lot about his lighting and posing techniques. The course was so intense, but I’m proud to have been one of his students.
I love being able to capture women in the soft alluring way that I do. It’s sensuous, playful and teasing. My boudoir sensuous glamour photography style grew and flourished into a full time business.
While studying with Ken, his makeup artist taught us makeup application techniques. In the beginning I did the makeovers. My studio now has a wonderful makeup artist, Jennie Sullivan. She is excellent, the best I have ever had the pleasure to work with! She has just the right touch for photography makeovers. When we set up a session for you, she is a must to use.
To move ahead with my business, I invested in my own sets to shoot sessions. At the time, we were shooting in rented (and expensive!) homes. That was a big investment. By creating my own sets, I was able to offer my clients more variety to choose from. My background is interior design with a degree in Art education. I’m an extremely artsy person. I love the fine arts. I love the beauty of the women’s figure. I love to make them feel great about themselves.
I now have had 3 studios and each one has been different from the other. I plan on creating a new studio soon here in Columbus, Ohio. It should be larger with more new exciting boudoir and sensuous sets to shoot from.
Call Cherie’s Studio in Columbus, Ohio at 614-408-3067 or email us at cherie@cheriestudio.net for more details, or to schedule a sensuous boudoir photography or fashion model session, or even a pet photography session for your furry friends!
