Boudoir photography courses & training for photographers
Learn the parts nobody teaches: the lighting, the sets, the website and the search traffic that actually fill a boudoir calendar. Self-paced from $97, one-on-one from $497, in person at a 4,500 sq ft studio from $1,497.
Worried it's another recycled masterclass? Every course here comes out of a working studio that has photographed 1,500+ women since 2011 — not a course built to be sold.
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Three ways to learn
Pick the one that matches what you're short on — time, skill, or traffic.
Self-paced
Short, specific courses you can finish in a weekend and use on Monday. No forty-hour curriculum you'll never open.
In person
You come to Salt Lake City, or I come to you. Live models, real sets, hair and makeup on set, and you leave with portfolio images.
Done for you
You don't want to learn SEO or Squarespace. You want the website built and the search traffic turned on. I build it.
Option 01
Self-paced courses
Photography Studio Set Design · The Course
$197 · first 25 students $97Eight lessons on how thirty sets got built — the reframe, the light, the sourcing, the styling and what each set earns back. Written with photographs from the studio, including the ones nobody publishes.
The founding price is for the first 25 students, in exchange for feedback. After that it's $197 permanently.
More self-paced courses are in production — SEO for photographers, website design, and boudoir lighting. Text COURSES to hear when each one opens.
In-person boudoir photography workshops
Six seats, never more. You shoot — you don't watch someone else shoot.
Boudoir Photography Workshop · Salt Lake City
$1,497- One full day, two models, professional hair and makeup on set
- Four of the studio's built sets — you shoot every one
- Lighting, posing and directing taught while you're behind the camera
- You keep the images for your portfolio
Boudoir Photography Mentorship · A Day in the Studio
$1,297 · or $497 on Zoom- Just you, all day, built around what's actually stuck
- One model with hair and makeup, your choice of sets
- Pricing, sales and client experience reviewed with your real numbers
- Thirty days of follow-up questions after you go home
Photography Studio Set Design Consult
$697 Zoom · $2,500 a day on site- Walk your actual space on video and plan it room by room
- Sourcing lists, budgets and build order for every set
- How to design a set that photographs in four directions
Host a Boudoir Photography Workshop at Your Studio
From $5,000 plus travel- You fill the seats and keep the ticket revenue
- I bring the curriculum, teach the day and shoot alongside you
- Your studio, your sets, your city's photographers in the room
Option 03
Custom SEO and website design for photographers
Two things fill a calendar that have nothing to do with your camera. If you'd rather not learn them, hand them over.
Custom Photography Website Design · Done-For-You Squarespace Build
$3,500- Built page by page, not dropped into a template
- Written to answer a nervous client's fears before she can leave
- Booking, galleries and pricing wired in and working
Custom SEO for Photographers · Audit & 90-Day Plan
$697- Every page audited against the photographers outranking you
- The keyword map for your city, written out page by page
- A 90-day order of operations you can run yourself
You can't learn set design in a rented Airbnb
Most boudoir workshops rent a hotel suite for the weekend. You learn one window and one bed, then you go home to a space that looks nothing like it.
This is 4,500 square feet with more than thirty built sets — a clawfoot tub, a rain room, an all-red bedroom, a Victorian bedchamber, a poker lounge. You shoot in several of them in one day, and you see how a set is designed, lit and turned around.
And you see the unglamorous half: the wardrobe closet from XS to 5X, the pricing, the reveal, the part where a woman decides to spend money.
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Who this is for
This is for you if
- You can shoot, but your calendar has holes in it
- You're charging $300 for a session and you know it's wrong
- Your work is good and nobody can find it on Google
- You want a studio and don't know what to build first
This isn't for you if
- You've never used a camera in manual mode
- You want a certificate more than a booked calendar
- You're looking for a franchise or a copy of this brand
Free
Not ready to spend anything yet
Take the free 12-point SEO checklist for photographers. It's the same audit list used on this studio's own pages, and it takes about an hour to work through.
Questions
Boudoir photography training FAQ
Do I need to shoot boudoir already?
No. Several of these are for portrait and wedding photographers adding boudoir. What you do need is comfort with your camera in manual mode — the workshops teach light, posing and business, not exposure basics.
Do I get to shoot at the workshop, or just watch?
You shoot. Six seats, two models and four sets means everyone is behind the camera most of the day. Demonstrations are short and then it's your turn.
Can I use the images in my portfolio?
Yes. Models are contracted with a release for workshop attendees, so anything you shoot that day can go on your site and social.
Is hair and makeup included for the models?
Yes. A professional artist works on set both for the models and so you can see how HMU timing fits into a real session day.
What if I can't travel to Salt Lake City?
Three options need no travel at all — the self-paced course, the $697 Zoom set design consult and the $497 Zoom mentorship. The host-a-workshop option brings the workshop to your studio instead.
What's the founding price on the course?
The first 25 students pay $97 instead of $197, in exchange for feedback on the lessons. Once those 25 are taken the price is $197 permanently.
How long does the set design course take?
Eight lessons, built to finish over a weekend and be used the following week. It's short on purpose — long courses don't get finished.
When are the other courses coming?
SEO for photographers, website design and boudoir lighting are in production. Text COURSES and you'll hear when each one opens rather than being added to a general list.
Will you teach photographers in my city?
Yes. This isn't a protected territory. Boudoir is local, your clients aren't going to fly to Utah, and the market is nowhere near saturated.
Do you offer payment plans?
Yes, on the workshop, mentorship and the website build. Text and ask — plans are set up individually.
What's your refund policy on in-person dates?
Seats are transferable to another date or another photographer up to 30 days out. Inside 30 days the seat is filled first and then refunded if it sells.
Where exactly is the studio?
629 S State Street in downtown Salt Lake City, about 20 minutes from the airport. Entry is through the alleyway grey door.
Tell me what's stuck
Text a word and you'll get the details for that one only — no funnel, no sequence. WORKSHOP, MENTOR, WEBSITE, COURSES, SETS or CHECKLIST.
Blushed Boudoir · 629 S State Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84111