Taking artistic photographs of a partner can be a fun way to capture your intimacy and connection. Whether this is for your own mutual pleasure, or you plan to upload your photos online, sexy photography can be a lot of fun. With some planning and preparation, you can get creative and make memories through beautiful photos. Here are some tips for taking sensual and erotic photos.

Prepare Your Space

Find an aesthetically pleasing environment for your photoshoot. This could be outdoors in nature or in an indoor space with nice lighting and backgrounds. Make sure the space is private and your partner feels comfortable. Clean up the area and arrange any props you want to use. Diffused natural light near a window creates a soft, flattering look.

Discuss Your Vision

Talk to your partner about what kind of photos you want to take and the emotions you want to convey. Decide on poses and locations together. Emphasize that you want to focus on artistry and creative expression, but you also want the resulting erotic photos to be sensual and titillating for you both. Make sure you both feel safe and respected throughout the process. Agree on what you are both comfortable with in terms of poses, clothing, and intimacy captured. Have a safe word in case your partner feels uncomfortable at any time.

Use Wardrobe and Props

Select outfits, accessories, and props that add to the artistic style you’re aiming for. Fashionable clothing, jewelry, flowers, sheer fabrics, and other textures and colors can enhance your photos’ visual interest. While nude shots can be sensual, focus more on being tastefully suggestive. Have your partner apply make-up and do their hair to get into character.

Play with Angles and Lighting

Get creative with your angle, proximity, and poses. Shoot from above, below, or directly at your partner. Use soft, diffused light for a dreamy intimacy. Try backlighting or silhouetting your partner's form. Frame specific body parts artistically. Play with shadows and light to accentuate your partner's natural beauty. Zoom in on details like lips, hands, eyes.

Style and Editing

Once you've taken your photos, edit them to perfection. Enhance lighting, tones, colors, and contrast for visual impact. Crop images creatively to highlight your favorite parts of specific poses. Use filters to find an artistic style you like.

Adobe Photoshop/Lightroom is the industry standard for photo editing. It provides extensive tools for cropping, touch ups, lighting, color correction, and artistic filters. Snapseed is a mobile app with filters, tuning tools, and selective edits to enhance portraits. It’s great for beginners.

Focus on contrast and toning. Boost contrast slightly to make images pop. Play with cool, warm, black and white, and faded tone presets. Add texture layers like grunge, dust, and light leaks to add an artistic, romantic vibe. Draw attention to your subjects with highlights and exposure adjustments.

The key is to enhance the natural connection and intimacy captured in the image. Use restraint and adjust to your taste for the desired artistic style.

Select your best edited photos and share only your favorites with your partner. Print and frame your most artistic couple photos.

Taking sensual and erotic photos allows you to grow closer while capturing and creating beautiful images together. With mutual care, comfort, consent, and communication, the photoshoot process itself can be an intimate, memorable experience as well. Get creative and have fun immortalizing your unique bond through artful photos.