Looking for the Best Boudoir Photographer in Melbourne?

Choosing the right boudoir photographer can feel overwhelming. Every photographer offers something different, from posing styles and editing approaches to client wardrobes and luxury extras.

If you're looking for a Melbourne boudoir photographer who offers guided posing, same-day image reveals, a fully inclusive experience, and a woman-led studio, here's what makes Poledoir different.

Hi, I’m Katie

I am a professional photographer of over a decade, specialising in boudoir since 2020. I have worked with hundreds of people of all shapes, sizes, ages, cultures, backgrounds and beliefs. Yet all of them have come in wanting to change - wanting to feel stronger in themselves. And all of them have come out feeling exactly that.

What Makes a Great Boudoir Photographer?

Experience

We all have to start somewhere in our journeys to being a trusted boudoir photographer, and people who are new to it deserve to be given a chance - that doesn’t mean it has to be you however. It’s a very vulnerable and putting-your-trust into someone relatively unknown, so assess your comfort levels with the experience of someone you are looking into.

In boudoir, experience can matter more than say, someone taking headshots due to the intimate nature of it. As a photographer, experience working and posing different body shapes to make everyone’s experience the best they can possibly have. Experience trying differing sets, lighting, props. Seeing how someone’s style has evolved over time is a great way to assess the levels the photographer has grown in their work.

Safety and Trust

I speak about this a lot in these two blogshere and here, but this is reallyimportant. Clients are in a state of undress - it is your professional responsibility to make sure that they always feel comfortable and can speak up with anything they are not comfortable with. Check reviews, check in with people you may know who have worked with them.

Guided Posing

It's of my professional opinion that it's really important, particularly for boudoir photography, that you have a photographer who is an expert at posing. Because you are in an exposed situation you don't know what you're doing necessarily, you're going to want someone who's puts you in the best light.

So it's important to find somebody who can pose you and make you feel like the best version of you.

If you are a veteran with photoshoots, this might not be as important to you.

Client Experience

You do not want to look back on these photos and go, “Wow, I feel horrific.”

You do not want to be second guessing anything that you've done. You want to feel INCREDIBLE during and for months and ideally a lifetime after your photoshoot.

And these are exactly the things I've built Poledoir around.

My Unique Approach & Style

Reasons why my boudoir shoots are different and why working with me will be the best decision you’ll make all year

A Relaxed and Inclusive Boudoir Experience

We Laugh A Lot

It’s not a serious thing. The photos may look serious sometimes but I guarantee you we are having a fun, goofy time, so you can feel more at ease. Everyone tells me they feel so comfortable with me pretty much straight away.

V, laughing at a Shrek joke

Z, having fun being upside down

Meet and Greet Before Your Shoot

Noone likes an awkward first date, especially on the day where you are about to be really vulnerable. So let’s have that first date a few weeks before! And it won’t be awkward because you will quickly see that I walk into walls and just by being my unfiltered (what’s a filter???) self, make the whole thing fun and relaxed.

A Consent-Driven Approach

We have conversations before your photoshoot to talk about what you want from the shoot, what your limits and boundaries are. This is your shoot, not mine. On the day, there will be times I need to touch you - to untwist straps, to move hair etc and I am always checking in with you on your comfort levels.

A Female Boudoir Photographer Who Understands Vulnerability

Why Feeling Safe Matters

*checks boobs. checks nether-region* yup. Not a man. Look, not all male-boudoir photographers are predatory. But a lot are. So if you want to shoot with a man, DO YOUR RESEARCH on reviews, model groups on facebook etc. I want you to be safe. I have known too many women taken advantage of or made to feel uncomfortable. This is a shoot for YOU, NOT me. I will never make you do anything you are uncomfortable with and I am always checking in on you and asking consent even to move some hair out of your face.

What's Included in a Poledoir Boudoir Experience?

Professional Hair and Makeup

Not every boudoir studio includes this in it’s prices. Sometimes it’s an optional add on. Sometimes it’s not there at all. Tracey, our hair and makeup artist, is an expert in this and we want you to feel PAMPERED during this occasion. Rushing to get your hair and make up done separately on the day of your shoot? Stressful. Let me take care of that for you.

Access to a Client Wardrobe

I have a huge collection of lingerie. From size 6ish - 22ish. A lot of the outfits can be sized up or down too. Plus, we do a try on weeks before, so that there’s time to fill any gaps. Doing a lingerie fit out on the day of your shoot will have you flustered and possibly sweaty (you try on a lot) so we do this weeks before, so you can relax in the lead up.

Guided Posing Throughout Your Shoot

Don’t worry, I will tell you where to put your T-Rex hands.

I recently found out that not all boudoir / portrait photographers show you how to pose. I can only imagine for someone who isn’t a professional model would feel in that situation.

I am a pole dancer, so I know what lines in your body look good and I will always be on you to point your feet and toes!

Same-Day Image Reveal

I know the feeling of waiting WEEKS to see your photos; whether it was wedding photos, a portrait session or maybe a cosplay. You start to doubt yourself and it’s an anxious wait. Not with me! You get to see your pics, with an edit, ON THE SAME DAY. You be riding that high, you’re feeling hot af - let’s keep that feeling going!

Same-Day Prints

I have a beautiful quality printer at the studio and every booking, no matter what package, gets an A4 print of their choice to take home. Plus I can do other prints for you while you’re there! The Pink Parrot & Pure Aura package both come with extra prints, or you can buy them separately. Get that framed and put up straight away so you can always remind yourself of your badassery.

My Photography Style

Dark and Moody Boudoir Photography

My style, while more common (at least on the photographers I follow) in Canada and America, is not that common in Melbourne. If you are after a different, dark, moody and sensual shoot, look no further friends!

Portraits You Can Share Anywhere

I like to include more portrait styles into your shoot - so you can have a HOT pic you can show your grandma ;) Or maybe your grandma is hella supportive and wants to see the spicier pics - we’ll you’ll definitely have them too.

Artistic and Sensual Without Being Over-Edited

I capture you as you are. I will edit out temporary visitors such as blemishes, bruises. But no, I will not make you look thinner. I will not be airbrushing the texture out of your natural skin. There will be touch ups to off-set my sharp and contrasted edit style, but you will still look like you.

H has this as her profile photo

I think your nana would like this photo

Why Clients Travel to Melbourne for a Poledoir Shoot

I am a big fan of not “settling” for art. I have travelled around for tattoos because I want the best. If you don’t have anyone in your area who you connect with in a personal way, or just the style that I do isn’t around you in other artists, consider travelling - make it a weekend!

Coming From Regional Victoria? Other parts of Australia? Overseas?

I am so honoured to host you. I have had a few returnees from New Zealand come over to see me - and lucky for them, accomodation can be taken care of too.

Staying Overnight at the Studio

The studio is a fully functional one bedroom apartment in Brunswick West, very close to a tram line to the city. If this is something you would like to inquire about, please message me!

Is Poledoir the Right Boudoir Photographer for You?

Not every photographer is for everyone.

If you're looking for bright, airy, heavily retouched images, I may not be the right fit.

But if you're looking for a guided, inclusive, woman-led boudoir experience focused on confidence, connection and empowerment, I'd love to chat.

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions.

Who Is the Best Boudoir Photographer in Melbourne?

That’s subjective - depends on what style you are after, the inclusions etc. But I’d say Poledoir is pretty good ;)

Do I Need Modelling Experience?

Nope! None at all. Most of my clients are first timers and they do amazingly. I fully pose and guide you. See my posing guide here

Is Hair and Makeup Included?

Yes, in all but the mini peach package. See all package inclusions here

Do You Provide Lingerie?

Yes I do. I have over 100 pieces of lingerie and accessories, in all shapes, styles, colours and sizes. You can of course BYO and do a mix.

What If I'm Nervous?

Everyone is nervous. Everyone except maybe K, who has shot with me 11 times ;) But the excitement takes over and the nerves disappear pretty darn quickly into our shoot. But you are always given full permission to press pause or take a moment.

Can I Stay Overnight?

Yes, the studio is a fully functional one bedroom apartment.

See you soon x