My first professional lingerie shoot. / August 13, 2020 by Kayleigh Innes

So, I was recently contacted by a local Mexico City photographer for a boudoir, lingerie style shoot. It’s always a little nerve-wracking to do a shoot, never mind in your underwear. And in these COVID times, I was a little apprehensive about doing any shoots at all. However, the photographer was great and put my mind at ease completely. Firstly, he specialises in these types of shoots and has photographed hundreds of women so he made sure everything was set up to that I felt safe, comfortable, and had privacy for changing etc. Secondly, we maintained social distancing the whole time, and wore masks (I took mine when the photos were being taken obviously). In the beginning, I was self-conscious, worrying about how my body would look, as pretty much all my imperfections would be on show. It took me a few minutes to warm up and relax but I quickly forgot about everything and just had fun. I’m so excited with how the photos turned out, and pretty proud of myself for stepping out my comfort zone and trying something new.