As part of Bunni Devereaux Photography’s anniversary celebration I set out to define and refine our work.

Labels, have always been the bane of my existence. Growing up as one of the only Afro-Latinas (Puerto Rican) in my school (and probably town) labels were always a thing. I found I was regularly and asked “what are you?” and as a 33 year old, still am approached with this question. Being inquisitive, I like to make people guess and the combinations I received, and still do to this day are fascinating! “African American & Samoan” and “Chinese, Black and Mexican” rank among my faves. Although nowadays, racial ambiguity is highly coveted, artistic ambiguity is a bit more challenging. People love to categorize. “She’s a tomboy”, "he’s a nerd”, “she’s Irish”, “he’s Mexican”. Things are no different in the photography world. But in a time where having the right internet keyword is tremendously helpful, I decided to do some research.

You see my photography is ambiguous. Is it glamour, fashion inspired modern portraiture or boudoir? Well, a little of all of those really. Dictionary.com defines glamour as “the quality of fascinating, alluring, or attracting, especially by a combination of charm and good looks.” and the lovely people over at FStoppers agree. Glamour photography is about creating images which lure in the viewer with everything that makes you, you. Whether that comes through as sexy, cute, powerful, all of the above or none of the above. Glamour photography is about drawing people in and a dash of hair and makeup.

So what about fashion and boudoir photography?

Fashion photography is what you typically see in a magazine ad (does anyone besides me buy those anymore?). Fashion photography is about displaying the clothing or accessories, typically to sell or promote them. How I define Fashion Inspired Portraiture is simply, photographing a model (client) in a way that alludes to advertisements in fashion magazines. This doesn’t mean their outfit is for sale, and thus the focus of the image per se. It does mean cinematic and/or dramatic styling, often interesting locations that juxtapose the hair, makeup and wardrobe and/or clean imagery. Basically, we make you and your images look magazine ready.

Now what about the newest category of them all, boudoir?

Boudoir isn’t simply taking photos in your underwear. Boudoir is about everyday men and women having an experience. Boudoir is about building confidence. In our normal lives, we rarely have the opportunity to have perfect hair, makeup, lighting and wardrobe (or be nude) in front of a camera. But we are inundated with perfectly polished images of models daily. Boudoir gives people an opportunity to view themselves in a new light, celebrate their beauty and most of all HAVE FUN! More than anything to me, boudoir photography is about an approach and your “why”. For me, my why is about spreading self confidence and joy as much as possible through my imagery. I want people of all ages, shapes, sizes and creeds to feel happy and confident about who they are and how they look.

In searching for my label, I asked my audience to describe me. These are a few of my favorite responses:

“If your style was a beer, it’d be Boudoir Lite.”

- Instamattography, a fellow Seattle photog

“I’d say you’re customized glamour, which is probably why it seems like you don’t fit the glamour category. Glamour usually has one esthetic. But what if your client doesn’t fit the general glamour esthetic? You’ve managed to find glamour in EVERYONE and that’s what comes out on the images. It shows in your shots.”

- Taneica, media personality & Bunni Devereaux Photography Client

So, how do you describe my work? What kind of photography style appeals to you most? Vote below!