Bull City Boudoir utilizes Square Appointments to securely schedule our boudoir and intimate couple/group photography sessions, based in Durham, North Carolina.

We see beauty in every body. We create inclusive, identity-driven fine art with bodies of all shapes, sizes, gender identities, and sexual orientations. 

Celebrate your beauty and book your intimate, erotic, or boudoir photography session with internationally-published fine art photographer Dan Smith, today.

Photo sessions for individuals, couples and more

Every photography session includes:

• Two-hour boudoir photography session in my studio or at a location of your choice
• Up to three wardrobe looks
• Professional pose and styling guidance
• Private online proof gallery of every image from your photography session
• At least 20 professionally edited high-resolution digital images with a printing license

$895 for individuals / $1195 for couples, throuples, or groups of up to six.

Boudoir photography session add-ons

Customize your experience with additional services:

• $250 – Professional hair and makeup artist
• $280 – Additional location (includes a third hour of photography)
• Premium archival-quality photobooks and albums (includes bonus edited photos)
  • $120 – softcover photobook (twenty-four 8×6 images)
  • $250 – hardcover photobook (twenty-four 12×9 images)
  • $500 – handcrafted linen-bound album (thirty 8×6 images)
  • $1000 – handcrafted leather-bound album (thirty 12×9 images)
• $350 – Presentation box with twenty 4×6 prints and a custom-engraved USB 3.0 drive
• $20 ea. – Additional high-resolution final edits
• $25 – add three professional-style portraits for social media, LinkedIn, etc

Deposits, payments, and scheduling

To guarantee your boudoir photography session date and time, we require a 50% deposit, paid upon confirming your session time and package. Your appointment time is not guaranteed until your deposit is paid. The balance of the payment will be due on the day of your photography session, prior to the appointment time. 

Payment plans are available upon request.

We realize life happens, but we ask for 24 hours notice if you need to cancel or reschedule. Your deposit amount will be applied to your rescheduled session. If you do not show up without providing notice, we may charge the full amount of the missed session.

Give the Gift of a Photo Session

Gifts cards are available via our Square account and are redeemable for any and all services.

After the Photography Session

We generally complete the editing and retouching process within 4-8 weeks of our photo session. If we think it will be longer, we’ll let you know. we always edit sessions in chronological order. 

Your privacy is important to us. We won’t tag you on social media platforms, or identify you without asking your permission first. 

Print Warranty

Subject to my ability, if your print is ever damaged due to shipping mishandling, natural disaster, fire, accident, humidity, fading, etc., we will replace your print once free of charge. Just ship the damaged print back to me and pay for shipping back to you. The replacement print will be given the same number in the edition as the original (we will destroy the original), and will be produced from the same master image.

Legal Stuff

The photographer holds the copyright for all photos. Clients are free to use the released photographs for self-promotion on social media, industry web sites, comp cards, etc. Clients are also free to publish images on their fan/patron/membership sites.

Any other publication, including but not limited to prints, NFTs, music/film, digital or print magazines, album covers, reference for other art, blogs owned by someone other than the collaborator, political or issue advocacy, event/workshop promotion, or commercial use of any kind need to be cleared through me in writing first. 

We have a digital photo release that we will have you sign at or before the session. If you want to review it beforehand, we are happy to send the PDF.