The essence of Pin-Up

Many people ask us, what made us get into Pin-Up?  We really wanted to introduce a new kind of photography to Edmontonians.  We want to empower women to step back in time and experience a "new" type of sensual and sultry photography.

Pin-up first became popular in the early 1900's.  "Pin-up" refers to photos of women that are meant to be pinned up on walls for admiration.  It was burlesque performers who first started the trend of pin-up in order to advertise themselves.  Girls were mostly clothed and were usually in a playful pose or giving their audience a "peak".  The underlying meaning of the photo still said sex appeal and props were used in a more innocent capacity to tease the viewer.

We wanted to stay true to the pin-up photos, maintaining a mostly clothed style, incorporating looks and poses that are playful with a little bit of sex appeal.  When we thought of honoring the style and era of pin-up, we too thought of women who may be more comfortable doing a pin-up shoot vs a bourdoir shoot.  We want to empower women to embrace the femininity, be confident in expressing themselves in a playful, sensual and sexy way without having to "show it all".  In our minds, "the tease" is a perfect gift to get your loved one dreaming of more...

For many of our clients, they ask us "how do we pose for a pin-up shoot"?  For the playful facial expressions, one of my favorite tips is the exaggerating "A-E-I-O-U" of facial expressions.  I usually suggest practicing what they look like in the mirror to find out what suits your face the best.

As for posing, Pinterest offers a wealth of different posing tips for pin-up.  My favorites would be rocking out a hip, sticking the booty out or perking up the breasts all the while giving the viewer a little tease of your cleavage, legs or booty.  You always want to play and embrace every curve you got!  Here are a few poses pinned from Pinterest to inspire the pin-up goddess in you:

We'd love for you to join us for a pin-up shoot to practice this gorgeous style of photography and honor an era gone by.  For more information on our style of photography, please visit our website at www.vintage-photography.ca