Hi Hannah. It's great that you're pursuing your, and of course my, interest in lingerie, some from the great range at XDress I'm sure, and in my case femme clothing in general. You certainly have a great set of pics from your photoshoots, so how did you start with those photoshoots & where did you publish them without being "found out" by your work colleagues? All the best Summer x
Thank you! Through a friend I met a professional photographer. I knew the photographer was queer friendly so I asked if she would be available for a photo shoot. We worked out the details, she booked a studio, and I had an amazing afternoon with a few of my friends. After a few months, we became friends and I booked another shoot, but this time just she and I. It wasn't long until we booked another one. And another one. This fall will mark ten years of our friendship and photo shoots. Over the last decade we have shot at malls, in neighborhoods, hotels, city streets, gardens, rooftops, and more. We have outfits from ballgowns to latex to lingerie. A lot of what we shoot would normally be outside of my comfort zone (it took a looooong time before I was ready for boudoir pictures) but doing these with my friend makes them a lot more comfortable and a lot more fun.
For the most part, I post pictures on my website, Flickr, Twitter, and BlueSky. Occasionally I will do a shoot for a designer (such as XDress) and the pictures are sometimes used in email marketing or on their own website.
I used to worry about someone stumbling across these pictures but in the ten years I've been posting photos, it hasn't happened. I mean, not as far as I know. At any rate, no one from "his" life has told me that they've seen them. But my pictures are all posted on transgender/crossdressing related websites. If someone saw my pictures it would likely mean that they themselves were looking for cute panties from XDress or intentionally looking for transgender/crossdressing websites such as my own. It would be tricky to tell me that they say my photos without outing themselves, and goodness knows many of us prefer to keep this side of ourselves private.
Love, Hannah