Join AIBP Educators & Members at Click Con 2022

Learn from some AIBP Members & Educators at ClickCon in June 21-24 in CHICAGO!

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Shawn Black is an award-winning internationally published boudoir photographer based in Boston, MA. Couture Black, his boudoir brand established in 2013, focuses on body positivity and female empowerment, helping all women see themselves as beautiful and confident, hence his business tagline: #BeBoldBeSexyBeYou!

When not in the studio photographing clients Shawn has expanded his role in the photography industry becoming the president of AIBP (Association of International Boudoir Photographers). He had been a member of the organization previously for 8 years and was named their 2019 Photographer of the Year before acquiring ownership of the organization in 2021. With AIBP it is his hope to further elevate the boudoir genre into the spot light of the photography industry as a whole. Read more……

Anna Johnson is an internationally featured boudoir photographer with over 11 years in the photographic industry.  Her mastery of the light and airy boudoir photography style along with her sharp domain of the camera have resulted in an array of publications, photographic awards and news segment presentations throughout her career.

Although Anna first picked up a camera at age 13, her desire to help others left her down the medical field career path; where she became a pediatric nurse until her passion for photography led her to establish a full-time photography business in 2012 and then her own studio in 2016. It is the same passion that has helped her studio become a thriving 6-figure exclusively boudoir photographic space.  Read more….

Kiati is an Award-Winning Boudoir, Portrait, and Dance Photographer and educator based in Ellicott City, MD, and the owner of Kiati Plooks Photography and Studio KP.  With the ability to use both natural and artificial light, he is a master of shaping light to contour his subjects to create drama and depth in his images.

He is a husband, father of two daughters, dance dad, and entrepreneur. Kiati owns and manages three small businesses with his wife and has helped launch and mentored several small businesses over the years. With 20 years in the corporate world developing business strategies for Fortune 150 companies, he finally shifted his focus towards his passion. Read more….

Ron “Nino” Batista is a photographer, writer, musician, and overall creative whose work is regularly seen in lifestyle publications the world over.  He is regarded as the premier model photographer, retouching, and artist development coaching educator based in the United States.

“Beauty is beauty, and often frighteningly subjective. However, the perception of strength is directly objective. When an image comes across as strong, as powerful, there is something more to the shot than simply beauty. For me, beauty is the delivery as I enjoy experiencing it, but strength is the intent as I enjoy capturing it.” Read more….