Ben Marcum
@benmarcum.bsky.social
Award winning portrait, boudoir, & headshot photographer inspired by classic art located in Louisville KY
Friend to all dogs.
benmarcum.com & boudoirbybenmarcum.com
Friend to all dogs.
benmarcum.com & boudoirbybenmarcum.com
Good evening from Cedric.
September 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Good evening from Cedric.
This is an easy way to get great light for your videos .
Lighting for your videos and selfies doesn’t have to be difficult.
A window is really all you need.
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#videolighting #lightingtips #videotutorial #goodlighting
Lighting for your videos and selfies doesn’t have to be difficult.
A window is really all you need.
.
#videolighting #lightingtips #videotutorial #goodlighting
September 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This is an easy way to get great light for your videos .
Lighting for your videos and selfies doesn’t have to be difficult.
A window is really all you need.
.
#videolighting #lightingtips #videotutorial #goodlighting
Lighting for your videos and selfies doesn’t have to be difficult.
A window is really all you need.
.
#videolighting #lightingtips #videotutorial #goodlighting
A behind the scenes look at a portrait session in my studio.
#boudoir #behindthescenes #bts #photographer #art #artist #louisville
#boudoir #behindthescenes #bts #photographer #art #artist #louisville
September 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A behind the scenes look at a portrait session in my studio.
#boudoir #behindthescenes #bts #photographer #art #artist #louisville
#boudoir #behindthescenes #bts #photographer #art #artist #louisville
You could try to find a better dog but you’d just be trying.
August 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
You could try to find a better dog but you’d just be trying.
August 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Mouse in the garden is the best enrichment toy
(Don’t worry, he’s a terrible hunter)
#husky #enrichment #dog
(Don’t worry, he’s a terrible hunter)
#husky #enrichment #dog
August 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Mouse in the garden is the best enrichment toy
(Don’t worry, he’s a terrible hunter)
#husky #enrichment #dog
(Don’t worry, he’s a terrible hunter)
#husky #enrichment #dog
July 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
June 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
June 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Honestly, the garden is the only reason to bother with summer.
#summer #garden #blackberries #growyourownfood
#summer #garden #blackberries #growyourownfood
June 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Honestly, the garden is the only reason to bother with summer.
#summer #garden #blackberries #growyourownfood
#summer #garden #blackberries #growyourownfood
I literally just cleaned that glass this morning.
(I don’t mind. Look in. Enjoy the art. I have plenty of glass cleaner) #photographer #art #studio #louisville
(I don’t mind. Look in. Enjoy the art. I have plenty of glass cleaner) #photographer #art #studio #louisville
June 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I literally just cleaned that glass this morning.
(I don’t mind. Look in. Enjoy the art. I have plenty of glass cleaner) #photographer #art #studio #louisville
(I don’t mind. Look in. Enjoy the art. I have plenty of glass cleaner) #photographer #art #studio #louisville
As we finished Shandi’s portrait sitting, I asked, “So this is your first time sitting for portraits? How do you feel?”
“I had no idea what to expect but this was great! I went from 0 to 100!”
It’s true. She did.
#art #portrait #photography #louisville
“I had no idea what to expect but this was great! I went from 0 to 100!”
It’s true. She did.
#art #portrait #photography #louisville
May 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
As we finished Shandi’s portrait sitting, I asked, “So this is your first time sitting for portraits? How do you feel?”
“I had no idea what to expect but this was great! I went from 0 to 100!”
It’s true. She did.
#art #portrait #photography #louisville
“I had no idea what to expect but this was great! I went from 0 to 100!”
It’s true. She did.
#art #portrait #photography #louisville
Can think of no better way to spend Mother’s Day than making brunch for my amazing mom.
#mothersday #brunch #tabelsetting #useyoursilver
#mothersday #brunch #tabelsetting #useyoursilver
May 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Can think of no better way to spend Mother’s Day than making brunch for my amazing mom.
#mothersday #brunch #tabelsetting #useyoursilver
#mothersday #brunch #tabelsetting #useyoursilver
Lace. Light. Line.
A quiet study in texture and form.
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Created by appointment.
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#art #artist #portrait #boudoir #photographer #photography #louisville
A quiet study in texture and form.
.
Created by appointment.
.
#art #artist #portrait #boudoir #photographer #photography #louisville
May 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Lace. Light. Line.
A quiet study in texture and form.
.
Created by appointment.
.
#art #artist #portrait #boudoir #photographer #photography #louisville
A quiet study in texture and form.
.
Created by appointment.
.
#art #artist #portrait #boudoir #photographer #photography #louisville
I see this all the time (pun intended).
People step in front of the camera and open their eyes as WIDE as possible.
The effect is total deer in headlights.
#posingtips #photography #selfie #art #artist
People step in front of the camera and open their eyes as WIDE as possible.
The effect is total deer in headlights.
#posingtips #photography #selfie #art #artist
April 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I see this all the time (pun intended).
People step in front of the camera and open their eyes as WIDE as possible.
The effect is total deer in headlights.
#posingtips #photography #selfie #art #artist
People step in front of the camera and open their eyes as WIDE as possible.
The effect is total deer in headlights.
#posingtips #photography #selfie #art #artist
The photographer you trust with your professional headshots and portraits needs to understand how to light.
Even if every thing else in the portrait is perfect, if the lighting is bad, you look bad. #photography #lighting #portraits #professionalheadshots
Even if every thing else in the portrait is perfect, if the lighting is bad, you look bad. #photography #lighting #portraits #professionalheadshots
April 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The photographer you trust with your professional headshots and portraits needs to understand how to light.
Even if every thing else in the portrait is perfect, if the lighting is bad, you look bad. #photography #lighting #portraits #professionalheadshots
Even if every thing else in the portrait is perfect, if the lighting is bad, you look bad. #photography #lighting #portraits #professionalheadshots
there are loads of variables so I can’t say, “just do”
It could be a matter of how you are posed for portraits.
Perhaps you need to be turned one way or another, or maybe chin down works better than chin up, or any host of other maybes.
Without seeing you & working with you I can’t say for certain.
It could be a matter of how you are posed for portraits.
Perhaps you need to be turned one way or another, or maybe chin down works better than chin up, or any host of other maybes.
Without seeing you & working with you I can’t say for certain.
April 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM
there are loads of variables so I can’t say, “just do”
It could be a matter of how you are posed for portraits.
Perhaps you need to be turned one way or another, or maybe chin down works better than chin up, or any host of other maybes.
Without seeing you & working with you I can’t say for certain.
It could be a matter of how you are posed for portraits.
Perhaps you need to be turned one way or another, or maybe chin down works better than chin up, or any host of other maybes.
Without seeing you & working with you I can’t say for certain.
Does the art resonate with you?
If you were to commission portraits, would you want to see yourself this way?
At the end of the day, that is all that matters.
If the art touches your soul, that is what you should experience.
If you were to commission portraits, would you want to see yourself this way?
At the end of the day, that is all that matters.
If the art touches your soul, that is what you should experience.
April 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Does the art resonate with you?
If you were to commission portraits, would you want to see yourself this way?
At the end of the day, that is all that matters.
If the art touches your soul, that is what you should experience.
If you were to commission portraits, would you want to see yourself this way?
At the end of the day, that is all that matters.
If the art touches your soul, that is what you should experience.
You are correct, if you would be uncomfortable having your boudoir portraits created in any circumstance that would make you uncomfortable, you should not have them created in that situation.
Your boudoir session has to be comfortable.
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#photoshoot #boudoir #boudoirphotographer
Your boudoir session has to be comfortable.
.
#photoshoot #boudoir #boudoirphotographer
April 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
You are correct, if you would be uncomfortable having your boudoir portraits created in any circumstance that would make you uncomfortable, you should not have them created in that situation.
Your boudoir session has to be comfortable.
.
#photoshoot #boudoir #boudoirphotographer
Your boudoir session has to be comfortable.
.
#photoshoot #boudoir #boudoirphotographer
We are our own worst critics. I see it all the time when someone is looking at portraits of themselves and they pick apart all of their perceived flaws.
“My smile is crooked.”
“One eye is bigger than the other”
“That one tooth…”
“These wrinkles…”
Nobody cares.
#selfimage
“My smile is crooked.”
“One eye is bigger than the other”
“That one tooth…”
“These wrinkles…”
Nobody cares.
#selfimage
April 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
We are our own worst critics. I see it all the time when someone is looking at portraits of themselves and they pick apart all of their perceived flaws.
“My smile is crooked.”
“One eye is bigger than the other”
“That one tooth…”
“These wrinkles…”
Nobody cares.
#selfimage
“My smile is crooked.”
“One eye is bigger than the other”
“That one tooth…”
“These wrinkles…”
Nobody cares.
#selfimage
When we are posing you for portraits, there is an extremely good chance it’s going to feel ridiculous.
#posing #posingtips #howtopose #photoshoot #louisville #louisvilleky #photographer
#posing #posingtips #howtopose #photoshoot #louisville #louisvilleky #photographer
April 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
When we are posing you for portraits, there is an extremely good chance it’s going to feel ridiculous.
#posing #posingtips #howtopose #photoshoot #louisville #louisvilleky #photographer
#posing #posingtips #howtopose #photoshoot #louisville #louisvilleky #photographer
