BDSM Fashion/Lifestyle Look Book Research

My next photography assignment is to create a fashion/lifestyle look book. I want to create a look book based upon the fetish community, focusing upon some of the kinks which do not get much representation in the public eye (eg. body piercing, fire cupping, suspension, shibari, pony play) while avoiding some of the more common ones (eg. spanking, blindfolds, light bondage).

The first thing I am doing is researching what goes into making a strong look book. For resources, I've found the following:

How to make a great fashion Lookbook: Touches on context, posing, photo format, image quality, lighting, and detailing.

I found a free template for an InDesign lookbook here: Free InDesign Lookbook Template. This gives me an idea to play around with.



I have also put out some feelers to locate people in the BDSM scene who are willing to model for me.

Some of the ideas I'm thinking about showing include: