11 Creative Milk Bath Photoshoot Ideas

For some time now, milk bath photography has been a popular style of editorial, commercial, and artistic digital imagery. Most often, though, it is used for portraiture for mothers and newborns, and boudoir-style images. Milk bath photography is somewhat self-explanatory – a bathtub or other human-sized vessel is filled with milk, which creates a simultaneously angelic and sultry aesthetic, depending on the goal of the photoshoot. The milky surroundings allow the subject to glow through the negative white space, encouraging the viewer to focus on the model while enjoying an interesting background. Ahead, we’ll share a few incredible milk bath photoshoot ideas.

But first things first, you’ll need to source a tub or other vessel and somewhere to shoot the milk bath photography. Perhaps the vessel will come from an antique store or a props rental facility, or an appropriate container might already be in the space you rent. Peerspace is a great solution to renting an appropriate location for a couple of hours to conduct your photoshoot. Since there are thousands of Peerspaces in hundreds of cities, there’s bound to be an ideal milk bath photoshoot site. Here are 11 creative Peerspace ideas as to where you could take your pics.

Some milk bath photographers prefer to conduct infant milk bath photoshoots in kiddie pools, which makes an exceptionally fun and colorful environment. This bright preschool in Silver Lake, California would make an ideal setting for this kind of photoshoot – just situate the inflatable or plastic pool in the center of the play area to stage your shots. P.S. use your camera strap so the camera doesn’t fall on the baby’s head!

To clarify the concept, a person’s entire body does not need to be submerged in the tub in order to create the desired milk bath portraiture effect. Imagine filling wash stations at this trendy Memphis event space salon with your milk mixture, maybe some shampoo-esque bubbles, and shooting the subject from above. It would be amazing with those bright teal walls and flattering ambient light.

This bohemian loft near St. Louis has six eclectic bathrooms, most of which feature a tub-like vessel that would make a fantastic milk bath photoshoot. One of the bathrooms, in particular, features a Western-themed trough-like sink, which probably wouldn’t accommodate a full-grown person, but would make a really cool bath setting for a toddler. Other bathrooms have full-sized tubs and there’s even a mosaic wall fountain for, well, off-the-wall images.