Almost no photographers make money with this type of photography. Moat of the people paying to photograph these traveling models are into photography as a hobby.

Some of them might be able to create a portfolio and get some “boudoir” clients, but that’s rare.

If you’re looking to get portrait clients, though, I would not recommend filling your portfolio with this kind of work. If you want to work in the world of consumer photography, lingerie and bathing suit photos will not be the most helpful. Most of the clients will be families during some milestone in their lives, so that’s what I would recommend in your portfolio.

Are you doing a lot of IG modeling? If so, then it’s not particularly sketch. If you’re not though and some photographer just reached out to you to randomly pose in your underwear, then I would maybe think twice.

It sounds like this person might be what they call a GWC. That is an amateur or hobbyist photographer, usually a middle aged guy who photographs young “models” in skimpy clothes with mediocre lighting. They love boudoir and OFTEN refer to their low rent imagery as “art” even though it would be more classed as soft porn.