That was Sunday, Sept 13. (Yes, every 7 years we have a Friday the 13 anniversary, fun, right?) I was 20 when I married Jan. Did not even own a camera then. Three years later, I borrowed hers to start a distracting hobby from my 24/7 job. I started photographing women. In 1980, Inner Spirit…
The Fire Breathing Dragon, one of my most ambitious projects. I will take you behind the scenes. Sean Avram, an internationally recognized body painter, was in Calgary on a teaching gig. He was fresh off the Skin Wars Reality TV show. He shared how he had been eliminated the day before the multi-model painting challenge.
KC arrived at my Calgary studio nervously hopeful. She was slender, the result of hard work paying off. She looked younger than her years, which she was quietly proud of. She wasn’t sure whether to credit genetics or her self-care, but she would happily take it. She still carried body insecurities—sadly, most of the familiar…
One Woman’s Calgary Boudoir Story about Joy, timing and seeing herself differently. After 48 years as a Calgary boudoir and nude photographer, and having photographed more than 5,300 women, I have learned all the many reasons women walk through my doors. For some, a boudoir or nude portrait session is about embracing their body. For…
Can you imagine the rush of a tiger walking between your spiked high heels? Feeling that feline fur slide across your calf? In my Calgary Boudoir Photography Studio was Tasha, a tiger cub, with Chandra, a wonderfully free-spirited woman. Tasha was around two months old, looking fierce in this photograph, but she was really a…
Sue came to me looking to see what the beauty they were talking about. This is one of the side benefits, perhaps the defining benefit of boudoir or beauty photography. Your mind can’t argue with the evidence. An image held from when you were young, flavoured by comments taken too personally for someone so young. …
When Calgary celebrates our western heritage with the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth, cowgirls show up in cowboy hats, jean jackets, and ridin’ boots. Some even have spurs. I’m not sure you can call these boudoir photo sessions. But they do. There are the girls, women, who ride, rope ‘n race. They are unbridled and…
A Calgary Boudoir Photography Session Filled with Variety, Creativity and Joy Lori described herself as a “complex woman.” “Complex” . . . She looked me in the eye to emphasize it: “I am not a complicated woman though.” She wanted her Calgary boudoir photography session to reflect the many sides of her personality rather than…
Our Latest Reflections Journal entry is out. You can read at. https://bit.ly/Reflections2026-05-28 Mark shares about Angie’s Boudoir Yoga session. Breaks the “gotta wear. lingerie if it’s Boudoir.) rule. This is a different story about expressing your inner vision. The second story has a hidden heart in the image. Look for it, let us know if…
One pose flowed into the next with such ease that I often found myself lowering the camera for a moment just to watch. Some people strike poses. Angie inhabits them. She has never been a model. As a lifetime fitness devotee and trainer, she has been on stage. As a trainer, she demonstrates. She has…
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