The inner spirit photography blog

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    From Heartbreak to Healing: Boudoir After Divorce

    Divorce can shake your foundation, any breakup does.  Even when it’s the right decision, the transition leaves many women feeling untethered. The familiar roles have shifted, and the mirror can start to feel like a stranger.  It can be so many things at once – liberating, disorienting, painful, often oddly peaceful. What, is rarely talked […]

  2. Body Fire Sessions: Gone In 4 Months

    Our Body Fire add on to our boudoir photo shoots and nude photography are popular but soon won’t be available. They are amazing, like a phoenix rising flames race from breasts to toes, across arms and from shoulders to bums.   We have had flames dancing on the brims of cowboy hats, traveling down silver chains […]

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    Body Painting is Boudoir Photography too

    Body Painting is a unique and powerful personal expression. It has been popular in our Boudoir photography mix for several decades. Back in the 1980s I got an accreditation in body painting photography.  Showing is always best. Here are some stories to go with some of our more interesting body paint sessions.  She loved Steampunk. […]

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    15 Ways Your Boudoir Photo Session Will Change Your Life!

    If you are curious about a boudoir or nude photography session you may have heard it can be life altering. From the raves of the over 5,200 women that I have photographed, I can tell you it changed their lives. There are a lot of positives to a boudoir photo shoot that can shift your […]

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    Boudoir Photo Shoot Preparation-16 Overlooked Tips

    Your boudoir photography session is going to be about your empowerment and body embracing or your celebration. Or most likely, mix .  In Inner Spirit Photography’s Calgary studio, nude or boudoir photography lets you express a little bit of your devilish side. That expressive mix of naughty and nice. Our clients do have more fun […]

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    Sisters

    A Sisters Boudoir Photo Shoot is the most unique type of boudoir. It showcases their bond in all of its subtlety. Over the course of several hours and outfit changes the girls reflect and dig into what makes their sisterhood work.   The mood drifts from joyful to reminiscent to thoughtful and engaging, all over the […]

  7. Blowin’ In The Wind

    Deb It is always a lot of fun exploring a new idea with a client. Deb had already been in a couple of time for boudoir and nude portraits and wanted something different this time.  You never know where you will get inspiration. Mark had seen some interesting images of a fashion shoot in a […]

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    Chandra & The Tiger Boudoir Session

    Years ago, we used to get exotic critters in our studio, mainly lions, wolves and tigers. Our Calgary Boudoir Photography studio is known for its unusual and creative sessions. Tasha was a very young tiger who loved our studio and human attention. These sessions were always popular. For Chandra, it was a once-in-a-lifetime moment. She […]

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    The Perfect Wedding Night Gift

    How can Boudoir photographs be the perfect gift? Wedding planning is a whirlwind of checklists, color palettes, and endless “must‐do” tasks. Somewhere between cake tastings and dress fittings, it’s easy to forget that your wedding is a celebration of intimacy, love, and a lifelong commitment.  In your search for a wedding night gift that breaks away […]