A boudoir experience offers more than just beautiful photos—it’s a journey of self-discovery, empowerment, and connection. In this intimate space, you are free to express your beauty, see yourself clearly, and rediscover your worth. Let’s explore how this unique experience holds space for every facet of who you are.

Here’s your chance to see what a gallery from a Strong Confident Femininity session looks like. This Model Session was set up for use in this exact way - to give you a chance to see what a gallery looks like, how it is delivered to you, and how the variety of images looks.

I remember her telling me she’d had a disaster with her first experience with intimate photography. Please note, that first experience wasn’t with me. My heart was crushed for her!

These tips are general concepts that will really help you implement poses and give you the space to put your own authentic personality onto the poses we get. And, the results will be beautiful whether you use them in the mountains around Bozeman Montana or in the Strong Confident Femininity Studio.

For most women, feeling seen heard and known is at times elusive, but always sought after. You are not alone in that.

While you want to connect to yourself, you also want others to desire to be connected with you. When it comes to images of you, this is so true - images are an opportunity for you to express your authentic self.

They are also an invitation for the viewer to see you as you want to be seen.

When others see and hear the real you, it makes you feel worth of being seen and heard. When you have the space to be your authentic self in images, especially in intimate imagery, that sense of value makes a positive impact on your self-confidence and self value.

BEING NERVOUS ABOUT DOING BOUDOIR IS NORMAL!

Here’s the point where I could spend a whole lot of words trying to convince you that the things you are nervous about aren’t going to happen and not reasonable things to be nervous about. But you know what, if you feel nervous, you feel nervous, and those are your legitimate feelings.

So, I’d rather spend my words helping you calm your nerves instead of telling you they are somehow illegitimate.

Here we go – these are the things that I find help to calm the pre-boudoir session nerves. Implement them as you go and see if they help!

The one of the big concerns of women bring to their Strong Confident Femininity boudoir session is what they perceive as their body’s “imperfections.” If that sounds familiar, you are not alone!

Every woman I’ve ever met experiences body shaming in some way, from media, strangers’ comments, insensitive friends and family members, or, most often, from their own internal talk.

Let’s do things a little backwards today, and give away the ending!

You may have more than one boudoir style that you like and want to try!

That is OKAY! In fact, that is a very good thing! It makes for amazing collections of images for your album!

Finding your boudoir style sounds so easy!. . . .

I photograph women from the perspective of how a woman wants to be seen instead of how she thinks her partner wants to see her. Because, that’s the way women feel the best about themselves and the images we make. It is also the best way to bring her perspective on herself into the artistic process.

That is the statement of how the Feminine Gaze manifests itself in the Strong Confident Femininity studio.

I knew before we started that this particular boudoir photo shoot might be a challenge. She made it known she was going to give this a try, but she wasn’t sure she was worthy.

Did you know that comparison can actually be healthy for you? You can use comparision to inspire you! Yeah, that surprised me too!

I had my doubts, but, turns out, I was wrong!

I set out to write a blog post about how horrible it is for you to compare yourself to what we see online.

Instead, I learned just how comparison can be used to improve your experiences of yourself.

I’ll let you in on a bit of a SECRET - These sessions do make you more attractive to the world but not because you’re hardly wearing anything. It is because you walk away from the session with a new understanding of your strength and femininity. And that understanding will give you a sexy confidence like nothing else.

When you know you are beautiful, you can take that part of you and share it with an intimate partner in a way that you never have before. The relationship becomes deeper and more meaningful because your perspective on yourself has changed.

Here at SCF, we embrace the fact that the intimate photography experience can be far deeper, more beautiful, more luxurious, and more beneficial to you than that old-fashioned version of boudoir.

Oh, you can still find some of that old way available, but it is not what we offer here.

We know that your intimate portrait session is far more about the experience you have and how it enriches your confidence and view of yourself than any person you might share the images with.

When done right, boudoir in general is good for women (a post addressing why I believe this is coming soon!) But there are four basic answers to why mini-boudoir sessions are a good thing:

Mini-boudoir sessions require a lower level of resource commitment from you.

Mini-boudoir sessions are a great Ice Breaker into the genre.

Mini-boudoir sessions are an opportunity to get to know me as a photographer and to see if I’m a match for you.

Mini-boudoir sessions can be more social – fun with your bestie kind of social!

Positive affirmations are quite popular these days. They are potentially effective ways of helping to bring about a healthier mindset for many people. And I believe they are a tool that women can use to develop their Strong Confident Femininity, if they are done well. But, not all affirmations or affirmation practices are designed for success. And if you are going to put the effort in, you surely want to find some success.

I’ve got three short stories to tell you – two clients (anonymously, so the images in this post are not of those women) and my grandma. These stories highlight women of strength. When you’ve read them, you might be inspired, but you might also be puzzled by what made them strong. I’ll give my take on the “what made them strong?” question at the end.

So, exactly how did this nerdy, Christian, former lawyer end up becoming a Boudoir Photographer in Bozeman Montana? Let me tell you, it came about much more naturally than you might think. But it did take a lot of years and influences to get here.

You hear it all the time - boudoir empowers women and builds their confidence. As a photographer I have seen it happen before my very eyes and I believe it is true. But really, what does this mean? What is it about a boudoir session that actually changes how a woman thinks or feels about herself? Here are three specific tangible ways a boudoir photography session will boost your confidence.

In-Person Consultation before your boudoir session is one of the safety measures you want in place with your boudoir photographer. While it is an important part of your safety, it is important for several other reasons as well.