Empowered With Susie

Empowered With Susie 🌟Helping beautiful souls accept & express themselves through photographs I am a photographer in the Minot, ND area.

I have been asked what is my favorite genre to photograph, I used to say I specialize in women's portraiture and glamor with a passion for helping women accept and love themselves as they are, now I tell them I love telling women's stories. whether it is renewing the love they have for themselves after a life of caring for those closest to them or showing the strength, Love and confidence that com

es from becoming a mom for the first time, the second time or fifth time telling her story back to her to show her what those who love her see. I have been photographing women in the most intimate ways for over 5 years now. Intimate (boudoir) portraiture is not so much about taking your cloths so much as it is about photographing a side of them they may not always share in their public lives, their intimate side. I am a member of Association of International Boudoir Photographers, I am constantly attending workshops and other educational venues to improve my photography and business. I have a private womens only group where i share more of my work, private discussions as well as offering Lingerie and Clothing that tips towards the sexy side for purchase. please feel free to ask to join if you are female and over 18. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656069837965579/

Going through old images this week and found a whole set from 2011 I thought I'd thinned out.Turns out I hadn't. And hon...
06/03/2026

Going through old images this week and found a whole set from 2011 I thought I'd thinned out.

Turns out I hadn't. And honestly? I'm glad.

Walking through these reminded me of so much — using a light colored blanket as a reflector, how simply moving yourself or your subject can completely transform an image, and oh... gold reflectors. Chef's kiss.

New blog post is up today and it's a personal one. A little throwback, a little behind the lens, and a reminder that sometimes the spark you've been looking for has been sitting in an old hard drive the whole time.

https://www.susanlundmark.com/blog/throwbacks-light-and-finding-the-spark-again

Pride isn't a month. It's a reminder that some people still have to fight to exist. I'm here for my LGBTQ+ people every ...
06/02/2026

Pride isn't a month. It's a reminder that some people still have to fight to exist. I'm here for my LGBTQ+ people every single month. Every single day. No exceptions.

Be you. Fully. Always.

xo Susie

Can we talk about what's happening right now?Skeleton thin is back. And this time it has a drug behind it.The "Ozempic b...
05/23/2026

Can we talk about what's happening right now?

Skeleton thin is back. And this time it has a drug behind it.

The "Ozempic body" is all over red carpets and your For You page — hollowed faces, jutting collarbones, a return to the kind of thinness we fought hard to push back on. Less than 1% of runway models last season were plus size. That's not a trend. That's a regression.

Here's what I need you to understand: beauty standards have always cycled — 90s he**in chic, early 2010s thinspo, and now this. They are not facts about your body. They are fashion. They expire.

I take Ozempic. For my actual type 2 diabetes. So I'm not speaking from the outside here — I'm living inside the complexity of it. And I'm still telling you this aesthetic is harmful.

I'm also never perfect with my diet or my movement. Depression is real. Time is not something most of us have in abundance. My body reflects a real life — not a failure to try hard enough.

And yes, I took about 47 selfies and didn't love a single one. So here's just one anyway. Showing up imperfect is kind of the whole point.

I spent years behind a camera watching women apologize for their bodies before I'd even said hello. I'm not staying quiet about this anymore.

Your body is not a trend. It doesn't have to keep up.

Build your table. Decide who gets a seat. Don't let an algorithm tell you whether you deserve one.

💚 Save this if you needed to hear it. Share it if someone else does.

From the slightly cluttered desk this morning — new blog post is up.My dad used to compare my house to someone who "had ...
05/20/2026

From the slightly cluttered desk this morning — new blog post is up.
My dad used to compare my house to someone who "had a place for everything." Every time he said it, something in me would shrink a little.
He wasn't wrong. But he also wasn't seeing the whole picture.
Today I'm talking about clutter, multi-passionate living, and why I'm not giving up joy to fit someone else's idea of a tidy life.

www.susanlundmark.com/blog/a-place-for-everything

Hey friends — Happy May the 4th 🌟🗡️okay hear me out… my card of the week is the Ace of Swords and honestly? total Jedi e...
05/05/2026

Hey friends — Happy May the 4th 🌟🗡️
okay hear me out… my card of the week is the Ace of Swords and honestly? total Jedi energy.
clarity cutting through the darkness. trusting what you know. letting the truth guide you.
Luke didn't overthink it. he trusted.
ask yourself this week —
what have I been avoiding knowing?
the answer is already in you. may the 4th be with you ✨
what's your card this week? drop it below 👇
xo Susie

That dahlia is two feet tall now. Growing in my kitchen window (I moved it for this pic!), messy background and all.Also...
04/29/2026

That dahlia is two feet tall now. Growing in my kitchen window (I moved it for this pic!), messy background and all.

Also wrote another blog 2nd week! hopefully i can make this a habit!

Late one night a friend posted about looking at old client photos — the creativity, the joy, the art they made together. And how for the first time in a long time, she missed it. How it doesn't feel quite so lost anymore. I read it and felt it in my chest.

When I told her I was craving creation but wasn't sure I had the confidence to go into business full time not even sure about part time, she said something I keep coming back to:

"You have to lift that camera up and document the world around you, what you see that you love. Maybe it's a tree. Start small."

Maybe it's a tree. I haven't been able to stop thinking about that.

I'm not ready to say I'm back. But I'm not saying never anymore. And I'm letting that be enough.

Full post on the blog — https://www.susanlundmark.com/blog/maybe-it-starts-with-a-tree

There's a silence I can't make sense of — and honestly, I'm getting angry and frustrated about it...Hashtags:
04/23/2026

There's a silence I can't make sense of — and honestly, I'm getting angry and frustrated about it...

Hashtags:

Whose table currently looks like this? 😬😬For a while I've been standing in the doorway of a room that used to be full — ...
04/21/2026

Whose table currently looks like this? 😬😬

For a while I've been standing in the doorway of a room that used to be full — and I've been waiting for it to fill back up on its own.

It doesn't work that way. I know that. Nothing fills a void. You have to build something in it.

So I did.

Building My Table is about designing a life on purpose. Choosing your people. Knowing your values. Finding beauty in the ordinary. And creating a space where everyone has a seat — especially the ones who've been told otherwise.

Also

Warm at the table. Fierce in the fight. (workshopping this im not sure i am totally in love with this yet)

If any of this sounds familiar, pull up a chair. ✨

🔗 https://www.susanlundmark.com/blog/building-my-table-and-who-its-for

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