Do I need to lose weight before my boudoir shoot?

“Do I need to lose weight before- “ Girl, lemme stop you right there. At My Boudoir, we believe in a healthy relationship with one’s body……..

But we also know that’s easier said than done.

As most people know far too well, there is a body image epidemic in society. We can blame the unattainable beauty image forced onto us by social media for that, but it’s actually ingrained throughout society. Think about it: not only did we grow up seeing these standards in film and television which transferred directly to the social media influencer realm, but also the entirety of the fashion industry with Eurocentric prioritization. Nothing’s wrong with a slender petitite feminine figures, but reality is multicultural and infinitely more diverse!

Reality is the “fat funny friend” in Hollywood did a disservice to our psyche and fad diet culture has not only ruined our metabilisms, but diminished the importance of a lifestyle of ingrained healthy choices. Reality is that genetics play a gargantuan role in the cards we are dealt physiologically and sometimes that means not only are our basal metabolic rates all different, but our propensity for certain illnesses and even our food satiety all present differently too.

This crap has become so ingrained in our culture to look thinner, that children as young as three years old have been found to develop a negative body image. At My Boudoir Atlanta, we’re calling BS on all of this. So to answer the question, “do I need to lose weight before my boudoir shoot?” the answer is a resounding NO.

Some relevant questions I encounter about boudoir sessions:
1. Do you photograph plus size women?
2. Can you pose me to look thinner?
3. Can you hide my stomach in the photos?
4. Do I need to lose weight before my beauty or boudoir photoshoot? How much?

Short answer: Yes, yes, yes, no.

Basically, abso-fuckin-lutely, we do photograph plus size women in our boudoir/beauty sessions. Take a look at our gallery to see for yourself. And while we’re all about loving our bodies exactly as they are, we respect that your vision of empowerment may involve posing to diminish what you aren’t in love with and highlighting what you do love.

So yes, I can use my decade + experience in boudoir photography to use lighting, posing, outfit selection, angles, etc to slim the physique. And yes, we can do a tad bit of nipping and tucking in Photoshop if you’d like. I got you, girl! <3

That being said, it fills my heard with utter joy when we get ladies in who want to love every inch of themselves and show it all off - it’s up to you, boo!

What a boudoir shoot creates is the experience of seeing yourself through another’s, more positive eyes. Social media and the beauty industry have trained us to analyze ourselves with an ulta-critical eye. We are conditioned into finding every single possible flaw when, in reality, the only people noticing those “flaws” are typically just.. you.

At My Boudoir Atlanta, we provide a safe space for all women to put into image stages of life: upcoming marriages, recent divorces, grad school completion, birthdays, anniversaries, weight loss surgeries, deciding to celebrate the extra baby weight.. anything and any time that is special to you! Bodies change and we’re here to celebrate that with you!

Chat soon. <3

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