When I initially started working on this post … I had 5 ‘blog qualified’ photos that would totally fit into what one would consider meeting the requirements of a fashion post. You know … the ‘hand on hip’ pose, the ‘face beauty shot’, the photo of just my boots and two shots of me where I was posed in ways that made me look the skinniest. But as I kept looking at the photos, something felt off… It just didn’t feel genuine… For all the photos I post on this blog, there are sooooooo many more that never make the cut because I think they aren’t good enough… You know, based on how other bloggers portray their material via photos on their blog. (yeap, I fall into that trap sometimes too.)
Fortunately for you, I ended up deleting my first set of pictures and replacing them with the ones above … These are the ones that would normally not make the cut. Despite my boots being cut off in some pics, the awkward open mouth facials along with a few photos blurry in composition and angles/poses that make me look frumpy in my sweater… I found myself gravitating towards the candidly imperfect photos for this blog post as apposed to photos with my perfectly placed limbs … Because they just felt more real to me … And while it’s obviously more easier said than done, I think being real is more important than being perfect … I also think the ‘peace sign pose’ should be a required pose for all fashion posts …
P.S. My Halloween Drinking Game is up on Sarah’s blog! Go check it out and prepare to get drink drank drunk ;)
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