‘KEDVES’ by
THIA
PRIMARY - 14 JUN 2017
"So shooting initially made me feel slightly awkward, and I didn't like the first few pics I took - everything was too bright, all the bits I didn't want to show were in plain sight, and I just burnt my nose some days back so felt self-conscious about it. I was shooting in my room, which was quite tightly packed with a big bed, a little cabinet and a few other things, and the bed was basically the only space I could freely move around on. I tried a whole bunch of corners and angles until I finally found one that made me love the light - I basically placed a mirror against the window right in front of the bed, blocking the neighbours from being able to see me, and suddenly the entire room was green. As I was shooting, the initial awkwardness started to fade and I got into it, enjoying the process of feeling more free with my body, being okay with showing parts I would normally not want to show, being okay with nothing being perfect, just allowing everything to be lovely as is, which has always been good enough. Sometimes it's hard to make that inner critic just shut the hell up, and once I felt more appreciation and kindness towards my own body, even in harsher light, doing the pics was an amazing experience."
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