Ever seen a photo you hated?
Ever look at a photo and see an angle, a body part a facial expression and go OMG THAT'S GROSS, I LOOK SO FAT, I LOOK SO UGLY any of those sound familiar to you?
Sadly, I think every one of us has felt this way multiple times. It happened to me this morning and this is what brought me to write this to you.
I saw a bunch of photos from a shoot I did a few weekends ago and I saw them and hated every single one of them. I hated how my body looked, I hated how I was standing and I was also shooting with my friend whos super tiny in height and width and made me feel even bigger.
This changed my mood for the morning. It made me feel upset, it made me feel gross, and it made me feel down. BUT!!! At that moment I had a choice to let it affect my mood and determine the rest of my day OR I had the choice to turn around my thoughts, bring awareness to what I was feeling and not let this emotion and feeling take over.
I chose option TWO!
(know that it's normal to not always chose the best answer and sometimes these emotions overwhelm us regardless of how much awareness we draw in and sometimes we need to sit in the negativity before we can move on)
THINGS TO REMEMBER Every photo is literally just a quick snapshot of the moment. Depending on what angle the photo is taken, the type of camera the photo is being taken, your stance, and how you are standing changes EVERYTHING!Even light can change how you look, putting shadows on parts of your body that may make you appear wider or shadowing parts of your body to make you look more narrow. It is all manipulated because of all of these things so for us to get down and let it affect our day is CRAZY!My advice to get past this is to keep remembering the reality of the situation. Remember that a photo is just a photo and it doesn't define you or show the whole picture. Remember that an angle can completely change the photo and how far back you stand, how much on the side you stand, and how high or low the cameraman is standing changes how the overall photo will look like. Tell yourself qualities and parts of you that you love to draw the focus away from what is making you feel bad and allow the attention to be focused on the positive. What we focus on is how we feel, so changing your focus and perspective will change your mood!
Don't allow that thought to grow and get moldy in your brain. The more you hold onto it the more it will fetish and get worse and make you feel worse too. Draw awareness to the thought, sit with it, question it and then let it go and focus on something else. I promise you, it is NOT worth beating yourself up for! Please, please remember that!You're amazing, beautiful, and incredible! Love always!!!
Mikaela xxx
