"Photography is the story I fail to put into words." - Destin Sparks
People ask me all the time why I'm so obsessed with taking pictures. Some of my friends even make fun of me. But not in a mean way. And even if it was mean, I wouldn't care. Posing is a passion of mine and not because I'm sooo obsessed with attention or Instagram like some might think. I'm not saying that this statement is entirely incorrect (lol), but there's definitely more to it. There's so much more to photographs than people realize. It's not just that they represent a type of a safe haven for your memories. They also tell a story.
With every single photoshoot or simply a random photo session, you can decide who you want to be for that moment. Do you wanna be sexy? Mysterious? Naughty or funny? Do you wanna look like you're on top of the world or maybe that you're shy and into books and reading? Well for that couple of minutes you can be whoever you wanna be. You can represent that side of you that people might not know or the side of you that you wish would dominate in real life.
Personally I love playing with facial expressions. Every single expression can tell you a different story. Am I a good girl who likes following the rules? Or maybe I'm a rebel who breaks them. Am I so confident that everything about me tells you that or maybe I'm just so good at pretending that you'd never guess I'm actually pretty shy and love spending time with my books?
And the thing is that I'm all of those things. People are never black and white, even though sometimes we might feel they are. And photoshoots, photographs can show you that. They can emphasize all of those things with one look or with one single glance.
Some of my friends expressed pride upon the fact that I'm so confident or better put, so comfortable with myself that I'm able to pose in underwear/swimsuits. I don't see this in that particular way. I love posing in boudoir photoshoots because of how they make me feel. Boudoir photos somehow give me power, they make me feel like I can be whoever I wanna be and do whatever I wanna do. They're a way of expressing myself in an interesting, artistic way, which I absolutely love.
I’m all about art, posing and expression. I'm all about being myself and showing the world how easy it can actually be. So I don't take pride in posing in such an exposed way. I find that to be easy. I take pride in doing it no matter the judgemental comments and side-eyes I sometimes receive. I take pride in doing what I love no matter what this society thinks of me. I take pride in being myself and owning it with every fiber of my being. I take pride in being me.
I'm not going to claim that I've always been this way. I used to doubt myself a lot and I'd always wonder how I'll end up looking to the rest of the world. Until I realized that it doesn't matter. I feel like I've repeated this plenty of times in the rest of my posts, but it's just so true. The only opinion that matters is your own. Are you happy with yourself? Do you like the person you've become? Do you have people in your life who love you so much it hurts? Because if the answer is yes, you're doing something right and everyone else is in the wrong.
At the end of the day, that's what life is all about. Staying true to yourself and showing the middle finger to anyone that tells you otherwise.
With love, Nina
P.S. All photos are taken by the amazing Alan Bucar Vuksic.
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