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"Oh, I'd just rather be behind the camera."

 

Does that sound like you?

 

Are you at the back of every photograph, making sure you're hidden by as many other people as possible? Or simply refusing to be in photographs at all?

 

For many, many years, that was me. In fact, one of the reasons I picked up a camera and started doing hobby photography as a young adult was so that I could use the behind-the-camera excuse to keep from having to be in photos.

 

It wasn't until I started learning to love and accept my body that I was able to start voluntarily appearing in photos — more and more comfortably as my body image improved, as it turned out.

 

For some of us, we know when we're ready to start seeing ourselves in photographs, and we seek out a photographer to capture this stage of our journey through life and self-love. But for others, we need photos for a specific purpose, and ready or not, here we come.

 

Finding a photographer you can trust to respect whatever body you live in — no matter its size, shape, ethnicity, level of ability, hairiness, or age — is the key to getting photos you love through a process that makes you feel safe and confident.

 

That's where body positivity comes in. Body positivity is the belief that everyone deserves to feel good about their body. Seeking out photographers who specifically speak and practice and create from this belief is a great way to narrow down prospective photographers and find one who's great to work with, especially if you live in a body that doesn't happen to be thin, young, white or abled.

 

I’m so excited to bring you my new guide, How to Find a #Bodypositive Photographer, because it’s a compilation of everything I’ve learned from being on both sides of the lens about how to find and work with a photographer you can trust with your most precious partner in life — your body.

 

In the e-book, we explore:

⭐ Why it’s important for your photog to be body positive

⭐ What to look for in any photographer

⭐ How to determine whether a photographer really is body positive

⭐ The right questions to ask before your session

⭐ How to handle seeing your body in photos

 

You can download it for free by clicking on the Download button below.

Warmly,
Lindley

 

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Hi! I'm Lindley.

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Hi! I'm Lindley.

 

I'm a professional photographer (she/her, pronounced LIN-lee) who celebrates the unique beauty of bodies that fall outside conventional "beauty" standards. I live outside Seattle, WA. 

 

I talk about and photograph fat folks because representation of large bodies in the world is vital to our body liberation.

 

 

People come to me for:

  • Body-safe portrait, boudoir and small business photography sessions
  • Diverse, body-positive stock photos
  • Fat fine art photographic prints
  • Health at Every Size (HAES)-aligned consulting, writing and editing
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