The Full Body Shot

Yep!  I mean full body photo disclosure.  Dressed people not naked. It wasn't until recently that I discovered how skilled a master of the avoidance of the full body shot I had become.  I have loads of head and shoulder photos and a handful of full body shots.  Usually taken by someone else when I've had no choice.  I hadn't realised it honestly until a friend on facebook who is wonderfully plus size decided to out her full body shot on facebook.  At first I didn't understand what was happening.  Why did she feel the need to do it?  She explained that she had become so adept at taking only portrait pictures of herself because she never wanted to invite comment that was hurtful towards her.  I blinked a few times and realised I had been doing the same.  I talked about fat and faaat yesterday and faaat is how I shall now call myself and others like me from now on.  Being faaat I couldn't bear for people to comment unnecessarily and negatively towards me  It really made me think how many of us are doing this?  Are you?  Are you ashamed to have a full body shot photo of you?  Are you afraid to see yourself (I think I am a little) and for others to see you in print?  I'm not ashamed yet I must be if I can't face that surely?

A few years ago my sister got married in a beautiful old monastery in Treviso outside Venice in Italy.  It was the most gorgeous location and I was a bridesmaid and sang at her wedding.  I should have been happy but I felt hideous in the dress I was wearing.  The dress was beautiful.  Gorgeous colour but on me it was bad.  It highlighted my cuddly tum and my boeing jet wings were on show to everyone! I was a little slow then because if I had been as I am now I would have made my own dress or altered this one to suit my style and cover up appropriately.  But non-one thought and neither did I till it was too late and we were in Treviso.  Of course the photographer was keen to do his job and take photos.  He took a full body shot I look at today and to be entirely honest with you I cringe.  You can just about see the misery in my face.  I did have a good time in the end but on a day when I should have felt good I felt really unbeautiful. :(  So in true spirit of being a faaattie I'm sharing that picture with you today and hope many more beautiful ones will follow.  I know how to dress and accessorise my shape and size better without compromise in those areas and I hope to see a lot more faaatties do the same.  I'd like to start a gallery/ do a montage on my new youtube bigYoutiful chanel In January so if you want to follow my friend and I's full body shot liberation then get dolling up, put your glad rags on and snap away!!!!   Don't forget to send in your snaps to:

revcurvy@hotmail.co.uk   give your name, what your new year resolution is and provide a plus size living positive tip for plus size people everywhere.  You will receive one of my bigYouiful slogan tees.  I'll have this up next week for you to see.  Hope to hear from you soon...  ;)

Here goes......



I'm the big purple' cloud' in the middle! :/

Awww....I'm bigYoutiful after all. :)

RayRay xx

PS - Don't forget!  Send me yours.