Strike a Pose!
To pose in the nude is one of the ‘must-dos’ in your life’s checklist. It allows you to capture or immortalize the state of being comfortable with you and your own body. And to be able to be naked in front of an artist affirms strength from within.
Likewise, to bare oneself and to be subjected to the artist’s creative processes are among the few moments that you express your openness in dealing with it. The vulnerability of being interpreted by the artist’s eye gives you a view on how others see you in your uncovered persona both literally and figuratively.
Photos by Raymund Isaac
Here are the things I did before allowing myself to pose nude:
1. Conditioned myself to feel good on how I look both inside and outside.
2. Prepared my body–went on a diet, workout, did all my skincare regimen such as body scrub before the shoot.
3. Put all my trust in the artist and collaborated, but it was–and is–still the artist’s final say.
4. Remembered that as the subject, I must allow the artist to take the liberty of his own artistic process.
5. Allowed the artist to see the beauty from his own eye.
6. Beauty is relative and we are unique different individuals with our unique physical features.
7. And lastly, bore in mind we were all born naked and just let go!