artistic nude self-portraits in nature

I didn’t want to show my face that day, and I wanted to make beautiful nude self-portraits somewhere in nature. At that time I was staying at Sunsport Gardens Naturist Resort, so all I had to do was roll out of bed, get my equipment, and walk outside onto my nude creative playground.

The royal poinciana tree spoke to me. It always does. It’s every leaf is pure art to me - composed of tine leaves arranged in this gorgeous manner, they are mesmerizing to look at, and their gentle caresses against the skin are more tender than a lover’s touch.

Theses are the images I created that day. To be honest though, after I loaded them into the computer and looked at them, all I saw was a collection of flaws and regrets about not putting makeup on that day. The belly too big, the blemishes (I removed them in these photos), the folds on my back.

But then I look at these folds and I think - this is what a real body looks like! I am real! If I obsessed over my body and took myself to the gym and worked out, and focused on making sure the folds were not there, they would probably not be. But I have them.

My job now is to either learn to love them, or decide that it is so important for me to not have them that I work out regularly.

I decided to do both ♥

And if you ever wonder what the process of taking self-portraits looks like, I do show it in some videos. To encapsulate it in one snapshot, this is it :)

How do you think these images turned out? I have a few of my favorite ones from this series for sure! And it always surprises me how I am able to see myself with more love and compassion after some time passes…