While social media has long been called out for presenting narrow ideas of body image, Tamika McCall says her boudoir photography sessions are more fun and empowering, than sexy.
Launceston photographer Tamika McCall, would suggest you step in front of a camera in a professional photography studio.Backed by over a decade of experience in psychosocial health, Ms McCall, believes the sessions, which she described as more fun than sexy, do wonders for body image.In 2018, Ms McCall, who has a background in wedding photography, started Tasmania's first boudoir photography studio.
She says she does this by inviting people to honour their bodies in sessions of pampering, playful posing and dressing up in outfits they've chosen for themselves, from up to 400 pieces of lingerie or other clothing.She says once she gets shooting with her clients, it is not sexy at all. Ms McCall has just over 400 clients, plus an online community of over 1,000 "VIP members" who connect and share their journeys."If we could increase the images we see of all body types in these arenas it would help all people feel seen and appreciated, or enough as they are," she said.
Launceston woman and former participant in The Second Chance Biggest Loser, 35-year-old Latisha Butt grew up in the 90s — back when, she said, it was all about "how you physically looked". "It's me, it's who I am, and [those parts of my body] they're part of me, that's why they're there," she said.
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