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A Holiday Gift
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Photographer Victoria Caroline Haltom took pictures of a woman as a
christmas gift for her husband. The boudoir session style photos came
out beautifully, but the woman was subconscious about her stretch marks
and weight.
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She Removed The Imperfections
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“She was a curvy, beautiful size 18. I thought she looked like a
goddess, but as most women do, she had a request….. She came to me,
looked me straight in the eyes, and said ‘I want you to photoshop all of
my cellulite, all of my angry red stretch marks, ALL of my fat, and all
of my wrinkles….just make it go away. I want to feel gorgeous just
ONCE.'”
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Merry Christmas Honey!
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The woman gifted her husband with a book of 30 beautiful shots of her in lingerie…
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But Victoria Received A Letter After Christmas
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“:Hi Victoria, I am (blank)’s husband, ********. I am writing to you
because I recently received an album containing images you took of my
wife. I don’t want you to think that I am in any way upset with you….but
I have some food for thought that I would like to pass on to you. I
have been with my wife since we were 18 years old, and we have two
beautiful children together. We have had many ups and downs over the
years, and I think…well, actually I KNOW that my wife did these pictures
for me to “spice things up”.
She sometimes complains that I must not
find her attractive, that she wouldn’t blame me if I ever found someone
younger. When I opened the album that she gave to me, my heart sank.
These pictures…while they are beautiful and you are clearly a very
talented photographer….they are not my wife. You made every one of her
“flaws” disappear…and while I’m sure this is exactly what she asked you
to do, it took away everything that makes up our life. When you took
away her stretch marks, you took away the documentation of my children.
When you took away her wrinkles, you took away over two decades of our
laughter, and our worries. When you took away her cellulite, you took
away her love of baking and all the goodies we have eaten over the
years.”
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Celebrate Her Imperfections
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“[Victoria] I am not telling you all of this to make you feel horrible,
you’re just doing your job and I get that. I am actually writing you to
thank you. Seeing these images made me realize that I honestly do not
tell my wife enough how much I LOVE her and adore her just as she is.
She hears it so seldom, that she actually thought these photoshopped
images are what I wanted and needed her to look like. I have to do
better, and for the rest of my days I am going to celebrate her in all
her imperfectness. Thanks for the reminder.”
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Victoria’s Message To All Women
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“Ladies, I can photoshop just about anything. But I encourage you to
think twice about how much ‘altering’ we do. Our loved ones cherish and
adore us just as we are.”
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