Exhibitionist

When MOH and I took our wedding nudes as part of our wedding portraitures last year, we ended up with a collection of photos that we utterly loved, loved, loved. Of course, the photography process was not as simple as it seemed. Firstly, one needed to get rid of the awkward-ness of being stark naked in front of ... the photographer and his team as well as any body hang-ups that you may have. And then, you needed to get a little creative with the poses. Lastly - the tricky part - you needed to HOLD the poses while the photographer tries different lighting and angles to achieve perfection. Believe me, after a 3-hour session, you will find muscles you never knew you had quivering.

So when Yeh, our photographer asked for permission to exhibit some of our photos (of course, most are still kept under lock & key) at his first solo exhibition - we said Yes. I mean, after all, the ones which were rated "U" were already on FB. Ahhh.... but we certainly did not expect Yeh to have chosen some of our butt-shots for his exhibition! And definitely did not expect there to be a price tag on the photo!

The exhibition which was opened just last Saturday on the 6th November 2010 at Small Talk With The Moon was jointly organized by my partners at Nupts & Such and endorsed by AWP Malaysia. Canon also came in with a show of support by sponsoring the event. Being all the way in Cambodia, I was skyped in - because I wanted to see WHAT was on display. MOH & I had a right good laugh when we found out our buttocks were on sale for RM2,500. Who would purchase a photo of somebody else's butt? Hmmm....

Nevertheless, the opening of Yeh's first solo exhibition went about successfully and he had talk sessions on wedding nudes, creativity in photography styles and it even evolved to the more technical topics like lightings, angles, equipments and technology.

For me, while only on Skype, it was still nice seeing our nudes showcased in a little exhibition (Yeh - next time, do a bigger show, ok?) and seeing them used as part of Yeh's learning / skill-sharing session - in other words - case study :P Talk about being an exhibitionist eh!

Believe me, we are all exhibitionist in one way or another. We all want the world to see us in our most delightful angles or profiles. We want the world to acknowledge that something or some part of us look good. But the world also expects us to be modest about it. "Oh, no... my legs are too skinny..." when in actual fact - all you want to do is jump up and down at the compliment. After all - we do care and love ourselves enough to present the best of ourselves for the world to see.

So go on and tell yourself right now - You're Fucking Beautiful.
I know I will. Just that - I don't think it's time to trade my current career with modeling at the mo'.

** Photography of Wedding Nudes by Yeh Poh Chung
** BELOW : Yeh's "Nude Case Study of us - Screen Captured from Skype :)

** Further reading on A Journey To Forever in Lyrical Poses and Tantric Artistry - click HERE