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Photographer Helps Women Get Rid Of Insecurities By Photographing Them Like Celebrities (29 Pics)
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" is an accurate quote by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford. Everyone views beauty differently: some find it in nature, some in the busy streets of cities. It especially varies when we're talking about the beauty of people.
Sadly, sometimes people feel insecure in their own bodies. Maybe it's because of some body issues—scars, age. There are many factors that can bring our confidence down. Then we can't let our inner beauty shine through.
Emily London is a photographer with the goal of getting rid of any insecurities women have and making them feel like the queens they are. She helps women feel confident in their own skin by giving them incredible makeovers and then capturing their portraits. The women get transformed into models and Hollywood divas that could easily be on the most popular magazine covers or movie screens.
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This is some more information about Emily from her website: "I know what beautiful looks like. I can see yours. I know how to bring it forward, and how to capture it with my camera. I also know what it's like to be a woman who struggles to see her own beauty. That's why I've made it my mission to create the most beautiful portraits you have ever had. I want to show you how beautiful you are; to help you reconnect with the woman you see in your portraits, and be awed by her again." Emily is based in Salt Lake City. She has two children and a German shepherd. Her hobbies include playing the ukulele.
I've always loved the natural hair on African American women.
Load More Replies... This is proof that every woman is a supermodel with the right makeup artist.
Though none of these women are ugly, I couldn't help but remember that 'before and after' picture that made the rounds some years ago. It was called 'There are no ugly women, only poor.'. It featured women who'd gotten makeovers that spared no expense. The differences were stunning.
Yikes that did not work. The greasy look is almost better than turning her into Toad from the mario brothers
she is beautiful and yet the no makeup smile would make me want her to be my friend
Wow, she is beautiful. Her smile in the picture really tells the truth, she is good inside.
She's a super cutie in the first photo & a lovely woman in the others. I really love her hair in the second 2 pics; I don't know if it's her own beautiful hair fluffed out, or a wig, but it's gorgeous!
Many women have been made over by Emily. Here are some testimonials from them found on Emily's website: "Using these elegant photos for marketing has catapulted my business and brand. Emily will deliver, then exceed, the look, style, and feel you are after. Her work is incredibly beautiful, and it reflects her heart and skill. My photo sessions with Emily will forever be some of my most treasured days." - Rachel
"Treated like a Queen, nurtured, and bathed in love. This portrait taken by the magnificent Emily London envelops the feeling of my life, breathing light into what once was, what is, and what will be." - Carita
"Emily London has the ability to bring your inner beauty out into a photo and capture the beautiful goddess that is meant to be seen." - Annette
"Emily made me feel like the confident, beautiful, graceful, romantic women that I see in magazines. I wish every woman that I know could have that experience. They’ll come back to their family a changed woman." - Wendy
"What Emily creates is simply breathtaking. She made me feel like a princess when I had my shoot, and I can't express enough the love and talent Emily gives to every woman she works with. The pictures Emily did for me will be cherished for a lifetime." - Sandy
"I approached the day of my session with trepidation, always disliking to have my photo taken. Emily is so caring and attuned to her clients. She instantly transformed my anxiety into excitement. The day turned into a luxurious and joyful adventure. I left the studio feeling exhilarated and rejuvenated. Happy at last, someone was able to capture that essence in me I wanted the world to see." - Ronnee
As you can see, the women that worked with Emily are all very happy and have had their confidence boosted. This project has brought a lot of happiness to these ladies and the result is a lot of smiles.
What do you think of these transformations? Tell us in the comments and don't forget to send love to Emily for all her amazing work!
I think she is much prettier without makeup. Perhaps it is the smile.
Note: this post originally had 41 images. It’s been shortened to the top 29 images based on user votes.
LADIES YOU ARE QUEENS WITH AND WITHOUT MAKEUP. YOU ARE ALL SO AMAZING AND STUNNING EVEN IF YOU DON'T ALWAYS FEEL LIKE IT
The makeovers are great and I hope they are all inspired to try a new look...but the excessive airbrushing is really unnecessary. Does that really make people feel better when their skin has been completely washed away for a post-worthy picture?
I think it is just to achieve the final movie star look. Movie star photos are also heavily photoshopped.
Load More Replies... Most of them look so much happier and more comfortable in their before pictures.
Man we live in a hopeless time. NONE of those women "should" have insecurities! They were are beautiful before
"Photographing Them Like Celebrities" isn't that one of the major reasons some even develop insecurities?
It always concerns me that even women who are really beautiful don't see themselves as such. It always takes tons of make-up and hairspray plus heavily editing to make us feel good enough. Interestingly I don't know many men who would prefer the ladies in the right pictures. So everybody, wear your smile, it's what makes you most beautiful.
It tends to be women that drive these unachievable standards as well. Most men don't care for these over the top looks. But it doesn't look like it's getting better, it seems like it's getting worse, especially with Instagram and other social sites driving girls to chase these looks.
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While it can be good to make you feel better about yourself l think it is almost cruel to dangle this in front of people cause the reality is they aren't always going to look like that again.
It's amazing how much better people look and feel when they're confident in themselves and their bodies. Some people try to bring you down by commenting on your body type, looks, how much makeup you put, etc. But the key is always loving yourself and knowing that you are perfectly good as how you are. Don't try to change who you are for others. These women look great in the before and after pictures! <3
Some of the women in the after photos don't look like themselves. They look like a instagram filtered image. Remember Glamour Shots? They'd doll you up for the photos, but not this far! At least you still looked like yourself.
Teaching young girls that they "need make-up" to be pretty is terrible. Beauty is from within. For men and women. It's fine that these ladies wanted to glam it up for a photo-shoot, but am skeptical that any one of them felt more confident from doing so. The make-up and flashy clothes come off at the end of the day. I pray we teach our children better than this.
All the photos are mediocre as f**k and total s**t at showing anything it's all about the camera effects and editing that's being show here not photos themselves
Most look better before. How can looking like a “celebrity” get rid of your insecurities? Most “celebrities” are the scum of the earth.
aaaaaand once again... the insecurities of pretty people... FFS. Transform ugly monsters like me, then I'll take you seriously.
With these types of glamour shots, it's easy to conceal a person being overweight, or at least minimize how overweight they look. It just takes the right composition and angles. Having the person wear black helps too as shown in some of these photos. It goes a long way in making a person appear more attractive, but it is just an illusion. I'm not saying it's a terrible thing to be overweight, only that people generally want to be more slim and desire that quality in a partner as well
what a great and fun thing to do for a day, they all look beautiful before and after
Most of the younger women look more natural in the first photo, all they needed was a course in dressing correctly, makeup, and a flattering hairstyle. Looking like a celebrity doesn't necessarily make you happier. There were some lovely smiles. The older ladies benefited more.
Let me explain something. You can't remove insecurities by making people look like someone they are not. Obviously a lot of makeup and camera techniques have been used to basically fake them. This means that the women here will know full well that it's not how they naturally look, therefore, by covering them up, it's effectively saying that naturally, they aren't good enough. If, on the other hand, this was about helping the women feel more confident about their natural selves, I would be interested.
I have a question entirely seperate from these women, but important nonetheless, I feel. Why does BoredPanda allow you to use the N-word? To clarify, by n-word I mean the slur referring to american slavery, not german fascism. Surely if you type that, it ought to automatically remove your ability to post for a few hours? In this instance it's even in the guy's (presumptuous of me, I realise, but given the nature of his language I cannot imagine a woman owns that account) account name contains the n-word. How is that allowable?
I think the point of the project isn't "you need XYZ to be this beautiful"; I think the point was "Anyone can look like let this, so don't worry about it". I really like that message.
Love it, and I'd love to do it! I had a professional make up and photo shoot in NYC many years ago for business and it was The best experience- they made me look as good as I can look, and it was fabulous! There was no "photoshopping"- they spent Hours doing my makeup- literally sculpting my face with makeup- as well as my hair...
I feel like the noses specifically were heavily edited...maybe it was just makeup though? Just like if you're insecure about your nose, photoshopping it to show how it could look is not going to help the insecurity...
Ads are getting smarter by the day. I saw nothing what any other hairdresser and makeup artist couldn't do.
LADIES YOU ARE QUEENS WITH AND WITHOUT MAKEUP. YOU ARE ALL SO AMAZING AND STUNNING EVEN IF YOU DON'T ALWAYS FEEL LIKE IT
The makeovers are great and I hope they are all inspired to try a new look...but the excessive airbrushing is really unnecessary. Does that really make people feel better when their skin has been completely washed away for a post-worthy picture?
I think it is just to achieve the final movie star look. Movie star photos are also heavily photoshopped.
Load More Replies... Most of them look so much happier and more comfortable in their before pictures.
Man we live in a hopeless time. NONE of those women "should" have insecurities! They were are beautiful before
"Photographing Them Like Celebrities" isn't that one of the major reasons some even develop insecurities?
It always concerns me that even women who are really beautiful don't see themselves as such. It always takes tons of make-up and hairspray plus heavily editing to make us feel good enough. Interestingly I don't know many men who would prefer the ladies in the right pictures. So everybody, wear your smile, it's what makes you most beautiful.
It tends to be women that drive these unachievable standards as well. Most men don't care for these over the top looks. But it doesn't look like it's getting better, it seems like it's getting worse, especially with Instagram and other social sites driving girls to chase these looks.
Load More Replies... While it can be good to make you feel better about yourself l think it is almost cruel to dangle this in front of people cause the reality is they aren't always going to look like that again.
It's amazing how much better people look and feel when they're confident in themselves and their bodies. Some people try to bring you down by commenting on your body type, looks, how much makeup you put, etc. But the key is always loving yourself and knowing that you are perfectly good as how you are. Don't try to change who you are for others. These women look great in the before and after pictures! <3
Some of the women in the after photos don't look like themselves. They look like a instagram filtered image. Remember Glamour Shots? They'd doll you up for the photos, but not this far! At least you still looked like yourself.
Teaching young girls that they "need make-up" to be pretty is terrible. Beauty is from within. For men and women. It's fine that these ladies wanted to glam it up for a photo-shoot, but am skeptical that any one of them felt more confident from doing so. The make-up and flashy clothes come off at the end of the day. I pray we teach our children better than this.
All the photos are mediocre as f**k and total s**t at showing anything it's all about the camera effects and editing that's being show here not photos themselves
Most look better before. How can looking like a “celebrity” get rid of your insecurities? Most “celebrities” are the scum of the earth.
aaaaaand once again... the insecurities of pretty people... FFS. Transform ugly monsters like me, then I'll take you seriously.
With these types of glamour shots, it's easy to conceal a person being overweight, or at least minimize how overweight they look. It just takes the right composition and angles. Having the person wear black helps too as shown in some of these photos. It goes a long way in making a person appear more attractive, but it is just an illusion. I'm not saying it's a terrible thing to be overweight, only that people generally want to be more slim and desire that quality in a partner as well
what a great and fun thing to do for a day, they all look beautiful before and after
Most of the younger women look more natural in the first photo, all they needed was a course in dressing correctly, makeup, and a flattering hairstyle. Looking like a celebrity doesn't necessarily make you happier. There were some lovely smiles. The older ladies benefited more.
Let me explain something. You can't remove insecurities by making people look like someone they are not. Obviously a lot of makeup and camera techniques have been used to basically fake them. This means that the women here will know full well that it's not how they naturally look, therefore, by covering them up, it's effectively saying that naturally, they aren't good enough. If, on the other hand, this was about helping the women feel more confident about their natural selves, I would be interested.
I have a question entirely seperate from these women, but important nonetheless, I feel. Why does BoredPanda allow you to use the N-word? To clarify, by n-word I mean the slur referring to american slavery, not german fascism. Surely if you type that, it ought to automatically remove your ability to post for a few hours? In this instance it's even in the guy's (presumptuous of me, I realise, but given the nature of his language I cannot imagine a woman owns that account) account name contains the n-word. How is that allowable?
I think the point of the project isn't "you need XYZ to be this beautiful"; I think the point was "Anyone can look like let this, so don't worry about it". I really like that message.
Love it, and I'd love to do it! I had a professional make up and photo shoot in NYC many years ago for business and it was The best experience- they made me look as good as I can look, and it was fabulous! There was no "photoshopping"- they spent Hours doing my makeup- literally sculpting my face with makeup- as well as my hair...
I feel like the noses specifically were heavily edited...maybe it was just makeup though? Just like if you're insecure about your nose, photoshopping it to show how it could look is not going to help the insecurity...
Ads are getting smarter by the day. I saw nothing what any other hairdresser and makeup artist couldn't do.
