A lot of my nude photography used to feel serious. Like being naked outside had to mean something profound. Like art had to be quiet, grave, and important — the kind of thing you would see hanging in a fine art gallery and stand in front of thoughtfully.
But that really is not all of me. I am weird. I am goofy. I am playful. And somewhere along the way I started realizing that those parts of me belong in the photography too.
So instead of standing still and trying to look like Serious Nude Art, I started moving. Jumping. Dancing like no one was looking. Letting the camera catch whatever happened instead of trying so hard to control every frame.
I think God is full of joy and playfulness. Creation certainly is. So why would my artwork need to leave that out? There is room for prayer, surrender, vulnerability, and seriousness in Nude Soul, but there is also room to laugh and move and enjoy being alive.
These photos became less about making the body look important and more about letting my personality come through it. Sometimes the best pose is not really a pose at all. It is just throwing your arms out, running across the frame, and seeing what happens.
That is probably the part I like most now. Nude photography does not always have to be solemn. Sometimes it can simply be joyful, strange, playful, and a little ridiculous — because I can be all of those things too.
