Beauty Unveiled magazine by Jess Pyritz Legaspi

MODERN PORTRAITS BY JESS LEGASPI

BEAUTY UNVEILED 1

YOU ARE OF INFINITE WORTH HERE ON THIS EARTH, BEAUTY IS MADE MANIFEST IN WOMAN. EVERY. SINGLE. WOMAN. I TRULY BELIEVE THIS. IF YOU DO N ’ T F E E L B E AU T I F U L , H AV E EVER BEEN MADE TO FEEL LIKE YOU ARE LESS THAN ENOUGH, O R C A N ’ T B E L I E V E T H AT Y O U POSSESS BEAUTY WITHIN YOU- I P R AY I ’ L L H AV E T H E C H A N C E TO PHOTOGRAPH YOU IN THIS LIFE. I WA N T TO K N OW YO U R S TO R Y .

A few weeks before Jess and I took photos

SHE IS LOVELY

together, I really was feeling down and out about my looks and how I felt about myself. I honestly started to make a mental note about everything that I don’t like about myself, I don’t have perfect skin and super straight teeth, and I don’t have a super model like body. It was truly weighing down on me.

But then I saw that Jess put out a model call,

and drove over to the little purple flower field and

and I just kinda felt like maybe I should. I’ve taken

we started taking pictures. Immediately when she

family photos with her before and I wanted to do

started taking my pictures she would say things

something with her again, plus I honestly had not

like “oh gosh, girl, that’s gorgeous” or she would

been getting ready lately so I wanted something

say “beautiful!” And I felt like that list I made in my

to look cute for.

head just started dwindling down. She helped me

I went to her house and honestly she already

feel beautiful in such a short amount of time and

made me feel comfortable. We loaded up her car

I’m really grateful for the experience.

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B E AU T Y PAU S E S B E L OW T H E S U R FAC E. UNVEILING DEPTHS, AWA K E N I N G YO U R S P I R I T. - JESS LEGASPI

Jess Legaspi, photographer, free-spirit, wife + mom I’m not one of those photographers who has

That world became my passion when my first

loved photography my whole life. I didn’t start

child, Paislee, was six months old and I decided

using my mom’s little old film camera when

to dive into being a work-at-home mom and

I was five and never put it down. In fact, I didn’t

pursue my new-found passion for photography.

even realize that I was interested in photography

I’ll admit that my first images were nothing

until I graduated from college with a degree in

particularly special, but I’ve learned so much

Business Administration and acquired a point-

over the 5 years I’ve been photographing people.

and-shoot

felt

me!

all of us women are in front of the camera.

Nikon

whole

camera.

new

world

Taking opened

pictures up

learned

very

quickly

how

uncomfortable

“You can ‘Photoshop’ that, right?”

the inside and outside. This is how we were created as women to display beauty in these

“You can take 20 pounds off when you edit!”

ways. Our perception of our beauty has been distorted by how we were raised, taught about

“Ugh, I hate my smile.”

self-confidence, even social media, or some have expereinced sexual / physical / emotional

And it broke my heart. We hate seeing ourselves

abuse, and so much more.

in photos.. We hate seeing the one thing we’ve

I want to know your story.

focused on for years; the extra weight, the not-

I want you to feel beautiful in your own skin

so-perfect skin, their smile, and the list goes on.

and not feel like you have to look like someone

BEHIND THE LENS So, we stay out of photos or we hide in the back. We

else. For this reason, I do minimal retouching

demean ourselve in front of others. We can’t take

and I do not alter the shape of the face or body.

a compliment well. These things are so pervasive

I want to teach how to pose and look good in

among us, and I am fed up with it. This self-esteem

front of the camera, not just “photoshop” you.

issue is much deeper in our hearts than we realize.

We shouldn’t, no CAN’T, wait until we reach

In mid-2013, I realized I had to do something to

that “desirable” weight or feel better about

help women feel beautiful. So, I set my sights on

ourselves. What if we never get there? What

photographing women beautifully, teaching you

if we don’t live to get there? We must BE in

how to take a good photograph (whether with

photographs not just for those we love but for

me or at a family dinner), and allowing you to

ourselves as well! Please don’t skirt these times

experience the astonishing light of your own beauty.

that will make you feel vulnerable. Choose to embrace the beauty you have in the here and

Am I lovely?

now because that is what will truly open you up.

This is a question we long to have answered... I see it in myself, my friends, the women I photograph,

This is my passion.

and especially in my young daughter. Because of

“Today was the first day I actually felt beautiful.”

this, I want to empower everyday women to feel

“The memory of that day is still one of my

BEAUTIFUL in their own skin through stunning

favorites.”

portraits and imagery. Now, I know that beauty

“Seeing these photos helps me to see that the

is not just what’s on the outside – it is about

lies I’ve believed for so long (about myself) are

who you are as a woman. BUT the two are very

not true.”

closely

This is why I do what I do.

linked.

must

acknowledge

both

SHE IS C A P T I VAT I N G

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think

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I’ve discovered over time. Even more recently,

the

past

few

years,

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come to realize how deeply I want to unveil beauty. In myself, my daughter, friends, lovely

nature, people

and I

especially privileged

the to

photograph. Beauty can be a spiritual experience while still bringing me back down

Earth.

It’s

wild.

and

weird.

and wonderful. I’m so glad we aren’t

all

created

exactly

the

same. - Jess

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simply bold

THERE ARE MANY TIMES IN MY LIFE WHERE I FEEL LIKE I AM TOO MUCH AND NOT ENOUGH ALL AT THE SAME TIME. BEING A WOMAN IS COMPLICATED.

BEAUTY

COMPLICATED.

BUT

EMBRACING OUR OWN KIND OF BEAUTY IS WHAT COMES THE HARDEST. BE KIND TO YOURSELF. THE WORLDS NEEEDS YOU AND IT NEEDS TO SEE YOU! I CHALLENGE YOU TO EXIST IN PHOTOGRAPHS.

beauty begins the moment

you decide to be

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