In my parents' home, there are remnants of a projector with slides, polaroids, cameras with film, large video recorders, tripods, and every generation of digital camera you can think of.
A few years ago, my mom started becoming obsessed with my InStyle magazines that were leftover when I moved out of the house and never updated my address and autopay. She was especially fond of the way the celebrities all held out their arms to give the illusion of a skinny arm. She began to repeatedly advise me to hold my arm out during photos.
And then one day, I saw some photos of her with friends and realized - her arm looks really awkwardly placed! She wasn't just holding it out naturally, her arm was propped stiffly and looked like an awful drill team pose! I think she's taken the "arm out to make it look skinny" thing a lil bit too far.
I thought I'd give her some advice and kindly let her know it's a little too far out and awkward. Make it look more natural, I told her. Make sure it's out, but also not so rigid.
She's been working on it. We've made some progress.. but it's not quite there yet.
Case in point, this photo of me with my cousin from 2007 indicates the wrong doing of not properly putting out the arm enough, letting the arm flab squish where it's greatest, and hence.. larger arm than if I had properly posed it out.
I guess my mom does know what she's talking about. Dang it!
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