…from a recent shoot at the boutique class Alexis Hotel in Seattle.

Kristen: Upholstered MUA: Freakishly Beautiful

Kristen: Emerald Teddy MUA: Freakishly Beautiful

Today we launched our new photo touch-up service.  Started advertising on Facebook Ads. I am interested to see if this will be of interest to people.  Typically I automatically do these enhancements for clients when I am looking at their final proofs.  However, I think now it makes sense to start charging for these services since it eats up a lot of my time per photo. I have kept the pricing very low to accommodate the type of audience and purpose prospective customers will be using the service.  Direct clients of the studio will be receiving a more complex and comprehensive touch-up service and therefore will see a higher fee.

Ciao, Michael

In my line of work I have seen probably thousands of naked breasts over the past 15 years – big, small, medium, perky, saggy, disproportional, real and fake.  I have been asked by my clients numerous times whether I think they should get breast implants.  My answer is the same every time: “if you are considering getting breast implants, you should do it because YOU want them and NOT because you’re being pressured into it by someone.”  I have found that roughly 75% of the reasons given for wanting implants is related to a husband, boyfriend, girlfriend(s), talent agent etc. putting pressure on them.  The remainder are doing it because they are very insecure about their chest and its affects on how they interact socially and personally.  Myself, I always gravitate towards natural breasts on a woman, regardless of size or shape, and can’t see myself ever changing my opinion.

What makes me sad is a lot of times, the woman asking me whether she should go under the knife, actually has beautiful and shapely breasts [not flat or saggy by any definition]!  In that situation I will add, ” you have breasts people are PAYING for when they go to get implants.”  You should see their reaction, usually one of enlightenment, because nobody had ever offered this observation to them.  Of course, not everyone takes my advice, but I would like to think I was responsible for keeping a few from parting with their money for the procedure.

For the ones that still plan on going to get the work done, my only input to them would be to make sure you ask around and get many references from other women that have taken the same path.  Granted, most women are not going to be models or ever pose nude, but still you don’t want to be on the wrong end of the knife.  I have seen some amazing breast jobs and some major train wrecks.

The really good ones are the results of a surgeon who can make those fakes sit on your body in a way that they look almost natural.  Even the perkiest natural breasts droop slightly on the chest and good results can mimic this look.  Surgeons that approach their work almost as artists can even hide the scar tissue in a way so that it is completely invisible, unless you know where to look.

Unfortunately, I have seen some real train wrecks and the women who are pretty much scarred for life.  I have seen lop-sided breasts, asymmetrical nipples, hard breasts, breasts spread too wide, scars that would put a war veteran to shame.  Even with clothes on, a bad job can still be detected – for example sometimes breasts look like a shelf sitting on the chest.

Fake breasts can look ridiculous on a woman, when they are not proportional to her body shape and size.  I blame the surgeon again for not dissuading a patient from getting breasts that are way too big for her.  For example, one of the criteria that defines a great breast job is the size of the breast / cup as they relate to the size and height of the woman.   In my opinion, a petite woman (say 5,0″) will almost NEVER look good with fake breasts that are 38DD, for example.  However, if she opted for breasts that match her frame, say for example going from 32A to 34C they can look amazing and very natural.

I know some reading this will say this is all subjective, and I agree, but I am just saying there is a point where the breasts look stupidly freakish.