Ron Brewer Images Phoenix and Scottsdale Photographer

Women go through a change when they are pampered, have someone they trust apply their make-up and do their hair, and then dress up in something that is "wow". A BIG change. Not only do they look beautiful, but they feel beautiful and act beautiful. Yes, that's right. They ACT beautiful. You can see it in how they talk and walk. They laugh more and they even have a different gait when they walk. You see it in how they turn their head and flip their hair. They seem more alive and involved in what is happening around them. Their social interactions move up a notch. As one woman stated, she could even play miniature golf better (got a hole in one!). It's so obvious that the change is in their self-confidence. Believing you look beautiful results in your feeling and acting beautiful. At that point, you move beyond the cultural stereotypes about beauty and you are beautiful.

Kenna Klosterman, a photographer from Seattle, recently blogged about her experience of receiving a make over and contemporary glamour photo shoot with photographer Sue Bryce. Kenna said "I began to no longer think about what I look like, but rather what I feel like. I don’t look the same as I did when I was 21, but Sue transported me back to that youthful feeling. At the same time, I began to accept and own aging with beauty." I can't think of a better way to describe the experience of a make over and contemporary glamour photo shoot. 

What's even more interesting is how the world reacts differently to women that feel beautiful. They cause the world to change. Men take a longer look at them on the street. People respond differently to them. The self-confidence of feeling beautiful has a strong impact.

I enjoy watching a woman go through this transformation as she is pampered in a makeup and hair session, dress up and be in a photo shoot that is designed to make her look and feel even more beautiful. The whole day becomes special for her. This is even more so for the woman that doesn't believe, in day to day life, that she is beautiful. Even more fascinating, the experience continues after the photo shoot. That's why I encourage them to go out that night and paint the town red. They already look and feel great, why not continue the experience for a few more hours and top the day off!

One of my specialities is Beauty Inspired Portraits of Women, which is what I call my contemporary glamour photo shoots. See what it is like in my Beauty Inspired Portrait Series gallery to be photographed when you are feeling beautiful. And you can see some before and after images of these women in my Before and After gallery.