The First
Exactly one year ago, I took my first nude.
I was nervous. I had never taken a photo of myself naked before, and it felt daring and illicit and risky. I took the photo and added black bars to cover up my tits and pubes before I finally felt brave enough to send it.
It was also exciting. I waited for the response on tenterhooks, both longing for and dreading his reaction. When it came, he dared me to send it without the black bars, and I felt gratified and terrified. It took another few months before I sent the unedited version, building up to it with less daring shots in the meantime.
It’s hard to believe that one year later I’d have a blog where I regularly share nudes on the internet, talk about my body with all its struggles and longings, and chat nsfw style on twitter.
As we go through February I’ll post a few more throwbacks, the photos I took before I had nsfw twitter and sent to my friend on the other side of the world. They are part of my story, just like all of you.
My goodness. You rocked the world right from your first one. How utterly gorgeous you look. I am glad that I’m not having to peek around the black bars.
It is such a terrifying feeling as you take that brave step of showing yourself completely to another.
But when they give you the response you so clearly deserve – that you are beautiful – it is wonderfully liberating.
So glad you took that step
Gosh yes – it felt terrifying at the time, and exciting! I kind of wish I could do it all over again for the first time.
I don’t know that I still have my first naked selfie, but the first clothed selfie remains in my files. These leaps we take are immense, aren’t they?
Absolutely! It would be inconceivable to the ‘before’ me.
Love this. I recall well that tension between the urgent need to share, be seen as this with the terror of letting go. Well done, I love all your shots.
Thank you. It’s intense isn’t it!
That’s a beautiful photo of a beautiful body, thanks for sharing it.
Thank you
This is gorgeous! I love the story of your journey to posting here!
Thank you!
I love this and the story behind it.
Scary when you first start taking nudes but liberating once you do and get feedback.
I’m so glad that I can follow you on the journey with your blog and on Twitter as you’re such a lovely person and not just the nude photos but in conversation too.
Thank you Andrew! So are you, I’m glad that we are friends.
Absolutely beautiful and natural and sexy. I know this was a leap and I can relate. There is freedom in the leap tho. I still get nervous with some of my photo and what I show, but I love how free it makes me feel.
Thank you!
Thank you for starting!
You do good work hard to believe it was difficult to start! You take good shots.
First nude and first time us visiting your blog. This is quite lovely. Plus, the freedom and exhilaration one feels when taking nudes of one’s self or each other is very rewarding.