Some people are beautiful on the outside and some are beautiful on the inside and some say beauty is only skin deep and there are generations of younger people that grew up with smart phones that know the hidden mysteries of taking selfies successfully. Lori is not one of those people. Lori's abhorred pictures of herself since the first classroom portrait in kindergarten. And as she grew older, her self image as imagined by the camera never improved.
Early into the pandemic and her sexual renaissance, Lori had to address the photo issue. Imagine successfully online dating without a decent selfie (or five). You can't. It's impossible and unimaginable because it can't be done. Lori had to accept this realization. She was closing in on a man she wanted to have sex with through emails and he wanted a picture and the picture from ten years ago just wasn't going to cut it.
So last April, she took her phone and her face and walked out to the beautiful central California inland coastal area where oak trees nestled into the still green wild grasses on meandering hill sides. She sat at a picnic table and took pic after pic after pic and hated every single one of them. She was going to give up when she recalled that many people took their selfies in cars. Hm. So she tried it. A solefull glance out the windshield, no smile. Done! She was good to go. This selfie passed the barf test.
She won her pen pal only to learn that wasn't enough. He wanted more. He wanted boob pics and butt pics and whole body pics and videos. Videos?! What was she going to do? She did her best. She tried painting a picture by writing with these words to Paul, her pen pal:
"You've just finished cumming inside me (THANK YOU!) and you were on top of me when you did and your cock was in my pussy and you supported yourself with your hands and looked down into my eyes and gave me a tremendously sensual kiss (while your cock was inside me!) and that's when I might have passed out from pleasure. Coming to (cumming too?), you are exhausted on top of me. You teased me for how long? Bringing me close then backing away, so many times, over and over. We are both sweaty and wet and our juices are going everywhere. You roll off me, I cling to you cupping your cock and you look over and say, weren't you going to take some pictures?
Oh yeah, those damned pictures. Is there any better time to take a picture of a wet pussy other than when it's super wet and excited? I'm going to need your help. Do you want to manage the camera or the body parts? Oh -- body parts? Ok, Ok. I kneel on the bed with my arse facing you. You spread my soaking wet and kind of tired girl parts wide open. I bring the camera in for a close one. Click. Next picture. Oh you want one of my ass while I'm like this? Ok, you are going to have to handle the camera. You take the camera, aim and shoot. Click. Next picture. Oh, you want me to be between your legs and suck on that manly instrument of pleasure we've been calling a cock this whole time and you want my boobs to be in the pic as well? Ok, you're going to have to be the camera man again. Click, next shot. Now you want me walking away from you, naked, so you can get a picture of my backside but you want me to look over my shoulder so you get my face on the screen too? Ok. Click. Next shot, now what? Of course, a movie. The movie of my erect nipples hitting the sheets when I'm on the bed doggy style and you are behind me with your hard cock. We will have to set up the tripod for this one. But tell me, are you going to be fucking your way into my pussy or up my ass? Which sounds better to you? Ohhhh! You want to do both. Well, ok, only because I totally dig you and all the itty bitty parts and the big parts of you too. And oh my fucking god! That feels so damn good. I'm going to die. I swear I am going to die."
Yeah, it wasn't very satisfying for him either. So Lori stood in the bathroom at work, unbuttoned her shirt, took a picture of her boobs. And then she bent over the sink to get the hanging effect and took another picture. And she stood by the door to take a picture of her ass and she felt so stupid. She was able to crop out the ugly bits and sent them over. He forgave the absence of the naked ass, the look over the shoulder and lack of video. I think he understood that was all Lori was good for at the time.
Fast forward a month or two when Lori started online dating through sites like OK Cupid and Bumble. They are serious about pictures. She also realized she's really not BBW, she's actually SSBBW. Prospective lovers needed to know this to save both of us the discomfort of surprise. She began vetting everyone with not only the face pics she collected but also with a video on youtube that shows her full body. She points out what frames she can be found in. This process has made a huge difference for her. Some people wonder why she went four years celibate after her divorce. The truth is she didn't think anyone would want her because of how she looked.
Fast forward to winter around Christmas. Now Lori is participates in an online kink community site and she is fighting hard for attention. How does a 53 year old fat woman compete with naked 18 year old Barbie's running, bending, spreading and kneeling all over the screen? She doesn't.
But still, even here (or maybe especially here), the pressure is on. "I must see your curvy body. I want to see that big ass." Said all Dom's everywhere. Geez. What to do, what to do. She decided if she ever went back on to the dating site circuit she would make the investment in working with an actual photographer and maybe even a dating site profile expert (so Portlandia, I know!). But this wasn't a dating site and she isn't really going to lay out the $1K to get a date anyway.
And then she runs across a kinkster that is into photography and his work looks good. She found his profile by reading a posting he made. She responded with a PM and they started talking about doing a photoshoot. This, that, and the other thing happened and she found herself on Christmas driving up Highway 17 in the rain at 6 PM for her photoshoot. The photographer suggested they share a meal and recommended she also brings something she thinks she looks sexy in.
Oh. Right. Lori doesn't think she looks sexy at all in anything ever. What is he talking about? But she does a little thinking about attractive older BBW women that she thinks are sexy and she is reminded of the protagonist in Bagdad Cafe (1987 indie film), played by Marianne SΓ€gebrecht. The protagonist is a lonely German tourist stranded in the middle of nowhere, USA. While there, she discovers magic and opens herself up to possibilities. She is seduced by an artist played by Jack Palance. And through modeling for him, one may visually see her opening up and blossoming. It's wonderful. So, Lori is like, hey remember that movie... And decides to bring a billowy scarf from Italy that she can drape over her naked body while lounging on a bed or sofa. Just like the protagonist in the movie.
It was dark and rainy with no traffic on her drive up to his cabin in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Yes, Lori had a, "Oh hell girl," moment. But she did it anyway. She found the place, parked, knocked on the door and did her best, "Hi, I'm Lori," and then started gushing about how nervous she was. How she hates pictures of herself. How she can't take a selfie without barfing. How she hates looking big in pictures and on and on.