Husband writes surprising letter to photographer who photoshopped his wife's image

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Tonight I want to tell you ladies about a time I messed up really badly. It was back when I first started boudoir, and...

Posted by Victoria Caroline Boudoir on Monday, October 12, 2015



Texas photographer Victoria Caroline Haltom took to Facebook on Monday to share a story about a woman she once photographed for a sexy boudoir shoot. The woman came to her in hopes of taking some sexy photos to surprise her husband with. The woman asked Haltom to photoshop all of her "flaws" out of the photos. In return, the woman's husband reached out to Haltom with his thoughts about the photoshopped images. Haltom's Facebook post reads:

"Tonight I want to tell you ladies about a time I messed up really badly. It was back when I first started boudoir, and I had a mid-forties lady book my services at a GORGEOUS hotel in downtown San Antonio. She was a curvy, beautiful size 18. I thought she looked like a goddess, but as most women do, she had a request.....She came to me, looked me straight in the eyes, and said 'I want you to photoshop all of my cellulite, all of my angry red stretch marks, ALL of my fat, and all of my wrinkles....just make it go away. I want to feel gorgeous just ONCE.' So, I did exactly as she asked. We spent an hour and a half together going through many, many poses. I went home, made every last stretch mark disappear, smoothed out every dimple of cellulite, took away every wrinkle. I turned her into the epitome of what every woman dreams of being. Christmas rolls around, and she gifts her husband a BEAUTIFUL hand tooled album with about 30 of her images. 3 days later, I receive this very REAL email."




Halton went on to share the email that the woman's husband sent to her. While she may have expected the husband to appreciate the photos, he wanted Halton to know that seeing the images made him realize that he doesn't tell his wife how beautiful he thinks she is often enough. By seeing how badly she wanted him to view her without her "imperfections," he realized that he should be encouraging her to celebrate such "flaws." His letter reads:

"Hi Victoria,
I am (blank)'s husband, ********. I am writing to you because I recently received an album containing images you took of my wife. I don't want you to think that I am in any way upset with you....but I have some food for thought that I would like to pass on to you. I have been with my wife since we were 18 years old, and we have two beautiful children together. We have had many ups and downs over the years, and I think...well, actually I KNOW that my wife did these pictures for me to 'spice things up.' She sometimes complains that I must not find her attractive, that she wouldn't blame me if I ever found someone younger. When I opened the album that she gave to me, my heart sank. These pictures...while they are beautiful and you are clearly a very talented photographer....they are not my wife. You made every one of her 'flaws' disappear...and while I'm sure this is exactly what she asked you to do, it took away everything that makes up our life. When you took away her stretch marks, you took away the documentation of my children. When you took away her wrinkles, you took away over two decades of our laughter, and our worries. When you took away her cellulite, you took away her love of baking and all the goodies we have eaten over the years. I am not telling you all of this to make you feel horrible, you're just doing your job and I get that. I am actually writing you to thank you. Seeing these images made me realize that I honestly do not tell my wife enough how much I LOVE her and adore her just as she is. She hears it so seldom, that she actually thought these photoshopped images are what I wanted and needed her to look like. I have to do better, and for the rest of my days I am going to celebrate her in all her imperfectness. Thanks for the reminder."

Halton concluded the Facebook post by encouraging women she photographs to embrace themselves exactly as they are. She said that while she can photoshop women to any extent, she wants them to know that their loved ones adore them as they are and would be thrilled to get pictures of them being exactly themselves. The end of her Facebook post reads:

"Ladies, I can photoshop just about anything. But I encourage you to think twice about how much 'altering"'we do. Our loved ones cherish and adore us just as we are. This email was 100% real, and I cried like a baby with guilt for at least 6 months after that whenever I read it. I encourage you to embrace YOU just as you are! Oh, and just in case you don't have anyone telling you how beautiful you are tonight....YOU ARE SO DAMN BEAUTIFUL!!!!"



Take a note from Halton and this woman's husband and remind yourself how beautiful you are, exactly as you are.

Watch this video to see women standing up against unrealistic beauty standards:

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