{"id":759772,"date":"2026-07-13T05:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T05:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/759772\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T05:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T05:20:17","slug":"local-photographer-sets-out-to-make-people-more-confident-in-their-own-skin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/759772\/","title":{"rendered":"Local photographer sets out to make people more confident in their own skin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">PAYSON, Ill. (WGEM) &#8211; Body positivity is something people struggle with all year long, but especially in the summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Courtney Huff, owner of Huff Studio Designs, hosted an event called \u201cSummer Body Positivity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cBody positivity is just like such an important thing, it always has been a very important thing to me,\u201d Huff said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The event is meant to show people they can be comfortable and confident as they are at any time, even during summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIn the summertime when you know it\u2019s getting hotter, and everyone is a little more vulnerable. But I feel like now, more than ever, between the weather and just the way society is pushing whatever look to one way or the other, that I think it is important to remember that just as you are, there should be no pressure one way or the other,\u201d Huff said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The event went on for as long as people needed and was held in the scenic Falls Creek, where she hopes this one event impacts people when they leave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cYou know, you don\u2019t think something so small could do that, but if it can I\u2019m all for it and I am in full support of doing so,\u201d Huff said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Huff said that from other photo shoots she knows how much worth comes from helping someone love who they are.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cFor me, that means more than any price point could ever give. If I ever get that, that\u2019s the best and I\u2019ve succeeded,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Huff wants those who struggle with body positivity to hear this message:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI hope everyone can just love themselves as they are and truly. Like that, it sounds simple, but really, it\u2019s a big hard thing to do and I just hope everyone can do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WGEM. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PAYSON, Ill. (WGEM) &#8211; Body positivity is something people struggle with all year long, but especially in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":759773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,169281,229,88,2813,325258,127054,5190,2316],"class_list":["post-759772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-body-positivity","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-happiness","tag-huff-studio-designs","tag-photo-shoot","tag-season","tag-summer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/759773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}