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[yourbeautystudios]

“Blinded by Love” – Exploring the Obsession and Vulnerability of Love

Blog Written by: Eric Harris

At Your Beauty Studios, our projects are born out of a desire to capture raw emotions and tell stories that resonate deeply with the human experience. Our latest photography project, Blinded by Love, delves into the complex and often overwhelming nature of love, exploring how it can cloud judgment, consume individuals, and make them vulnerable. Through carefully crafted imagery, we invite viewers to reflect on the duality of love—its beauty and its dangers.

The Concept: When Love Becomes Blind

The phrase “blinded by love” is familiar, often used to describe situations where love distorts reality, making people overlook flaws or even harmful behavior. In this photoshoot, we aim to visually represent that metaphorical blindness, portraying love as both a source of joy and a potential trap. The images feature individuals who are metaphorically “blinded”—through symbolic props like blindfolds, shadowed lighting, or abstract elements—demonstrating how love can obscure one’s perception.

Themes of Vulnerability and Surrender

Love requires vulnerability—opening oneself to another person and, in many cases, surrendering control. This project captures moments of that surrender, showing how love can leave us exposed, for better or worse. Some photos highlight the beauty of this vulnerability: moments of trust, affection, and connection. Other images take a darker turn, revealing how being “blinded” by love can lead to manipulation, loss of self, or entrapment in toxic dynamics.

Visual Symbolism: The Blindfold

A recurring symbol throughout the shoot is the blindfold, representing how love can act as both a veil and a shield. The blindfold hides reality, preventing the wearer from seeing their surroundings clearly. It can symbolize passion, where people are so caught up in emotion they lose their sense of self or logic. However, in some photos, the blindfold is depicted as a protective barrier, suggesting that sometimes love protects us from harsh truths or painful realities.

The Tension Between Freedom and Constraint

One of the core tensions explored in this project is the balance between freedom and constraint in relationships. Love can liberate, offering emotional intimacy and personal growth. But it can also bind, creating dependencies or power imbalances. In the images, subjects appear in various states—some liberated, arms outstretched as if soaring with love’s freedom, while others are tied, bound by emotional or symbolic constraints. This contrast highlights the push and pull that love often brings into our lives.

A Reflection of Personal Experience

Each image in Blinded by Love reflects different aspects of relationships—some tender, others haunting. Our goal was to capture the universal yet deeply personal nature of love’s impact on individuals. Whether it’s the heady excitement of falling in love or the painful disillusionment when love fades, this project speaks to the highs and lows we all experience in our emotional lives. The use of stark contrasts in lighting and composition reinforces these emotional extremes.

The Emotional Palette: Love’s Many Shades

The photoshoot is rich with a dynamic color palette, from soft pastels that reflect tenderness and affection to deep, dramatic shades of red and black that symbolize passion, obsession, and danger. These visual cues are meant to evoke an emotional response, encouraging viewers to see love not as a single emotion but as a spectrum that can encompass everything from joy to despair.

Conclusion

Blinded by Love is more than just a visual representation of relationships—it’s a reflection on the ways love can empower us, but also how it can blind us to our own needs or reality. At Your Beauty Studios, we are passionate about creating artwork that challenges perceptions and encourages deeper reflection on emotions that define our lives. We hope this photoshoot sparks conversation about the duality of love—the beauty and the risk that come with surrendering ourselves to it.

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By: Eric Harris

[mari-lair]

I was wondering, what are your thoughts on KouKane?? I desperately needs someone to talk about them!!!

I love them muah muah. Be it romantic, platonic, or one sided, is all 10/10 for me. I am pretty sure you are specifically talking about the ship here tho, so have Kou with a crush on his cool senpai.

[spoonie-on-wheels86]

To everyone who is homebound or bed bound this holiday season...

you are not forgotten. we all are invthis together.

[mysteriousmissme]

AHH S2 IS ACTUALLY ALMOST HERE OMG THE CUTEST BANNER EVERRR

how can i make this abt mitsukou you may wonder..

[ianthedebonair]

A hear me out cake with the Rangers. but DAMIEN puts psychopathor, that report that Ortega punched, the nanoverse and windows. 

(he trying to be funny) but how chaotic do you think this would be???

I don't imagine Damien using that list completely unprovoked. Maybe if Ortega entertained a very clingy fan for five seconds too long earlier?

In that case, he'll probably be all sweet and appeasing (with his usual dramatic flair) despite Damien's egging to try to smooth things over. But Damien with a Hollow Ground hear me out might actually make him break composure and do a stink face lol. Though they might settle this back at Ric's apartment.

We could find the chaos there ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[mysteriouspersonrambles]

Dude todays TBHK chapter was really something

First off I feel so bad for Teru I know I haven’t really expressed it before but as an older sibling I can’t imagine the amount of pain he’s going through right now. And the fact that his mask is nearly fully broken in this chapter. The anger he shows isn’t masked behind pretty smiles anymore. He’s furious and he’s showing it. I think he’s also scared, like he’s been scared before but he doesn’t show it but now, now the worst has happened. He literally pushed Akane out of the way to protect him because he can’t lose anybody else. Dude

Also Amane smiling as he says that he “forgot” that he killed Kou… that was such a punch to the gut like I also wanted him dead

But on a brighter note AOI!!! Coming in clutch with the sword. I saw so happy for her. I hope she gets to kick some supernatural ass in the next chapters like she was killing it this chapter and I’m so happy for her.

Also the confirmation that Mitsuba was also in the well. Man at least they died together …. Maybe…. Does that make it any better…. Probably not. I’m also glad that there was only 1 shot of the well. Like I prefer that we don’t know the extent of what happened to Kou and the others. It really keeps the horror aspect because I’m sure I can imagine something far worse that what can be drawn. But also the well shot we did get was pretty bad like all those people down there… horrible

But yeah overall, good chapter way WAY better than last month. This time I felt a fleeting moment of serotonin instead of cold hard dread the whole time. But man this series really loves rippig hearts out.

[elizabethzoopzoop986]

How I THINK the tbhk characters would feel about imaginary numbers

Hanako- “isn’t this math why are there letters” ass kid

Nene- ????? So confused, they give her a head ache

Kou- thinks that the one 3D graph he was shown was cool looking, does not get it

Aoi- Gets them, does not like them, I think they light a rage in her soul more than they should

Mitsuba- why would I have an opinion on a math concept???? What??

Akane- Enjoys math and imagery numbers more than one probably should (got sad when the teacher said to ignore them because we don’t go into 3D in highschool(and honestly disappointed in himself that he thinks there so cool and fun))

Teru- can use them, understands them, thinks they’re difficulty is overhyped. Does not think about them after they are one the test

Tsukasa- “WHAt????!?!?? Can I eat it!!?!!?”

Natsuhiko- “How are numbers even imaginary… what does that even mean??”

Sakura- could learn them and use them, but does not care to bother herself with that

[spookberry]

a couple months ago I drew the Desrosiers at disneyland cuz I was at disneyland at the time and i kept thinking about which princesses they'd like best

[ninjagrace]

ddlcs your mitsukou cause of some crossover @royakahoshiart and i made 👍

[musicalmoritz]

Glazing TBHK again idk

There are absolutely valid critiques to be made about the writing of TBHK but I keep seeing teenagers on TikTok make the most mind-numbing takes about how the manga is problematic because it has toxic relationships. Sure there are some questionable scenes that I hate but of all the things to bitch about, you choose the relationships??? And not even a take about the way they’re written, you think a manga having toxic relationships in any capacity makes it bad???

I specified teenagers because I wanted to cut them a little bit of slack but I’ve seen grown ass adults make similar takes. Do ya’ll not watch adult shows with adult themes??? Where the relationships are much worse than what you find in a ghost romance manga aimed at tweens???

I wouldn’t even say the toxicity is glorified, they just don’t tell you how you’re supposed to feel about it 24/7. Like when Hanako says he wants Nene to live the life he gave her, or when Kou wants Mitsuba to be completely reliant on him, you’re supposed to understand that these are severely traumatized characters who’s baggage is going to weigh down their relationships. They don’t give a disclaimer every chapter that you’re not supposed to agree with them because they expect their audience to be sensible enough to come to their own conclusions on how they should feel about those scenes.

I hate to break it to ya’ll but mentally ill people have relationships irl, whether they’re ready for them or not. These relationships may go poorly or they may turn out to be very beneficial depending on how they’re handled. All types of people, whether they deal with trauma/mental illness or not, have flaws that sometimes follow them throughout life. Not all of these flaws will go away, because no human being is 100% perfect. Sometimes we hurt the people we care about even if we’re generally good people. Fiction that falls under the category of magical realism (aka TBHK) is meant to reflect reality, so we’re often going to see characters deal with flaws that they may or may not overcome.

Not to mention, half of these characters are dead, they’re not going to be capable of having normal healthy relationships. They behave realistically for their circumstances, it doesn’t have to have a moral tied up with a pretty pink bow. Most of the ships are doomed to fail anyways so them being toxic is a relevant part of the natural decline of their development. The toxicity doesn’t automatically make the series bad, in fact I’d argue that element is well-written and necessary for the progression of the story. If HanaNene weren’t a little bit toxic, we wouldn’t have gotten the Picture Perfect arc or the Severance arc

It’s perfectly fine to dislike toxic ships in fiction, but don’t ridicule authors for wanting to depict more complex themes in their work. AidaIro have certainly included some weird fan service scenes/official art in their series, but those criticisms should remain separate from creative choices you personally dislike.

[ot3heaven]

whatever this type of character is,

i want twenty of them.

[mari-lair]

Aoi having the power to use a little spiritual lightning is very important to me. Go girl, get him!

Do genuinely love how Kannagi's can use some spiritual energy.

[ash-and-starlight]

“im glad that at least one of us has maternal instincts” zhu when i fucking get you >:(((

[starrysharks]

headcanon that homura does the ghibli hair floaty thingy when she's mad / determined / lovingly looking at madoka idk

[waywardgirl75]

call me delusional or whatever, but when sanji called him a liability zoro's earrings, "twikked" and i can tell you with 100% surety of my delusional mind that zoro was thinking, "just wait you shitty cook. once this is over, I'll show you how my liability can cause more problems for you and how it will make you scream my name and beg for more."

[those-rainbow-ninjas]

Only you.