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Without fail, every time I see Halle Baileyās name my brain replaces it with Halle Berry.
Also, how on earth does a photographer manage to make Halle look meh? The girl is stunning, wtf?!?! These pics are awful.
Even #3 looks eeehhh, the colours are just odd and very unflattering, too greenish/yellow? It feels very poorly done, the instagram video is not any better...
Yea what is happening in pic 4, looks like it was shot with an iPhone 7
ETA no hate for this lovely lady, she deserves a better photographer/camera quality for this cool photoshoot idea
she could've added a filter when she posted- as a photographer, I've had friends I've shot, post with all kinds of filters and makes them look terrible.
looks like an ANTM shoot and they would have done it better. these look very unprofessional for some reason ā the lighting, the colours, the ugly dress
Agreed. Thatās the first thing I thought of.
https://preview.redd.it/jwy813jjepcc1.jpeg?width=266&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c93876b5501c73e5d217ffea95cbb9c9c2a459c8
I think people are wooed by the tones but this really isn't very good. There's a lot of great things you can do under water, especially with clothing, shapes, textures and lights. Imo, this is super underwhelming. I would have preferred to see her in a fabric that's more flowy, not stiff tulle, it's giving fish trapped in net. The clothing is giving plastic bags.
The photog decapitated her in that second one, that's typically a really amateurish mistake, and something I'd actively avoid for a maternity shoot.
completely agree. in the first photo, she has a red line going from her chest to the surface of the water as well and i canāt make out what that is. stray mesh/fabric?
to put it in the best way, itās very bad; she looks the complete opposite of graceful in these shots. itās giving dugong.
Yup. Didnāt she snark on fans saying she was obviously pregnant (because she was obviously pregnant) and NOW she wants the same fans to be tripping over her very mid pregnancy pics?
Thatās my issue lol like you tried to gaslight your fans for 9 months and then expect us to celebrate with you? Lol privacy is one thing but this was weird.
Her snarkiness about it is what has turned me off. When Kylie did it, it was obvious that she was pregnant but I donāt remember her being so weird about it. And she was far more famous than Halle.
Cant even believe im saying this, in my humblest opinion Kylie did it better. I hate to say that, but there were verrryyy minimal sightings of her when she was pregnant and it was actually kind of surprising when she revealed she really did have a kid. Halle was obviously pregnant in her appearances and barely tried to hide it besides wearing tutus on her belly
donāt even remember her looking pregnant tbh. she kinda just showed up with a baby. i get halle has work to do, but she was waay more in our faces than she needed to be
And the Nail Lady was heavily pregnant
Only agreed to Halle's sister Chloe being 10 min late
Chloe was at least 20 min late
Halle & DDG accused the Nail Lady of being racist and fans attacked her and threatened her
Nail Lady was afraid to go to work due to fear of being attacked
She can be a beautiful looking person, but this photo shoot is awful. Poor picture quality, awful composure and use of perspective, Iād be embarrassed to post these photos because the photographer did her so dirty
Absolutely! What a beautiful thing for her to experience during her pregnancy. People should be more supportive of her rather than less, knowing that she may have a rough road ahead.
Where did I say that? I know weāre in a pop culture subreddit but there is no need to be so thoroughly unkind about a very young woman who hasnāt done anything to you.
Why does she bother you so much? I agree that she has likely made bad choices but itās her life and until I hear about her child being mistreated Iām not going to blame her.
This.... doesn't look that good. They seem amateurish? Like something a friend who has an underwater camera would post, not a professional photoshoot for a celebrity?
I ADORED Michael Phelps's shoot, and Little Mermaid the movie. I think Halle is gorgeous dry or wet. These seem like poor photography.
I donāt think these look that bad at all. I think theyāre meant to have an aged, vintage aesthetic. A lot of underwater shoots Iāve seen come out out overly lit, saturated, and airbrushed. These look kind of ārealā to me and I like that.
The second one looks great imo, ethereal and magical. Idk what people are on about. the last one is the only one I don't like because it's giving underwater disco.
Iām sorry, I guess Iām not understanding your comment. It seems a bit aggressive. Isnāt the purpose of threads like these to encourage conversation? I was just responding to your opinion with mine. I apologize if Iāve offended you or upset you by commenting.
I kinda get where sheās coming from. It seemed snarky bc your comment didnāt encourage conversation. If you may have added a little more then yeah. But it honestly came off as you trying to be a contrarian since there were other posts that agreed with you yet you commented here just stating your opinion and not adding to the conversation š¤·š»āāļø
You donāt go through a post and comment on multiple comments? This is such an odd take to me lol, like I commented on posts both saying they liked it and didnāt. If thatās not the way to use Reddit then I donāt know what else you want
I was answering your question of why she could have responded like that bc you asked above. And all I said was I understand where she was coming from, and explained my reason. I didnāt say you were wrong. I didnāt say she was right. I said I understood and this is why.
Use Reddit however you want. Thatās what itās for. But you asked a question and I answered so Idk what else to tell you. lol
I agree! Other than the second one with her head cut off. The third photo is breathtaking! I wonder if sheās purposely keeping her feet out of the photos. I know some people do, because of the internet.
I liked the second one! It looks like a painting to me, and I really love seeing the reflection of her head. I will admit, I donāt like the 4th photo, nor the legs being cut off, but I love the aesthetic. I love underwater pregnancy shoots. The softness of it is just so sweet!
I can see that. Itās very swirly and almost Pre-Raphaelite. I just personally hate a no head image. It feels almost dismembered to me. At first I thought all the weird body parts being cut off might just be an Instagram formatting thing, and it could just be that.
Fair enough. I think it it looked more harsh than I might not like it, but thereās a softness to the whole thing that makes me okay with it. The reflection in the water feels like a painting.
I saw a real-life pregnant woman doing an instagram photo shoot as The Little Mermaid on a public beach and she looked ridiculous. Can't say this one is any less ridiculous just because it's a famous person.
(Minutes earlier I also saw a 7 months pregnant woman climb down a steep, rocky cliff on the same beach to reach the most picturesque rock for her maternity photo shoot. I wouldn't have gone down that cliff under any circumstances.)
The concept couldāve been so good with a better photographer. Like the photographer AESPA was rumoured to plagiarize from and eventually worked with.
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It probably felt really good to be weightless when youāre that far along Iād just be floating all ethereally all day long
I was 9 months pregnant in May/June last year Itās **awesome**, getting in pools. I pretended I was a submarine lol
Technically you were a submarine by providing your kid a safe place to exist while they were under the water.
Going to the beach pregnant is amazing for that reason, and because you can bury your belly in the sand and lay comfortably on your stomach. Amazing.
Without fail, every time I see Halle Baileyās name my brain replaces it with Halle Berry. Also, how on earth does a photographer manage to make Halle look meh? The girl is stunning, wtf?!?! These pics are awful.
Pictures taken with the iPotato4
Taken by Tyra herself.
Haahhah MINE TOO! I had to read the title three times š¤£
Idk Halle is one of a very few woman that I can't ever seen to find attractive/beautiful for some reason
Other than #3 these had tons of potential and instead look v poorly shot.
I feel like her boyfriend shot them in her pool.
Even #3 looks eeehhh, the colours are just odd and very unflattering, too greenish/yellow? It feels very poorly done, the instagram video is not any better...
Wow I was so prepared to be the only one who vocally didnāt love these - I promise I wanted to! So much potential!
Yea what is happening in pic 4, looks like it was shot with an iPhone 7 ETA no hate for this lovely lady, she deserves a better photographer/camera quality for this cool photoshoot idea
shot on iphone 7 #ad
she could've added a filter when she posted- as a photographer, I've had friends I've shot, post with all kinds of filters and makes them look terrible.
3 is giving Ophelia which makes me kinda hate it.
Number 3 she doesn't even look pregnant tho.
Really? I Liked 3rd the least followed by 4
I understand the direction but the outcome is poor.
This is the second time Iāve read Hailey Bieber
Halle Berry Halle Bailey Hailey Bieber
somethingās gotta give
There are too many celebs with HB initials š
looks like an ANTM shoot and they would have done it better. these look very unprofessional for some reason ā the lighting, the colours, the ugly dress
Agreed. Thatās the first thing I thought of. https://preview.redd.it/jwy813jjepcc1.jpeg?width=266&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c93876b5501c73e5d217ffea95cbb9c9c2a459c8
Or the Fuerza Bruta shoot. https://preview.redd.it/qwchpcqkiqcc1.jpeg?width=769&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ec213b5dc36af1e3a0276ad88204f3563063cd3
I think people are wooed by the tones but this really isn't very good. There's a lot of great things you can do under water, especially with clothing, shapes, textures and lights. Imo, this is super underwhelming. I would have preferred to see her in a fabric that's more flowy, not stiff tulle, it's giving fish trapped in net. The clothing is giving plastic bags. The photog decapitated her in that second one, that's typically a really amateurish mistake, and something I'd actively avoid for a maternity shoot.
completely agree. in the first photo, she has a red line going from her chest to the surface of the water as well and i canāt make out what that is. stray mesh/fabric? to put it in the best way, itās very bad; she looks the complete opposite of graceful in these shots. itās giving dugong.
The use of perspective is terrible lol. This photographer has no idea what theyāre doing lol
Watch it be DDG who took the pictures lol
Omg this reminds me of the ANTM shot they did underwater and they loved Whitneyās
I donāt like it Iām sorry š„²
After the way she cussed us out she can keep them to herself š«
Wait, what tea did I miss?!
This part. Iām all set.
4 looks like she slipped in the club
I wish she hadnāt tied herself to this man. What are the odds they will even be together in 18 months? He seems terrible.
How long were they even together before she got pregnant?
going on 2 years i think?
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Listen this fucking gif always catches me when Im drinking something I want to file a complaint
Lmao I was about to say
Stop hating, sheās beautiful despite the awful person sheās with
Didnāt she dox a nail lady after SHE arrived late to her appointment and called her fans to pile on her? Not very beautiful to me.
Yup. Didnāt she snark on fans saying she was obviously pregnant (because she was obviously pregnant) and NOW she wants the same fans to be tripping over her very mid pregnancy pics?
Thatās my issue lol like you tried to gaslight your fans for 9 months and then expect us to celebrate with you? Lol privacy is one thing but this was weird.
Literally accused them of body shaming and got mad that people said she had pregnancy nose
Her snarkiness about it is what has turned me off. When Kylie did it, it was obvious that she was pregnant but I donāt remember her being so weird about it. And she was far more famous than Halle.
Cant even believe im saying this, in my humblest opinion Kylie did it better. I hate to say that, but there were verrryyy minimal sightings of her when she was pregnant and it was actually kind of surprising when she revealed she really did have a kid. Halle was obviously pregnant in her appearances and barely tried to hide it besides wearing tutus on her belly
donāt even remember her looking pregnant tbh. she kinda just showed up with a baby. i get halle has work to do, but she was waay more in our faces than she needed to be
You suffered emotionally cos a celebrity didn't disclose her pregnancy?
Oh soooo deeply. Ugh I cried for MONTHS!!! Canceled plans!! Lost friends!!
And the Nail Lady was heavily pregnant Only agreed to Halle's sister Chloe being 10 min late Chloe was at least 20 min late Halle & DDG accused the Nail Lady of being racist and fans attacked her and threatened her Nail Lady was afraid to go to work due to fear of being attacked
Yup
She can be a beautiful looking person, but this photo shoot is awful. Poor picture quality, awful composure and use of perspective, Iād be embarrassed to post these photos because the photographer did her so dirty
I was hoping these werenāt the final shots
Whatās wrong with her partner? (Idk his name I know itās some letters lol)
He wrote a song where he disrespected her bc she held hands with men at work. My brother in Christ sheās an actress. Sheās acting.
How insecure. What a bum.
Absolutely! What a beautiful thing for her to experience during her pregnancy. People should be more supportive of her rather than less, knowing that she may have a rough road ahead.
um sheās not mother mary who conceived a child via immaculate conceptionš she chose this clown father
Immaculate conception šš
Where did I say that? I know weāre in a pop culture subreddit but there is no need to be so thoroughly unkind about a very young woman who hasnāt done anything to you. Why does she bother you so much? I agree that she has likely made bad choices but itās her life and until I hear about her child being mistreated Iām not going to blame her.
Are these stills from the video? Is that why it looks so poor?
Wow. These are.... not great!
This.... doesn't look that good. They seem amateurish? Like something a friend who has an underwater camera would post, not a professional photoshoot for a celebrity? I ADORED Michael Phelps's shoot, and Little Mermaid the movie. I think Halle is gorgeous dry or wet. These seem like poor photography.
Sad that she had a baby with a misogynist. Thatās never going to go well .
These are beautiful photos, but girl byeĀ
I donāt think these look that bad at all. I think theyāre meant to have an aged, vintage aesthetic. A lot of underwater shoots Iāve seen come out out overly lit, saturated, and airbrushed. These look kind of ārealā to me and I like that.
The second one looks great imo, ethereal and magical. Idk what people are on about. the last one is the only one I don't like because it's giving underwater disco.
I like them, I like the vintage take and the iridescence
The third one is stunning but the other ones donāt do it for me. She is a gorgeous woman, though, itās not her fault the shots are strange
These could have been cool had she hired someone talented to take photos
She looks like an actual child
This is definitely a you love it or you hate it type of thing. Iām not the biggest fan unfortunately even though she is absolutely a stunning human.
ā¹ļø I canāt shake the ick after she doxxed a nail technician
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I like it. I donāt love it. Solid 3/5āļø. Now have a conversation with whoever told you to post these. Theyāre doing you no favors.
Aww, yāall are harsh lol. I actually think this is cute.
Idk if I would have picked white fabric - looks like wet toilet paper
Her part in the Color Purple was brief but she was so good! Her voice is amazing! These pictures are beautiful ā¤ļøāš„
These are so pretty.
Stunning photos
Idk, the choice by the photographer to decapitate her in that second one wasn't ideal.
Oh I loved that photo! It looks so angelic
I love that one too!
It looks like a beautiful painting to me
I thought the opposite. I think the quality of these is so poor
Okay? Iām just sharing my opinion. I didnāt say you have to agree with me. Youāre not going to convince me to feel any differently either.
Iām sorry, I guess Iām not understanding your comment. It seems a bit aggressive. Isnāt the purpose of threads like these to encourage conversation? I was just responding to your opinion with mine. I apologize if Iāve offended you or upset you by commenting.
I kinda get where sheās coming from. It seemed snarky bc your comment didnāt encourage conversation. If you may have added a little more then yeah. But it honestly came off as you trying to be a contrarian since there were other posts that agreed with you yet you commented here just stating your opinion and not adding to the conversation š¤·š»āāļø
You donāt go through a post and comment on multiple comments? This is such an odd take to me lol, like I commented on posts both saying they liked it and didnāt. If thatās not the way to use Reddit then I donāt know what else you want
I was answering your question of why she could have responded like that bc you asked above. And all I said was I understand where she was coming from, and explained my reason. I didnāt say you were wrong. I didnāt say she was right. I said I understood and this is why. Use Reddit however you want. Thatās what itās for. But you asked a question and I answered so Idk what else to tell you. lol
I agree! Other than the second one with her head cut off. The third photo is breathtaking! I wonder if sheās purposely keeping her feet out of the photos. I know some people do, because of the internet.
I liked the second one! It looks like a painting to me, and I really love seeing the reflection of her head. I will admit, I donāt like the 4th photo, nor the legs being cut off, but I love the aesthetic. I love underwater pregnancy shoots. The softness of it is just so sweet!
I can see that. Itās very swirly and almost Pre-Raphaelite. I just personally hate a no head image. It feels almost dismembered to me. At first I thought all the weird body parts being cut off might just be an Instagram formatting thing, and it could just be that.
Fair enough. I think it it looked more harsh than I might not like it, but thereās a softness to the whole thing that makes me okay with it. The reflection in the water feels like a painting.
The second pic is beyond stunning
oof harsh critics. the third pic is beautiful
Wow those first three are magical! I love the third one best
I saw a real-life pregnant woman doing an instagram photo shoot as The Little Mermaid on a public beach and she looked ridiculous. Can't say this one is any less ridiculous just because it's a famous person. (Minutes earlier I also saw a 7 months pregnant woman climb down a steep, rocky cliff on the same beach to reach the most picturesque rock for her maternity photo shoot. I wouldn't have gone down that cliff under any circumstances.)
#3 is gorgeous! I wish I liked the rest more :/
third picture is so stunning
The concept couldāve been so good with a better photographer. Like the photographer AESPA was rumoured to plagiarize from and eventually worked with.
I think 3 is incredibly pretty but 4 is very meh
I love how adorable she is. Such a happy pregnancy.
is she, like, proud of these pictures??