Hey darling,
A few more months and this blog is gearing up for its 3rd Birthday. When I first started blogging, it was me, a point and shoot camera, and my mom. I had no idea what role lighting had to play in photos, or what camera lens were. Through trial and error, I have definitely come a long way since then. Though, there is always still room for improvement.
Here are FIVE things I have learned from the few years of blogging:
1. The Magic of Golden Hour - Golden hour consists of the period in which the sunrises and the period where the sun sets. During this time, sunlight is the least harsh and creates effective conditions to allow you to make the best us of your natural lighting source.
2. Cloudy Days are better than Sunny Days - This idea plays off of golden hour. Since golden hour creates the best possible conditions for a naturally light shoot, cloudy days are the same sort of idea. A day full of the share rays of the sun makes lighting conditions harsh and difficult to work with. Cloudy days soften natural lighting and makes great conditions for a shoot.
3. Lenses Matter - Depending on what your area of focus is, it is extremely important to find a lens that will complement your work. This means that if you want to do landscape photography a portrait lens is probably not what you would opt for. For standard portraits and flat lays, I love my 50mm lens.
4. Originality - Now and again I love looking at other bloggers' work to attain inspriation and ideas. However, I have learned that it is really important to stand out from the crowd and focus on growing and mastering your own work. This also goes for Instagram, and all your social media pages. For me it is less about the follow base and more about owning my individuality, my creativity and my expression.
5. Ambition - For me having ambition is your willingness to learn, to take criticism and to grow. There are times where I feel uninspired by my clothes of from my photography techniques, and this is when I necessitate a new challenge. New challenges in equipment, lenses and techniques help me improve the quality of my content.
I hope you have gained some insight to my blogging world!
Here are my outfit details:
Top: H&M (similar here)
Bottoms: H&M
Scarf: Reitmans (similar here)
Thank you so much for reading!
Sincerely,
