We don’t have to be in a negative state of mind to be able to create. Over the past few weeks, I struggled so much with that. I didn’t want to create something that doesn’t feel genuine or isn’t a part of me, but at the same time I was dying to create. I used…
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I know, I know – I’m late again. I’ve been working on a bunch of different things all at once and I couldn’t work on the image for the 52 week project as much as I wanted to. A while back I started feeling like I was relying on the project to make new pictures…
Last week’s theme for the 52 Week Project was long exposure. And as much as I wanted to cheat and pick another theme, I didn’t. I wasn’t sure I could do it, especially because I tried it before and couldn’t do it. I realized that I failed the first time because my ND filter wasn’t…
Finally finished the new picture for the 52 Week Project! For this picture, I wanted to build my own miniature bridge. And I did. But it took me so long to do it because I’ve been having a hard time dealing with things. In my head. I haven’t been doing so well but I’m trying…
I’ve been so excited to share this image with you guys. When I picked the theme Wind for last week, I knew I wanted some major dress movement. I also knew it would take me forever to get the right “flicks”, which is why I ended up with around 300 pictures. Despite the heat and…
I was reading Brooke Shaden’s blog yesterday and I realized something – with everything that’s happened the past few days (the bad stuff), I didn’t break down because I am SO grateful. She wrote an inspiring blog post on gratitude and it helped me feel better about a lot of things. I’ve been having a difficult…
I had such a hard time coming up with a title for this one. A friend and I kept throwing around ideas till we came up with this. I can’t take full credit for it haha. Here it is, the fifth image for the 52 Week Project, theme: keys. I also made a speed edit…
For the color focus theme, I came up with three ideas. One was going to be based on the color red, the second was going to be blue, the third one was going to be neutral colors like beige and light brown. I shot red and the neutral colors one on the same day and…
I wanted to shoot this idea for the 52 Week Project’s second theme, “Backlit” – but I didn’t get a chance to go to the desert and I had so much going on (in my head) that it was hard for me to get anything done. But I took a break and now I’m back…
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