Saturday, August 10, 2013

death of the white lace cardigan




finding your passions


monochrome


holy moly me oh my!

While packing for home for the summer, I had to downsize my wardrobe, and my beloved white lace cardigan was one of the items that had to be left behind. It had started to get yellow stains from where I folded it, and the edges were getting frayed, so with a tear in my eye I had to say goodbye. This post is a tribute to the cardigan. It's not often I get rid of clothes, but all of my items that survived my style epiphanies (ie Lauren can actually dress fashionably and not wear t-shirts all the time) are very quickly dying off. I'll have to do another closet sweep this summer for items I don't really wear anymore, since this whole dressing nice thing is still pretty new to me. I want to purchase more versatile pieces instead of the weird statement pieces that I wear one time and then never wear again, so this summer will be an effort to begin that by building room in my closet.

I've always loved remixing posts from other bloggers, and want to do it more often. Perhaps not a weekly feature just yet, but I wanted to post this one before the photos got too dated.

This cardigan was one of the first things I bought that I thought was considered "stylish" and I wore it all the time, even before I started blogging, hence some of these never-before-seen photos. It shall be missed.



it's all about the light // lighting tips



Today I'm guest blogging over at the etailPR blog, giving you guys some tips on how to shoot outfit photos in any kind of light! Be sure to check it out and leave the people of etailPR some love for letting me guest blog.

Have a marvelous day!


Friday, August 9, 2013

film friday: the love competiton



Matt sent me this video to watch several months ago, and it's still such an adorable and interesting video. I'm sure my hopeless romantics and science-loving friends will find this fascinating!




Thursday, August 8, 2013

Bokeh Online: 365 Project



screenshot used with permission

This is mostly for me so that I can update my features page on my website, but I recently wrote an article for Bokeh Magazine, an ipad photography magazine, about tips to begin and finish a 365 project! Previously I'd written an article about this here, but I wanted to change some things and add a bit more detail, plus show some photos from both of my 365 projects, so I was super honored to be able to write the article for BokehOnline.

365 projects are so fantastic, and I will always look back on mine with fondness.

2010 video here.
2012 video here.