It’s no secret that I have a lot of clients with their own blogs or YouTube channels, and in most cases it’s the first time they’ve worked with a professional photographer. It can a little daunting to have a stranger pointing a DSLR at you when you’re used to your mum or significant other taking your photos. What are you supposed to wear? How do you pose? I appreciate that it might be overwhelming, so I thought I’d write this post or anyone who’s thinking of investing in a photoshoot soon… and no, it doesn’t have to be with me! (But, you know, I’m pretty good. Just saying.)
Hi, I'm Alice, and I really like cameras. Photography is seriously expensive - whether you consider it a hobby, or a career. I'm lucky enough to already have most of the equipment I could possibly need, but when you're using a camera that's a few years old it's easy to start eyeing up the newer models.
I think we can all agree that 2017 was a bit crap... but at least we got some good makeup out of it. Here are my favourite drugstore picks from last year.
You've probably heard about the Sigma 30MM f/1.4 Lens already, because I go on about it all the damn time. But what makes it good - and worth the hefty price tag? Let's talk about why this is such a great investment for bloggers, Instagram users, photographers, and vloggers...
I never thought I'd be writing a post like this, because from the age of 22 my dream was to be a "YouTuber". But I just don't love YouTube anymore. Back in 2012, I had just started a Masters Degree, and was overwhelmed with stress and anxiety. YouTube was (or at least felt like) a safe place for me to escape.
Over the last year, I've been taking small steps to improve my mental health; including making it my new year's resolution to believe in myself, taking antidepressants, having a gratitude jar, practicing mindfulness, and reading self-help books.
When I posted my recent video on Feeling Like A Fraud, I had a lovely comment from Kate's Adventures who suggested that I make a list of things I'd like to do confidently and tick them off one by one. So I thought I'd make a list of the things that scare me (trust me, there are more than this, these are just the first things that come to mind) and include an idea of how much they terrify me on a scale of 1 to 10.
I'm six months into my New Year's Resolution, which was to believe in myself. I was very optimistic about suddenly changing a lifetime's worth of negative thinking at the start of the year, though once I actually started I found it surprisingly difficult. It wasn't until I started taking antidepressants in February that I noticed a difference in my way of thinking.
I take anti-depressants. I've had them for nearly three months now, depending when this post goes up. This isn't the first time I've taken them, I went into some detail in a previous video about needing them in 2012. I'm not writing this to make you feel sorry for me - I honestly feel better than ever. I'm writing this because I don't see a lot of people talk about it, and I thought that I would, to let you all know that it's completley fine if it's something you need to do.
