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.
I was staying the night and needed a few things for my face the next morning, and I was surprised at how little makeup I packed. As you can see from the pictures, my makeup bag would have had more than enough room for an eyeshadow palette, or a different lip option, but what can I say? Lately, when it comes to beauty, I’ve been pretty lazy.
I thought I would start posting more of my personal photographs on here, seeing as I take so many. The first two were taken when I was showing Charline around Manchester. I was focused on filming that day because I knew I was going to be making a video, but I still wanted to get a couple of stills, too.
Lately, I’ve been hit with writer’s block. Not due to a lack of passion, of course, I love writing blog posts and scripts for videos. But maybe that’s the problem? I find that my “style” doesn’t fit into any pre-defined category. I don’t know where I slot in anymore. I don’t particularly mind if I don’t fit in anywhere, it’s just that it makes it harder to network, promote myself, make connections. How can you tell people about your channel if you can’t really describe it?
I watch a lot of YouTube videos. No, really - it's kind of a problem. Anyway, one of the many people I watch on a regular basis is comedian and music producer Christopher Bingham (who you can check out here and here), so when he reached out and asked if I wanted to listen to his new album 'MMCCXV', I obviously said yes.
Remember that New Year's Resolution I wrote about before the beginning of the year? The one about how I was going to believe in myself? Well, I thought I'd give you a bit of an update on how that's all going.
Well, look at that - somehow I've managed to upload a video every week* for a whole year! Despite my plans to change my content in 2016, I still want to continue uploading regularly for as long as I'm able to. As I'm writing this, my schedule is busier than ever and I'm currently juggling my channel with a very exciting job, so the next few weeks will be a great test to see how well I can manage YouTube with real-life stuff.
