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New Lens, New Piccies!

Firstly I should very much apologize for my long hiatus. After blogging and taking pictures non-stop for the past few months I got a bit sick of it. Nevertheless I think there should be some new posts very soon? (I hope there are anyway). On a shoot I did very recently that marks the start of my 'Sister' series, I had my friend Hannah come along. Hannah brought with her the most amazing 15- 85mm lens and 6D camera. The shoot required me to be a bit further away than my 50mm f1/4 required so I borrowed Hannah's lens. After using this beautiful zooming lens, I realized that for most of my new shoots, i would need a lens like this or something similar. So I pretty much said no more pictures until you get a new lens. And that day finally came yesterday. After weeks of searching for the perfect lens to spend my money on ( this is a lie I only googled Hannahs, and the ones in the canon sale last weekend). A photographer I met at Nirrimi's Picnic (yes you read that right Nirrimi! ahhhhhh!!), was selling her 24-70mm f2.8 lens that had been barely used! And as you can probably tell, that's the lens in the picture ( credit to whoever's image came up first on google images). I bought it literally the day she offered it as I thought, this is my chance! "Don't buy a zoom lens!" I hear photographers reading this cry. Well okay I know I shouldn't buy a zoom lens, but I'm much to poor and undeceive to buy a straight out 20mm or something like that so hush.
And now after this very exciting news you should see lots of new piccies and lots more ideas in the coming months, hopefully. I need to pass my maths exam first.

Yay, E xx

Hail

Life

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“What nobody tells people who are beginners — and I really wish someone had told this to me … is that all of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, and it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not.

 

But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase. They quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know it’s normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story.

 

It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.”
-Ira Glass

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Urban

Big thanks to my fave girl Nire for helping me out on this shoot! She is my new assistant and the photos I take with her helping me are both equally hers and mine (she's on the right in the picture below, you might recognize her). 

Essence

P.s. Massive disclaimer that these photos look completely different depending on how bright your screen is (when I edit these they're on bright so they'll probably be super dark unless your screen is on bright for these too). 

Shades

Big thanks to my fave girl Nire for helping me out on this shoot! She is my new assistant and the photos I take with her helping me are both equally hers and mine (she's on the right in the picture below, you might recognize her). 

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