Christmas Trees and Taking Breaks

In case anyone was wondering, I haven't fallen off the edge of the planet, I'm still here. 

I've been filling my days with homework, thinking, music and art. It's not that I haven't been writing for my little blog,  I have been, but as soon as I add the last period to a blog post I second guess myself and let it sit in my drafts. 

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How do I choose the best time of day to take photos at? Q&A

How do I choose the best time of day to take photos?

I look at the light. No seriously, I just make mental note of when the light is best and I take photos then!

Which raises the question, how do I know when the lighting is best?

I once read that it would take about two years to become familiar/comfortable with lighting and it did.

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What Inspires Me? Q&A

 

I posted on Instagram and asked people to ask me questions, and got an overwhelming response of like 4 questions, #TheLifeOfFame, haha ;) Honestly, I didn't expect anyone to ask me anything, but  since a few loyal souls did, here we go, question numero uno:

What inspires you most in your photography journey?

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Katie | Class of 2017

Inspiring, brave, talented, genuine, and absolutely amazing.

Those are just a few words that I would use to describe Katie.

She's a fighter and cancer survivor and is one of the most inspiring people you will ever meet. I could never do her story justice, but because she's one of the most amazing people you will ever meet, The Green Bay Press Gazette wrote an article about her, and they did a phenomenal job of telling her story: Notre Dame's Katie Gapinski Defies Limits. It gets me all choked up and teary eyed. every. single. time. 

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PB&J | Story Time Tuesday

2 hours till Wednesday and I don't have any interesting stories. 

So here goes nothing.

Once upon a time, a long time ago, (this afternoon) I was driving to my 12:30 class. I tend to lose track of time which means that I tend to forget to eat, so I made myself the world's quickest pb&j sandwich and hoped in my car. Somewhere along the drive I must have set my sandwich down on my phone, and you can probably guess where this is going.

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Lindsay & Thomas | Pewaukee Wedding

Lindsay and Thomas met one fall day during the high school boy's soccer season. Rumor has it that Lindsay saw Thomas from across the field and thought he was cute, and apparently the feeling was mutual. Fast forward and  a soccer season or two later, Lindsay and Thomas found themselves spending more and more time together and eventually started dating.

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Indoor Leaf Pile | Story Time Tuesday

One fall day I thought it would be really cool to take a bucket full of leaves and throw them in front of a white wall in my room so that I could capture the leaves but have an unobtrusive background. I used the self timer and started throwing leaves, but as fate would have it I never once was able to time it quite right. 

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