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SORRY, NOT SORRY.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Ok, that was cheeky caption title for me to write, but it got your attention :P ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This is a continuation from the last post. So if you find it a little confusing just pop over to the last post, and you'll understand.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I wanted to talk about portraits because I found that I often get asked: "what type of photography do you do?" When I say "I am a portrait photographer ." the follow-up question is usually "Oh what kind of Portraits?" ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The Idea of portrait photography is different for everyone, and I usually spend time explaining my style and work to people when they ask. If you go through my Instagram that's what I do, it's my artistic interpretation of portraits. when it comes to portraits and photography, in general, every photographer has a different style or approach. But at the end of the day, unless you're looking at photographs of architectural, interior design, product, landscapes, food, and wedding.these are not portraits but everything else is, even fashion is portraiture. It's all portraiture some are only studio based some both in studio and location other times it's candid and casual this is called lifestyle portraiture.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Portraiture is a very broad style of photography. This is what i try to explain to people who ask. Yes sometimes I do studio work sometimes outdoor, sometimes fashion inspired with wardrobe on location, hair and make up the whole show, and other times its laid back and simple. I create accordingly to each clients personality, needs and wants. Portraits are not limited to one person either it can be a mother and child(ren) couples, family, people, and their pets, babies, etc.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ often times photographers specialize in one area of portrait photography. For me, I love to create and dont like to conform to one area or another.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #fineartphoto #art_spotlight #artinfatuation #neverstopexpoloring #featuremeval #feturemeinstagood #photasiaphotographycuratedPortrait #portraits #art
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY PORTRAITS?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Guys, I feel like I need to talk about portraits. And the different meaning of what a portrait takes on, and how the meaning differs from one person to the next. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ First of all, the makings of portraitures have been around since the 15th Century. First with paintings and then in 1839, a man called Robert Cornelius made the first ever photographic portrait of a human being. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But without going into a whole history lesson. The points I'm trying to make or say is that the art of portraiture has been around for a very long time and during those times its taken on different meaning and uses and even need. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Fast forward to the 21st-century and the need and want for portraits are far and few in between. with a modern generation and the ease of photography right at our fingertips who wants to pay money $$$ for someone to take photos of you and your family, when, hell you can do that instantly and for FREE!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I get it, hiring a photographer is a luxury/expense that most don't see the need. But think about this the next time you're scrolling online and social media catching up with the latest updates from your favorite celebs or socialites or living vicariously through their feeds ( I'm not judging, trust me I do the same) what is it we looking at? PICTURES! of them and how many of those are of them taking selfies? and how many of them look like a planned photo taken by someone? So I ask again what is a portrait? or better yet what comes to your mind when someone says "portrait photography?"⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #portraits #plannedphotos #vogueonline #editorialportraits #instagood #portraitphotography #imaphotographer #itakeartsyphotos #editorialphotographer #imaprofessionalphotographer
You wouldn't believe me if I told you. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Heres a quick spur of the moment photo shoot.I often tell people that most of my creative work is really a few pieces and ideas put together at the last minute. 📸 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Yes, there are photo shoots that have a really large production behind them, and there are many reasons for that. sometimes when you are working on large collaborations there are images and expectation that need to be met and a lot of these productions come with a large crew. 💰 But my favorite photo shoots are small and quiet, it gives you the time to think and create. Like this little shoot on done really with days planning and little to nothing in props. 1. location is in a garage. yes, a garage. 2. wardrobe. parts of a suit and just linen shorts. 3. props. leftover blue roses, and a Persian rug duck taped and secured to the wall with numerous ingenious contraptions( i forgot my backdrop stand)🤦🏻‍♀️ 4. model. one Stella, adorable ever so patient little model.👌🏻 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ and ta-da you have yourself, a self-made editorial photoshoot. which we named the little blue prince. : : : : #photasiaphotographycurated #affordableluxuryportraits #affordableluxury #torontoportraitphotographer #torontophotographer #torontofemalephotographer #featuremeinstagood #canonshooter #thebeautifulreal #storytelling #lifeisbeautiful #littleprince #childrendeditorialphotos #blueroses #devilsinthedetails
DON’T BE BEAUTIFUL. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “They keep saying that beautiful is something a girl needs to be. But honestly? Forget that. Don’t be beautiful. Be angry, be intelligent, be witty, be klutzy, be interesting, be funny, be adventurous, be crazy, be talented - there are an eternity of other things to be other than beautiful. And what is beautiful anyway but a set of letters strung together to make a word? Be your own definition of amazing, always. That is so much more important than anything beautiful, ever. ~@nikita_gill : : : #theechoinside #fineartphoto #art_spotlight #artinfatuation #neverstopexpoloring #featuremeval #feturemeinstagood #photasiaphotographycurated #poertyfeedsthesoul #poerty #wordsofwisdom #beautiful #effyourbeautystandards ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
EXCUSE ME WHILE I KISS THE SKY.😘 So there was a time where I was terrified of cloudy skies, because this would mean a thunderstorm was coming. ⛈ Growing up in South Africa you would get these really crazy thunderstorms , I mean they were window ratting thunderstorms, but the ones I was most terrified of was the electrical thunderstorms. These were thunderstorms that was just lightning no rain just loud booms and brilliant flashes across the sky . ⚡️ And it scared the bejesus out of me I mean I thought the world was ending right there and then. But often times my mom who knew it was coming would come into my room and comfort me thinking of all the best things to say to bring me comfort . ❤️ When my mom passed away , something changed . I remember this one time I was looking up at the sky , up at those gathering clouds and a thought came to me, I can’t be afraid anymore because I know that my mom is in those clouds . It might sound like a silly thing. But it brings me comfort even 13 years to this day since she’s gone and there has never been a thunderstorm since, that I’ve been afraid of. : : : #chasingstorms #clouds #gonetoosoon #missyoumom #beautifuldestinations #iamatraveler #visualtraveller #followyourdreams #newhorizons #newplacesandfaces #featureme #greatviews #travelling #travelphotography #travelholic #travelawesome #travel_captures📷😍🙌
MISS CONNECTIONS.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Hi my name is Carla , I’m here to make connection but I suck at it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 😬⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’m shy and awkward, I say the wrong things and it takes me a really long time to get my point across because I’m trying my best to not to say things to make people think I’m too weird .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🤦🏻‍♀️⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But I’m gonna try ,So here goes nothing. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This is a picture of my hand , I took the photo, with my Camera mounted on a tripod that was balancing off of books and the wall. It’s weird I know and some might just think .. “yeah ok it’s your hand 🙄 thank you next!”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ✋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Wait don’t go just yet let me explain. In short I like hand poses think ballerinas or Barbie , in master painting of portraits hands were painted in certain poses that meant certain things. In ballet, dancers’ thumb and fourth finger must always touch. There’s a certain elegance in the graceful hand pose. It brings a certain feel to an image. And if you notice in a lot of my photos I always try to pose hands just right to achieve this. It’s a minor detail that can add a lot to an image. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🧐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Look for it next time you’re at a museum looking at art. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #theechoinside #fineartphoto #art_spotlight #artinfatuation #neverstopexpoloring #featuremeval #feturemeinstagood #777luckyfish #photasiaphotographycurated #hand-pose #theattofhands #gentletouch #hands #bluevelvet
LOVE YOURSELF ❤️⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “Fall in love with the process ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ of becoming the very best ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ version of yourself .”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #loveyourself #bethebestversionofyourself #thebestversionofme #iloveme #ilovemyselflikekanyeloveskanye #theechoinside #fineartphoto #art_spotlight #artinfatuation #neverstopexpoloring #featuremeval #feturemeinstagood #777luckyfish #photasiaphotographycurated
ITS NOT ALWAYS ABOUT GOALS!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Came across this Marvellous quote by HUNTER S. THOMPSON on @_nitch ig. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Love their Instagram . If you’re looking for thoughts and inspiration or motivation , I recommend you check them out. 😍⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👇🏻⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “But beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living WITHIN that way of life.”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #findingmywayoflife I hope that you succeed in this and when you do please come share it with me. It’s like the biggest struggle for me right now. I’ve always been the kinda gal that beats to the tune of her own drum but with the social media world and trying to build a business I find it more of a struggle a struggle of wanting to just create but at the same time making that creation into a business. I don’t fit into traditional photography portrait genres . And I can’t seem to find that sweet spot .😞 do any other artists struggle with the same thing? Please send a girl some advice 😝.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #buildthelifeyoulove #liveyourdreams #photographerartist #creatorofimahes #storytellerthroughimages #photostories #huntersthompson #quotes #quotesofwisdom
IM DREAMING OF A VACATION 😍🌞⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Last year we took an amazing good old fashion family road trip to the east cost .And I’ve been sorting through the photos looking to print some stuff for the house .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ When you go on vacation what do you take pictures of the most? For me it’s always about landscapes scenery and architecture , with the occasional family pic. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I prefer to take candid photos of my family during vacations, rather then posing them. Less stress and makes for a better photo. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #beautifuldestinations #iamatraveler #visualtraveller⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #followyourdreams #newhorizons #newplacesandfaces #featureme #greatviews #travelling #travelphotography #travelholic #travelawesome #travel_captures #novascotia #beautifulcanada #eastcoast #peggyscove
“Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more.” ~Vincent Van Gogh⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #art #artinnature #nature #photography #photooftheday #instagood #beautiful #like #picoftheday #foggyday #fogandmist
BODY In my body I have a master I bow down when she comes around In my body I’m a disaster I break down when you shake the ground ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Every time I stand to leave my cage In my broken body I stay ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I want to love like a man I’ll build you a home when I can Give my new body a chance Patient now it’s all that I have. ~ Syml : : : : : : : #theechosinside #selportrait #introspective #persuitofpotraits #soulsearchingjourney #findingmyownvoice #creativeartist #thevanishingheart #whoamitoyou #icreatewithmysoul #featuremeinstagram #featuremeinstagood #hand-pose #symlonrepeat #symllyrics
Excerpts, from one of my favourite inspirational speech - SUNSCREEN by baz luhrman.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Enjoy your body⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ use it every way you can...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ don't be afraid of it, or what other people think of it⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ it's the greatest instrument you'll ever own⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Dance...even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Read the directions, even if you don't follow them⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This speech is a lengthy one packed with wonderful wisdoms and I encourage you to read it when you get the chance. You won’t regret it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ HAPPY FRIDAY !⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ :⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #theechoinside #fineartphoto #art_spotlight #artinfatuation #neverstopexpoloring #featuremeval #feturemeinstagood #777luckyfish #photasiaphotographycurated⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #happyfriday #wisewisdom #bazluhrmannspeech
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