mint and navy polka dots

I'm not really sure when I became one of those polka-dot-pants-wearing kind of people. I guess I did... today? It happened. Still not entirely sure I'm confident enough to rock them in public, but you know, I kind of like them anyways regardless of the fact that I feel a little clown-like. I'm also not sure when I became one of those people that dragged their best friend, however willingly, out to the middle of a field to take these pictures and when I wasn't happy with them, dragged her to a different location only one block from my house making her almost late for her date with her boyfriend. She was a saint and didn't mind, but I definitely felt guilty anyways. Also, I realized halfway into taking these pictures that not only did I just wear this top on the 4th of July, but I also used the exact same backdrop. Oops.

Is anyone else having a hard time processing that it's August tomorrow? I'm having a little bit of a hard time with that. The past few months have been amazing in that I've concentrated all of my time on working, taking pictures of other people, blogging, and hanging out with my friends and new people, but it's time to face reality here and deal with some things and people. It was nice living in a nice soft bubble for a while. Really nice. Eye opening, even. But reality is here. It's time.

Also, if you're reading this Sophie, I promise I didn't wear your shoes except to take these pictures. Once they were photographed, I put on my other white shoes. Promise. I'm sorry for lying to you about taking them for twenty minutes. Sometimes, I'm also one of those people who suck at being an older sister.

top: Shop Ruche // pants: Francesca's Collections // hat: Urban Outfitters

shoes: stolen from my sister

pictures of other people (that i took)

as i've booked more gigs lately (paying ones at that!), i've continued to practice on other people at an even more obsessed rate. i don't know if my pictures have gotten better or worse, but i know that taking them has gotten easier. knowing how to position someone relative to the sun, getting the light i want, nailing the poses, taking one or two shots instead of ten of the same exact picture, and knowing what to say when people ask 'what do you want me to do??'. it's an incredibly challenging yet intoxicating process and i only want to keep improving with time. they aren't anything too special yet as i kind of want to nail composition and exposure before i get into more challenging areas, but i'm getting more excited about the outcomes of my pictures lately. also, i've learned to downsize my editing and for the most part, these are largely unedited save for brightening in a couple areas!

p.s. if i can keep it up, i'm hoping i can turn this 'pictures of other people that i took' thing up regularly and keep posting my photography as it develops. it's already fun to look back on and it's fun to document.