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Saffron x The Ordinary Co

Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2016


SAFFRON x THE ORDINARY CO
Model: Saffron Sharpe (@saffronsharpe_)
Photography & Styling: Myself (@luxmondi)
Make-Up: Trishna Goklani (@trishnarawr)

The first time I did a studio shoot was for Miaowen's Lookbook more than a year ago but I literally did nothing except walk into the studio and ask the people there to help me set up the lights, then changed nothing throughout the whole shoot because of my lack of knowledge of how to deal with lights and unwillingness to mess anything up.

I think since then I've grown bolder thanks to a little push from Hanya to try it out again, but this time, I was to take control of the lighting myself. I wanted to avoid those kind of old school "professional" studio shoots, if you know what I mean. The goal was to be modern, clean and soft, and I'm pretty pleased with the results!! FYI, I didn't do any airbrushing or touch ups for Saffron's skin at all - the lighting just made it glow like that! (And I'm super lazy, so phew?)

Throughout the shoot I changed the light here and there, but most of the time I still didn't know what the EFF I was doing - but at least I was trying to understand. I feel like it's a lot of trial and error at the start that no one can really teach you because you have to look at the images and make your own decision if it's what you want in a photo, but also highly stressful since the studio charges by the hour you kind of have to produce results... or else. To be honest, there are a lot of fail photos as well and I feel that the picking of photos after a shoot is done is almost as important as the shoot itself.

I don't know how I would have had the courage to move forward without the help of Hanya and Trishna so I'm super thankful and blessed to have their support! The success of this shoot definitely would not have been possible without them in any way. So yeah, I don't know if I was mad to just go ahead and do it without much understanding of anything (I didn't know how to on the lights, BTW), but ok I'm excited to take this step forward in my continuous quest to understand more about photography and light!

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Thoughts and Errands

Posted on Wednesday, May 11, 2016


Aide De Camp Evie Bag | Forever 21 Hoodie and Leggings

There's a small satisfaction I get filling up my calendar with things to do, be it for work, social activities or giving me things to do - like writing this blog.

I've been putting life on hold waiting for my BTO flat to be ready but I guess little rewards in between won't hurt.

Maybe we could all do with a little structure in our life. Or maybe the fun is knowing we have the freedom to do anything we want.

Sometimes you just have to trust that people are cool and it's not about you. Only time will tell.

I believe that we all have the propensity to change, but only with the desire to and the right friends who care enough to guide you.

What thoughts do you have today?

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Med Kärlek Wedding Bootcamp

Posted on Saturday, May 7, 2016

 Attended the Med Kärlek Wedding Bootcamp (@medkarlek) thanks to owner Phillane for letting me come along to spend a quaint Saturday afternoon learning calligraphy and how to tie my own hand bouquet! No guys, I'm not getting married, but I've been wanting to do such a workshop for a while, so it was nice to have the opportunity to go for one!

It was a really fun and girly afternoon making new connections (hello Chen!) and reconnecting with old ones (hello Sipei and Jien!) and everything for the workshop was super thoughtfully prepared from the delightful tea spread to the coffee courtesy of Top Deck (which is just above Habitat Coffee!)

Anyway, I guess you get the most of experiences when you go into them alone - you don't have a safety net to hide behind and are forced out of your comfort zone to interact with people. I say this as an introvert (or an extroverted introvert as they like to call it on those Facebook articles?) who more often than not needs people to talk to her first, yet loves being around people at the same time... just not talking, haha.

But I've been practicing! Anyway, I felt really fulfilled walking home with my flowers and goodie bag in tow. Looking forward to seeing what else Med Kärlek has in store!