4 photo shoots in 24 hours.

For those of you who are friends with me on MM/facebook, you know I've recently been modeling a lot in the past month.


The first shoot I did was yesterday around 5pm. I shot for one of my favorite etsy shop owners iadornu.etsy.com. We met at her house and shot it her backyard with her adorable dog and vintage blue car. Jewelry is pretty hard to photograph because of the way the light hits it. So most of the time I just strike a pose and she moved according to the sun.

The next shoot I did was at 8am. It was a shoot for a friend studying photography in school. I got to model with my boyfriend for the first time! It was a salsa themed set. We were both a bit apprehensive at first because neither of us knew how to dance, and we thought we would look really awkward on camera. The photos turned out amaaaazing though. The photographer, Sarah, used light painting and it looked dope. I'll post a picture later. I'm way too tired to describe it.

The third shoot I did is the closest thing I have to a real job. I get paid hourly, I have an employee number and all that good boring work stuff. But my job isn't boring, it's actually really awesome. I work as a model for a clothing company. I'm on their website & all other forms of social media. I try on clothes and do a 'set' for each outfit. There's probably 10-20 pictures taken for each set, different poses and angles. I love the environment I work it, it's super chill, in a really modern warehouse, and I'm surrounded with new clothes/shoes/jewelry, I drink water out of a starbucks mug & there's a little Chihuahua that barks and runs around downstairs. I also like it because I can show up to work looking like a bum and they do my makeup and make me look all purty.

Lastly, I did another shoot an hour after I got off work at a park. It was for a friend who works as a graphic designer. The shoot is secret so I can't tell you what it's for ;). Anyways, my boyfriend was in this one with me too! We shot while the sun was setting so it was serene with the tall grass and the long shadows. It was a nice way to end the day because we just walked around the park and casually shot where ever looked good.




So that's it! I must say I am exhausted. I came home and stuffed myself with some homemade Thai food, watched some Walking Dead with my boyfriend, and no matter how many cups of green tea I drank, I felt exhausted. Nonetheless, I feel very grateful to have found another creative outlet in the past month. I really didn't expect for it to grow so fast and go so far. I'm not trying to be a pro or anything, I just enjoy doing it while it lasts.

I'll make a video with some modeling tips and how you can get into modeling if you're interested. But I hope this gave you some insight to what it's like being a model. <3

xoxo

what wednesday.

When you're growing up your schedule is regimented. School is Monday through Friday 7am-2pm, french horn lessons at 4pm, etc. Now that I'm an 'adult', every day varies tremendously.

I hung out with my boyfriend in the early morning, rushed home to get ready for school. Went to computational linear algebra and psychology. Got out at 3:30. Picked up a friend from the airport at 4. Hung out at my favorite coffee shop with him and ate. Went to an interview down at the strip at 6pm. Grabbed a beer at a fancy bar. Went to a mall to visit my best friend while she was working. Picked out a flowy dress for a photo shoot in the morning. Dropped off my friend Alex at his place. Drove over to hang out with another two great girlfriends. Smoked hookah, talked about travelling, and flattened out some details for a couple more photo shoots I have coming up. Got back home around 11pm. Ate some lentils and now cleaning up my mind by journaling and meditating. Next I'm going to organize everything for tomorrow and lather myself with coconut oil for the photo shoot I have in the morning.

All in all, this was a great day. I did have a mini panic attack in the morning about working again. I really need the money to travel though. School isn't too intensive right now, I'm taking four classes. Once I start working, I'll just need to cut back on hanging out with friends and organize my time better. I haven't made a vlog in a while (sorry), I'll put one together soon and I have a video I need to edit for a drinking board game. I have a lot of photo shoots coming up, but most of them only take up to 4 hours, 2 hours shooting, and 2 hours of travelling and prepping. So I'm not too worried about not being able to do them. I'll still take photos but I probably won't set up shoots. Modeling is a lot more fun than shooting at the moment. And I love talking photos, but I despise editing them. Which is strange because I love love love editing videos.

That was my ramble for today. I usually write this stuff in my journal, but I'm trying to post more in here. Thanks for reading. Much love.