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Photo diary: my favorite things are the simple things

October 14, 2015 by Angela

I briefly touched on my desire to blog in a way that sometimes reads like a journal yet also offers something to the reader, in my post on The Blog Market this week. I hope you were inspired by Julie’s story in the feature I published on Monday (if you missed it, it’s here). As always, I jump from one theme, style, topic, thought to another. Today, it’s on all of the simple things that bring me joy, that I too often walk right past, instead of letting wash over me. My hope: that you’ll fill in the blanks with our own favorite things and refer to them whenever necessary (it is always necessary). [Read more…] about Photo diary: my favorite things are the simple things

(almost) crisp autumn days

September 28, 2015 by Angela

I may be not-so-silently urging fall on its way, but with a long, difficult LA summer of over 90 degree days, I’ll take an unseasonably warm Seattle September, no question. Hours after I arrived, I was off foraging for ferns and pine needles and golden leaves. There was no waiting for fall, knowing it didn’t quite arrive on September 23rd. There was finding pieces of it in the (almost) crisp air and on the cool ground. [Read more…] about (almost) crisp autumn days

Photo diary: San Francisco sunrise

August 21, 2015 by Angela

LA Arts District + VSCO film

April 27, 2015 by Angela

Last week Charity and I headed down to the Arts District for a quick sunset shoot. The images ended up being a test run for both of us with the VSCO film starter pack for Lightroom. I think we might’ve covered every filter here… Exactly why I had to pause using VSCO on my Instagram for awhile–I’m too indecisive to be given the option of 20+ filters!

Photos of me by Charity and vice versa. More on her blog.

Portraits by Charity Hestead

January 12, 2015 by Angela

Charity just moved to Los Angeles and asked me to be part of one of her first creative projects here. I’d never actually been to Forest Lawn Memorial Park but was eager to see how she would translate her vision for golden hour portraits to a memorial park setting–one that could be seen as tragic or beautiful or for mourning or for celebration. I’ve been a little stressed out lately, mostly because I’ve been too busy to really envision how I want the year to go, and joked with Kevin before I left that maybe Charity could capture my sadness. (I can be a little dark, and yes, melodramatic, okay?).

But Charity did translate what I was feeling here, without really knowing it. Not sadness, because that really was hyperbolic, but of someone that is kind of emerging into a new state of mind, into the positive light of the new year. I feel like we told a story the way we (try to, anyway) when we’re writing.

Aside from that, I was able to play model for an afternoon and dress up in my best bohemian ensemble and walk along gardens in the early evening light. If you’re in LA, Charity is definitely someone to call for creative work–photography, writing, general lets-get-up-and-go type of adventures all around SoCal. Here’s to many more places to see and pictures to take! xo

Find more photos in her blog post.

Photography: Charity Hestead | Dress & Shrug: Free People, Thrifted | Kimono: Thrifted | Necklace: Flea market find