5 things challenge
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A small challenge; Five (5) fun things about me. Join me!
Bringing the 5 challenge back for fun. Last time I did one was back in November 2024 I think. Anyway, here we go 🤗 Feel free to join me on this little challenge.
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I thought of making a little series of these posts.
Feel free to join this challenge. Post a 5 things list on your blog and tag me. Would love to read!
Five things about me that you don’t know…
● I know how to sing the intro’s to Timmy Time on Swedish, English, French, Romanian and German. Thanks to my son.
● Calm music stresses me out
● Meditation and listen/heal your Chakra stresses me out. I don’t have patience.
● I studied Spanish for 5,5 years but due to not having anyone to talk Spanish with, I have forgotten
● I get random songs stuck in my mind easily and takes like forever to get them out of my head.
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5 things… photography edition, including death
okey so my “five things challenge” continues and in this post we gonna talk about photography related things that is in my top five.
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People talk about having niches on pretty much everything ~ social media, blogs, cameras, youtubes etc. But why? Fine I get the part of “you stand out more and can focus on your niche” but for someone with ADHD like me and a gazillion thoughts in my head I can not just pick one. So what are my niche when it comes to photography? Nature! Nature, landscape and macro/details.
It has always been that ever since I started with photography back in 2004..til I lost my passion (more below).
but why nature, landscape and macro? well to be honest, I tried to take portraits and of people but I felt very uncomfortable taking pictures of people (except my son) so I stopped. I tried one wedding but no. It wasn’t for me. Nature photography makes me relax. I need all relaxation as I can get.
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As much as I wish I could just buy the latest cameras with lenses etc I have a old but gold camera. I have my 450D (had since forever. It was my first DSLR camera) and the recent 1100D (I had one before but gave away..). And for me they are good.. if remembering the shutters, AFs etc.. lol!
lenses? I have four lenses but have recently fell in love with the new lens I got . It’s a Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM . . A cute little lens that works on landscape and close up.. though I must get a closeup filter (to get more close up).
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I started photography when I was 14. I think I was 16 when I bought my own system camera (DSLR) ~ Canon EOS 450D . I could be out for hours and hours just taking pictures, walk outside in the forest (with my heart in my nose due to scared of forest and it’s surprises) lay on the ground to get closer to objects. Use shit tons of equipment just to get that one photo..
I stopped doing photography for a while but found it again (I did not use the camera. I used my then phone) and kept taking photos, edit on phone and added to social media… til the time when my parents passed away.. I lost my passion for photography. I didn’t feel joy, or happiness when taking pictures anymore.
with death, u go through stages of grief but unfortunately I had to go through them fast to.. yeah.. family problems.
but recently I have found a little spark of the passion again so I decided to buy a new camera and start again. Slowly, slowly my passion is coming more and more.
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Hopefully in the future, the passion for photography is still with me and that I’ve learned so much more so I could take really good photos. Maybe travel the world to capture stories with my photos.
• my dream is after all to become a photographer for national geographic ~ LOL! a girl can dream right?
●●●●●●●●● How’s it having ADHD & Photography a good combo?
Because ADHD people has too many tornados in their head and for this woman with ADHD, photography helps calming her head down for a bit. for a while. A good de-stress hobby. On same time (if you photo landscape & nature) you get to go outside to get fresh air and exercise. So win win situation for me.
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5 things I am grateful for
5 things I am grateful for is kinda hard to think out because I am grateful for so many things. All from my son, to my education, to my interests but I’ll try write five things and maybe in future I can write more. Lol!
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● My son & family
I will forever be thankful / grateful for my son who’s a miracle. Growing up the doctors told me to give up my dream (to become a mother) because it would never happen because I’ve PCOS. Yet here I am. A mother for soon seven years. I’m thankful that I have made my own family. A lifepartner and son. My family.
● Education
Growing up I had hard time in school – bullying. No help from teachers or what so ever. But today I have an education – nurse assistant and I am currently studying my old grades up to I can become a preschool teacher. The nurseasssitant education was actually a promise to my mother before I died. She wanted my and my siblings to become a nurse so we would help people more than we did.
● Finding myself
I’m still working on myself and forever will but lately I have found myself a little bit. I’ve managed to get my real style out in public and not being hiding behind other clothes. I dyed my hair neon red again. I have managed to find focus and things to make myself feel better.
● Emma Santorini blog
I’m actually very very grateful for this blog. Even thought I haven’t been updating so much lately (I have posted like 80 posts since august). I’m grateful because I write my thoughts out. Write my life like a journal. Share photographs I’ve taken, ideas, and share my opinions of things.
● YOU!
I’m so grateful for you! Why? Because you are you! Never change for anyone. Never change yourself. I’m grateful because you are here. Life is hard but I’m here to help if you need someone to talk.●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
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5 things you didn’t know about me pt2
I thought of making a little series of these posts.
Feel free to join this challenge. Post a 5 things list on your blog and tag me. Would love to read!
Five things about me that you don’t know…● I suck at math but managed to make myself get passed it. Yay
● I hate bugs but love spiders and snakes
● I do not drink alcohol
● I love carrot cake but dislike the frosting
● Ikea is the first store I look up if I go to an other town. Just so I could have real food and not fast food
please join this little challenge! It’s a fun challenge to share so we all get to know each other.
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5 things you don’t know about me
I thought of making a little series of these posts.
Feel free to join this challenge. Post a 5 things list on your blog and tag me. Would love to read!
Five things about me that you don’t know…
● I have a shopping addiction that I’m working on to reduce even more
● I have an coca cola zero & Pepsi max addiction
● I cry when my hair is getting cut.
● I have 11 tattoos which includes a snake on my hand, Arabic tattoo on my thumb, spider behind my right ear and a mermaid on my left leg.
● I was a scene queen when I was younger (Scene/Emo) today I’m just an alternative / Gothic person
please join this little challenge! It’s a fun challenge to share so we all get to know each other.
Note; do NOT share personal information, locations of your work/home/etc. Just be safe if you join this.