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› Winter wonderland
It has been snowing crazy where I live and it still snows! unfortunately I forgot my camera today when I went out but hopefully it’s this beautiful on the trees tomorrow as well when the weather app says it’s gonna snow all night and tomorrow.
Hi, good evening or goodnight in my case. I have been up since 1am and it’s now over 9pm so I decided to go to bed early today. E woke up and refused to go back to sleep but luckily he is sleeping since 1h ago.
So good news is that I’m feeling better and probably will go to the gym tomorrow and also school. I have already checked with nurses and they said if I’m symptoms free and have no fever tomorrow (which is today. I asked this yesterday) I can go tomorrow (thursday). woopwoop. What have I done to make myself feel better? Well, I didn’t get any medication from the HCC so I had to try harder with home remedies. Painkillers, burning hot tea like every 1 hour, lemon, ginger etc and also the astma meds I had to take more off (with permission from a “hotline” the people in Sweden can call when sick, need advice etc).
Hopefully I will feel good or even better tomorrow because I need to get back into my routines with school, workout, photography, editing etc. I miss having enery and structure so it’s time to beat the funk in the ass and get better (im talking about in general now.. mental health etc).
Short post but I’m here. Goodnight you beautiful souls!
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› Soon Christmas and I am not ready for it!
I have not forgotten about you! I have been super duper busy with school, with E, hospital visits, meetings etc. I have been taking time to go outside and take photos which have been a struggle due to time schedule.
How are you all? Long time no seen!
I hope you all are doing good and that you have an amazing December. It’s soon Christmas and that is crazy! Have you done all your Christmas shopping? wrapped the presents? Planned your evening?
I can honestly say, I have only bought a few things to my son ~ busses, tractors, a dupe of a Stanley Cup when he always takes mine. The decorations are not up yet though. To be honest, I do not wanna decorate trees, and all that but I’ll do it for E 😊 I haven’t bought any food for the Christmas dinner yet, not planned or anything. We will probably celebrate Christmas the just three off us alone.
I hope you all have an amazing day and please follow my photography page on instagram (@capturehiddengems). I would be really happy if you do.
I also have a website where you can buy prints of my photographies. All the money goes to charity (yes I will not keep one cent) to help finding cure for cancer & diabetes.
My webshop is; https://emmasgems.picfair.com/
Thank You so so much!
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› Life as a nature photographer
What have I got myself into to be honest.. I love taking pictures but risking my life just to get few pictures.. Is it worth it? Maybe. Depends on situation. but to be honest, no.
When I went to my location to take these photos (below), I slipped and fell on big rocks. I managed to stop before hitting the big big rocks and water luckily. But I got hurt really bad and today I feel like a train has run over me.
WARNING; BLOOD AND WOUND
I really didn’t even notice that I was bleeding until I by accident saw it when I was fixing settings on my camera. After I saw it I felt the pain . Not before. How crazy is that? Thank God I was surrounded with snow so I could make it stop bleeding fast.
Today; I can move my finger but it hurts really bad. The wound is pretty deep and big.
Was it worth though? No. For me it wasn’t. The pictures didn’t turn out how I pictured them in my head but it is alright. I had a tiny adventure.
One thing I often ask myself, Am I a nature photographer or just a person trying really hard? What is really the answer? For me yes iam one but for professional photographers etc I would just be this “girl with a camera trying hard”.
My dream is to become a good photographer. Having the right equipment so I could be able to travel the world and take stunning pictures. A girl can dream right?
National Geographic Magazine. Now that would be an achievement of life time. Unfortunately I know that would never happen but I have a goal and that keep me moving forward.
Hopefully in future I’ll be able to take other pictures without risking to fall, slip and hurt myself. Lol!
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› Confession of a shopaholic
I have always been a shopaholic. I was way worse before than iam now but since I started with photography again I feel drawn to buy more and more stuff. It has become a problem for me so now I have removed all my paycards, credit cards etc from the wallet on the phone. Read below.
What I’ve just ordered to expand my photograph equipment
to tripod;
● Tripod expander – Cloudteng 369 Camera Top Down Pole
● Tripod head 360° ball x2
● New Backpack because the last order got cancelled
● Double shoe holder for lights on camera x2
● 5 mini lamps
● two wrist holders to camera (the first one broke)
● SD cards holder (for 40 cards)
● 2 new batteries for my camera (gonna need it during winter due to the cold killing the batteries fast)What i got from my last orders so far;
●●●●●●●●●●●● FILTERS
●Closeup +10 (62mm)✅️● Closeup +10 (55mm)✅️● Closeup +10 (52mm)✅️
● HD closeup filter +4 (52mm)
● HD closeup filter +8 (52mm)
● HD closeup filter +1248 (52mm)
● Starlight 8x (52mm)
● HD Neutral HD CPL Polarisaror (52mm)
●●●●●●●●●●●● TRIPODS & PROTECTORS
●Tripod 157cm with video head✅️
● 2 Smaller tripods
●Camera holder for wrist✅️
● An other wristholder to Camera (different style)
● Backpack for the equipment (got cancelled)
●Lens covers (62mm)✅️● Lens cover (58mm)✅️
● Tiny umbrella (incase of bad weather to protect camera)
How long have I had the addiction for shopping? Well to be honest, my entire life. I buy stuff and get tired of them and throws them away. So I doesn’t become an hoarder.
But I was horrible and way worse before when I was a massive addicted. I just grabbed everything I wanted and bought. I have gotten better due to massive hard work on myself. Now i get stuff into my cart, think it through and ask myself if I really need it. Most of the time it’s no so I put things back to it’s place. Unfortunately I noticed when it has come to photography and camera equipment I have become worse so now I must restart my brain and work hard again.
But Emma, why do you buy so much to your camera? I have two old cameras Canon 450D (my first DSLR camera) and one Canon 1100D . Due to them being old they doesn’t give me the sharpness I wish for or focus. So buying filters, tripods etc is something I hope would help me instead of needing to spend $$$$$ on a new camera.
I have googled around and watched youtubes on tips and tricks on how to get the pictures more sharp and it’s all about shutterspeed, aperture etc but honestly they also say “instead of buying a new camera because your camera are fine. Invest in equipments and lenses ” but due to the prices off lenses in Sweden, I will try equipment things first. Hopefully I will be able to buy lenses that will help me but the lens world is crazu big and I do not know which ones to pick.
I’m also trying to find my niche i photography, trying different kinds styles. I know for sure that portraits ain’t for me.
so yeah, a little backstory of my confession. I might continue with this and make it a series. I have a lot of confessions and it actually felt good to write this even though it was a mix of confession and photography.
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› Current situation & photowalks in nature.
Goodmorning pumpkins! I hope you all are doing good this lovely Thursday 🙌🏻
im currently in thr bath, writing this. It’s freaking cold here in Sweden and due to my diabetes, my feelings in feets/toes aren’t the best so before I can put on my warm wool socks I need to warm them up.
Facebook page < link Plans for today? Well I went to the Healthcare clinic two days ago, met with a doctor who said I have no virus so I’m not in risk to get anyone else sick.. so I guess im going to school. WITH CAUTION OFCOURSE! Before school im gonna go buy more supplies of mouth mask/ facemasks. It’s starting to go low at home. And I’ll also sit in the way way back in the class.
What else? Well i got one of my packages with camera equipment! Woho. My tripod, few filters and also the hand holder (instead of the big to hang around your neck) but unfortunately that hand/wrist holder was bad because I tried it while sitting at the table and it “broke” so luckily the camera was mounted on to the screws.
I had a photowalk yesterday while the sun was out. Unfortunately it was harsh sunlight and i do not like that. But I managed to fix some pictures though.
not the best quality online though. I’ll upload more on my Instagram and Facebook page. Through my eyes and camera.
Instagram page < link Photography for me is my kind of relaxation. Unfortunately I went through some things the other day that made me decide to not take pictures in town and around buildings. I will tell you guys more about that later. It was a sad decision for me but I am still scared and haven’t been able to shake off what happened.
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