Xmas light photoshoot (aka the magic of editing)

Hi and Happy Holidays!
This photo shoot kind of just happened in the spur of the moment on Christmas Eve when I decided to pull out some Christmas lights and actually do something with my life.
These pictures were somehow very popular on instagram, but I had so many more pictures I wanted to share individually. In order not to spam my followers, I decided to create this post showing how I transformed some if these pictures because....

You may be wondering how I got from these :
To these:


Well first let's talk about how I took these pics (I don't have a photographer friend I can magically conjure 24/7) so I had to make do with me, myself, and my camera.


It all started with these Christmas lights....

First I'll explain the process of how I took these pictures. I didn't have any help because I was alone ( kind of like the Christmas movie Home Alone!)
 All I did was point my camera toward the direction where I would be, then I turned on the timer, pressed the button to shoot, and then ran to get into position.  After that, the camera would make a click noise, and I would rush to see the results. my hair was very frizzy by the end of the shoot because it kept getting tangled in the lights...
After this "sophisticated" and  "professional" process, all I had to do to make the pics look like "magical" scenes, was edit them using the vsco app. This app is a life saver when you want your pictures to look nice.
It really does make a difference for when you're uploading pictures to instagram. Also I only recently discovered this app which is why you guys may have noticed that the photo quality of my blog pictures have improved a month or so back.


hi there! this is what happened when I forgot to set a timer (:

The original photos will be first and edited one second, hope you enjoy! (Some have more than one edit)


 

 

 



 

 

 

                                                                              

 



this was a pleasant surprise from my unfocused camera that kind of created a bokeh effect



 

 

 

 

 

 

And now, some random pictures from this photo shoot: These ones are kind of bad, kind of weird, and kind of interesting!

 

 

 

 

the "Almost" Photoshoot (Winter Lookbook)

Last weekend, my friend Sena and I set out to do another photoshoot. We planned on doing a second lookbook for the winter, but we kind of just did things on our own taking photos here and there. This is the "almost winter photoshoot" because the main goal was to take a break from school and enjoy life, hope you guys enjoy!

I'm a gangster... that volunteers and gets straight A's and does debate...HARDCORE!

Also, for obvious reasons, I made the pics where I looked worse smaller than pics I though I actually looked pretty decent in (:

   

"HELP US UP!" is what we said because we said because we forgot how to sit down... 

I look so bored with life in the last two pictures, I swear I must look like this everyday in school too.

             

this is my friend "radfoxes" as you can see, she has an amazing sense of style

             

 

Photo credits to Sena and her camera timer

you can follow her instagram @radfoxes or check out her blog filled with music playlists

 

Also make sure to follow me on the only main social media platform I use, instagram!

@angelamastermind

@crafteenlyblog

 

CLOTHES:

(just in case you were wondering)

Grey chunky knit cardigan- Forever21

Black high waist jeans- Forever21

Eye Print Shirt- DIY project from previous blogpost

Black combat boots- Target

Maroon red babydoll dress- Forever21

Dark blue cardigan- JCPenny? not really sure

 



 

Okay that's it for now! This post was longer than I expected it to be. Hope you guys are having an amazing Holiday Break!

 

 

~Angela