{Tips on:} Documenting & Traveling by Ky

You may or may not know I have a slight obsession with multiple births & traveling. Since I'm also recovering from wanderlust, I decided to ask one of the traveling triplets to guest post today. This flybird has been & lived in many places all over the globe. She is now settled in California, where she & her husband work together in their very own production company.
Follow along her adventures, you'll fall in love!
p.s. For more photography tips check the photo blog
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my name is kylie from the flybird.
i'm a sun chaser and vagabond who loves to document the world around me.
i married my best friend and have been traveling and having adventures ever since.

so how do you document it all and still have fun?
don't let the pressure of achieving the perfect composition
get you down - and especially don't let your comparison to other's work
make you feel inadequate to do what you love.
take photos for YOU. and for the right reasons. you'll be glad you did.

throughout my travels and day to day life, my SLR camera is a go-to item.
i don't plan photos in advance - i just pop it out when the moment is right.
that right moment has nothing to do with much other than my excitement.
if something inspires me, it's probably going to end up on my memory card.

flybird tips & tricks to staying inspired thru photos:

1. lighting - know the golden hour. the blue hour. the good times to be outside taking photos, and the bad. it makes a HUGE difference - lighting is everything. if it's blazing hot with sun straight above and glaringly bright light, fohgittaboutit. understand the the elements to capture what you envision.

2. a partner in crime - the key here is to have someone who is willing to take photos. of you. that's right, i said it. my husband is perfect for that. you'd be surprised at what a man can do with a little direction. what's more exciting is those moments when he himself comes up with everything - all his idea (as seen above). it's a creative process and if your partner isn't as interested, tough luck and say hello to self portraits! gratefully, my husband obliges much of the time to making my imaginations come to life in a photo.

3. wide angle lens - who said arm shots weren't cool? for those of us who shoot primarily with fixies (50 mm lenses) you know the hassle of taking that cute kissy photo with your lover squeeze and getting nothing but a blurry cheek and smashed nose. bummer. try a wide angle or fish eye - it adds a fun dynamic and look to the photo and for some reason 99% of the time ends up looking cool at some level.

4. feetsies - oh the places, you'll go! your feet tell the story. plus, i'm kinda obsessed with feetsie photos. clothed or naked. they're cute.

5. surroundings - see something new. discover a new place. get a little lost. travel a bit. be awkward and snap photos of strangers and don't feel weird about it. get up close and personal to detail. you'll be glad you did.

xoxo,
Kylie

Tuesday Visuals: That mushy post you've been waiting for

The guy and I had some recent adventures, being all cutesy and stuff...
He pretty much saved my birthday from disaster, along with some help (that awesome, pretty girl I'll refer to as Nalee) & brought Valentine's to a whole new level by almost making me cry (when he does, he'll have something to cross of his goal list haha).
Here's a few pictures:

To truly be loved

© windswept ribbons

When you’re tempted to doubt God’s love for you, stand before the cross and look at the wounded, dying, disfigured Savior, and realize why He is there. I believe His Father would whisper to us, ‘Isn’t this sufficient? I haven’t spared My own Son; I deformed and disfigured and crushed Him — for you. What more could I do to persuade you that I love you?'
—CJ Mahaney

I got this quote from one of my top favorite blogs Paper Angels.
Denise seemed to accurately compliment my thoughts on love during valentines [read her Vday post here].

The following verses have yet to leave my mind:

For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.  For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:6-8

What my eyes have been opened to is that God didn't wait for me to be good. He didn't wait for me to get my act together. He didn't wait for me to do something for Him and then decide if He wanted to die for me. No! He just died for me while I was still ungodly; while I was worthless to Him.
I just need to let that sink. in.

I'm so weak and so in need of God that I just feel so filthy if I don't spend a certain amount of time with Him, or if I do quiet times in the afternoon instead of the morning, or if I'm behind in my daily read... I just get so irritated when I feel like I'm not being the perfect Christian sometimes— enough already!

The Bible says that our attempts for holiness are like filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6). He already has done it all and He loves me! That's all I really need from Him and He has given it. Why can't that just be enough to quiet my anxious soul?

His love is sufficient in my weakness, imperfections & mistakes. It was like this when I was ungodly and it's still covering my sinfulness today. I still fall short.

I'm so grateful for this:
To truly be loved.

Hey guys!

I'm here with an update on life.
I just got back from visiting the guy,
celebrating my birthday & having a  great Valentine's.
I also got a job two weeks ago at a vintage boutique shop
as a photographer/videographer!!
Needless to say, I'm loving it =D


I had scheduled a layout change, as you can see, but it's not completely done yet.
Bear with me (I say this a lot, don't I?). update 2/22: Layout done!


Sponsor page is being re-designed, since the guy needs to have his money before this May, so spots for button-swap will be very limited. Shoot me an email ASAP to have your button space for the next 3 months.
Emails are being responded this week fyi!

That's all for now, I'm gonna eat the rest of this fried ice cream, yumm!
Have a happy weekend!


p.s. are we instagram friends yet?