Photography Inspiration.

For me, style blogging and photography go hand-in-hand. A blogger can be the best writer in the world, but the blogs that catch attention are those with beautiful pictures. Go on LookBook- you can guarantee (whether fairly or not) that the featured outfits are always beautifully shot, whether they really are the most stylish outfits or not.

I was never really interested in photography until I started blogging. I don't think I really had an appreciation for how difficult photography is, how hard it is to get it right. When I started taking my own outfit photos I started out taking them in the mirror (oh dear) before progressing to a gorillapod and later a full-size tripod.

As those of you who follow my blog will know, when I first started to hang out with Ashley of Two Eyes in The Mirror I realised the impact that a DSLR can have on outfit photos. I don't think I ever appreciated how beautiful simple outfit photos could be. Ashley a really fantastic photographer (see below!!) and she really inspired me to work harder with my photos.

After playing with an rented DSLR myself from the library I was lucky enough to get the Canon Rebil T2i at Christmas as an early 21st present. I am still a complete beginner at photography but I'm starting to read more about what my camera can do and learning about aperture, shutter speed, F-stop and all that other wonderful stuff!!

So this is just a short post on some of the photography that has inspired me and the kinds of photos I really want to be able to take myself.

Carrie of wishwishwish

Carrie's photography is constantly beautiful and inspiring. This shoot is one of my favourite shoots ever. I love everything about it. I also love the theme-ness of it- I love the use of the suitcase as a prop. This makes me really want to take more creative and fun photographs.

Annie of Time Enough for Drums

Annie is fairly new to the DSLR world but I love her playful poses and her fun pictures. I love the way she plays with focus and often features herself as a blur in the background. I definitely want to try these kinds of photographs.

Keiko Lynn

Keiko's photos are always so beautiful and sharply focused. I love the way she plays with perspective and poses. She is also one of the few bloggers who features beautiful indoor photos- something I really need to work on here in freezing Minnesota!!

Tieka (and Brett!!) of Selective Potential

When Tieka posted these photos on her blog this week I just fell in love. They are just such beautiful, exiting, fun photos. I love that Tieka's photos always feature her somewhere doing something fun with her husband. I really like how the setting works into her outfits and pictures.

Ashley of Two Eyes in The Mirror

I really, really love Ashley's photography. She uses the same camera as I do so she really needs to teach me a thing or too!! I really love her soft-focused close ups and blurred backgrounds. God knows how she is still taking outfit pictures outside here in Duluth though!!

I also really wanted to feature my friend Rosie but Flick won't let me steal her photos, but you can view them here. She is a fantastic photographer and I really love her work.

I have also found some great resources for taking photographs online. Thanks to IFB for How To Take Gorgeous Self Portraits and Five Tips For Taking Better Photos of Yourself.

I hope this was inspiring and/or helpful :]]] Proper post tomorrow- I hated my outfit today!!

Charlotte xxx