Posts in Creative self-care
A Beginner’s Guide to Photography Journaling : Reflect, Grow, and Capture Your Creative Journey

Learn how to start a photography journal to improve your skills, capture everyday moments and reflect on your creative growth. This beginner-friendly guide walks you through the essentials of photography journaling, from daily entries and monthly mood boards to setting gentle goals and tracking your progress. This post will inspire you to turn your photography into a mindful, meaningful practice.

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Looking for Light : A photography workbook to learn how to take soulful photos in natural light at home

Learn how to find the best natural light for photographing shadows, backlight and feathered light to take beautiful, expressive photos at home. With tips and techniques for taking stunning photos in different types of natural light, whether you're a beginner or experienced photographer, this guide can help you take photos that feel special and soulful.

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Dark & Twisty Photo Tips

I consider photography to be one of the best forms of self care for mothers. It’s one of my favourite ways to express difficult emotions, especially ones i cant quite articulate. As a mum of two young children, I’m still finding is hard to make time for my creative self-care and my hobbies, so I need to choose things which are quick and easy.

I’m shooting with an iPhone and find that it really does everything I need it to to express myself creatively and take photos that reflect my mood and feel soulful.

So here are some of my favourite ways to lean into those dark and twisty feelings through iPhone photography…

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Mindful Walking : A Guided Photography Meditation

If you’re feeling overwhelmed and overstretched, let this walking photography meditation bring a few minutes of calm and creativity. A gentle audio to connect you to your senses and ground you to the moment, so that you can take a few minutes out of your day to notice your surroundings with a healthy dose of curiosity and wonder.

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8 WAYS TO TAKE MORE EXPRESSIVE AND CREATIVE IPHONE PHOTOS

If you feel like you have no time for creativity, reach for the tool that is always with you: your camera phone. If you're a mother of young children, craving some artistic release to improve your mental health and emotional well-being, try these simple creative iPhone photography tips and techniques for easy ways to express yourself.

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BE A STORYTELLER : WRITING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS

As photographers, we understand the power of visual storytelling and words can sometimes take second place. We hope and trust that our images are enough to bridge the gap between where we stand and a place of empathy and connection. But sometimes, perhaps a little extra help is needed. And this is where words come in.

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RAINBOW RUNNING AND YOGA CLUB : GUEST POST WITH LUCY SLIMMON

Lucy writes so openly and honestly about her journey through secondary infertility. I found myself nodding along reading her words. Though the specifics of our loss journeys may vary, we are bound together by our experiences, connected by the way we feel. And it really is quite a beautiful thing. Thank you for sharing Lucy, and for making me feel less alone with your words. I know they'll bring much comfort to others too.

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SELF-CARE FOR TROUBLED TIMES

There’s not much any of us can say right now to address all worries. There's a strangeness to this unifying experience with it each affecting us so differently. Our current realities are so varied and complex it’d be arrogant of me to attempt to pacify and say “don’t worry, it’ll be ok”.

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