what do you use to edit your iphone/instagram photos?

i use the awesome VSCO camera app! just like i use their film editing presets for my own photography images, i decided to try out their app and instantly fell in love with it. it comes with set filters for you but what i mostly use is the exposure, saturation, fill light, and crop tools to edit my photos (and there's more options as well!). i'm kinda OCD about my images that i post on instagram, so i'm glad i have this app handy.




 past posts related to photography:

+ My Favorite Lens
+ Q&A / photography for beginners
+ My journey to photography
+ Be yourself, Everyone else is taken
+ Posing couples 

let's talk about the 50mm lens. if you are just starting out in photography, this lens is the number one lens i recommend! especially for portraits. if you're already into photography and have the 50mm then you all know how magical it is. the lower the aperture (f/1.2 for Cannon users and f/1.4 for Nikon users) the more bokeh, or blurred background, you'll get which creates creamy skin tones and sharp eyes. my 50mm is on my camera about 80% of the time. the nice thing about this lens is that it's affordable! if you're debating over the 1.4 or 1.8, it's worth it to fork out some more money and get the lowest aperture for the best bokeh in your images. 

i couldn't stand our bare walls so i came up with an easy way to decorate! finding small amounts of string is hard when you don't have craft supplies just laying around. luckily walmart has some cheap finds! i found lace strands for $1 and the mini clothespins for super cheap as well. and there you have it! probably the easiest DIY project you can do to add a little something to your walls.

we're going to visit poland at the end of the summer! kevin lived in poland for 2 years serving as a missionary for our church. i'm so excited to be able to visit all around poland and meet people that kevin taught. it's been 3 years since he was there and he's beyond ecstatic to visit. he's been blessed to have kept up his polish and luckily we met a couple at church that are both from poland! they've already invited us over for dinner to eat polish food.  my parents will be coming along with us at the end of the summer. kevin is determined to make poland my mom's favorite country.

we're also going to be visiting denmark! anyone been there and have any suggestions of must-see places?

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