define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', true);{"id":4794,"date":"2013-02-12T21:06:59","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T11:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/?p=4794"},"modified":"2013-02-12T21:08:02","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T11:08:02","slug":"student-photographer-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/4794\/","title":{"rendered":"student photographer, again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>as if being pregnant, having the flu (yes, again. it&#8217;s <em>horrible<\/em> but thankfully i&#8217;ve avoided pneumonia) and having 2 kids to take care of isn&#8217;t enough &#8211; my heart wants what it wants. and what it wants is to get back into photography again! specifically newborn photography &#8211; it combines my love of photography and BABIES. perfection. <\/p>\n<p>this week i&#8217;ve started to get out my home studio gear and practice practice practice. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/first-try.jpg\" alt=\"first-try\" width=\"480\" height=\"347\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4795\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/first-try.jpg 480w, http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/first-try-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i don&#8217;t have the best model, but he will do until i get my hands on some freshly baked bubs. i still have a long way to go with handling the studio light the way i want it, but it&#8217;s ALOT of fun for me to play around for a few hours (yes hours) trying to get it right before i use real babies, lol. <\/p>\n<p>it&#8217;s pretty exciting for me to have found something that i genuinely am excited to do. it doesn&#8217;t feel like work or study, it feels like discovering a part of my brain that was switched off for a little while. <\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;ve had a long time fear of failure, a self doubting side of me that always questions everything &#8211; but i&#8217;m pretty sick of listening to myself beat myself down and it&#8217;s GO TIME, frankly. i mean, if something makes you happy &#8211; why stop yourself from doing it? life is too short, and too much fun. <\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;m looking to practice with newborns (5-12 days old) until May (when i know i will be HUGE and tired), then pick it back up again as soon as this baby boy is born. if you&#8217;re in Sydney and are due to pop before May, get in touch! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>as if being pregnant, having the flu (yes, again. it&#8217;s horrible but thankfully i&#8217;ve avoided pneumonia) and having 2 kids to take care of isn&#8217;t enough &#8211; my heart wants what it wants. and what it wants is to get back into photography again! specifically newborn photography &#8211; it combines my love of photography and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4794"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4800,"href":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4794\/revisions\/4800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}