A Walk in the (Sewanee) Woods

random rainstorm

Yeah, I go to school here.

Dorm Room

After about two months of living in my new dorm room, I finally decided to start decorating! My room had an ugly, large, blank, white wall above my bed just a couple of days ago. Thanks to Pinterest and the Vogue September issue, my wall looks great now!

Queen Bey, Marie Antoinette

Magnet given to me from my Austin-ite friend, Caitlin

Necklace from Forever 21 

Favorite Accessoires 

Inspiration from Grace

HAD to include some BB

Desk

Green's View

Today my friend, Catherine, and I decided to go on a little walk to an amazing view on campus. We chose to ignore the looming clouds and distant thunder rolling in the background as we trudged through the woods, though in the back of my mind I knew it was going to pour any minute. As we sat watching the clouds roll in and lightning strike miles away, the wind picked up tremendously. Although we did get a little rained on while walking back to main campus, it was really neat to have a front-row seat for the storm.

AHHHHH!

Life Changes...

Well...I'm in college now. It's so weird to think that this time last year I was just beginning to apply to colleges and had no idea where I'd end up! In case you are a new reader, I have decided to attend Sewanee: The University of the South in Sewanee, TN (a little over an hour away from Nashville). Life is really different here, and although I have only been here for about 2 weeks, I feel like I've been here for 2 years. Since being here, I've gone camping, caving, hiking, swimming, written for the newspaper, and met a ton of awesome new people. Needless to say, I have not had too much time to snap pictures or write any new posts, but I want to keep you all updated! 

Here are some photos I've captured on my iPhone:

Piney Point

Sunset while camping out

And here are some photos that a professional photographer took during Orientation:

Getting dumped into the freezing lake water 

Me (far left) and some new friends twinning in our sunglasses

My class! The largest class in Sewanee's history.

YSR!

p.s. new photos coming soon!

Photoshop Tips: Airbrushing

While I'm no expert at Photoshop, I have made myself practice several different skills such as dodging and burning, liquifying, blurring backgrounds, and most importantly, airbrushing. In almost every professional photograph it is extremely rare for the subject to not be completely airbrushed, especially in magazines. I don't always agree with the extent of work put in to make someone look absolutely flawless in every ad or spread, but I decided to try it out for myself. Don't get me wrong, I think every one of my models/subjects are beautiful, but I wanted to try out a Photoshop technique that professional photographers use for smoothing skin and making the overall photograph look perfect.

Following this step-by-step video helped me TREMENDOUSLY! 

Without it, I wouldn't have known what to do!

Work: Piglet Style

This summer I am enjoying working at The Impeccable Pig, a boutique that specializes in women's clothing and accesories. Today I decided to bring my camera in to capture some of our adorable summer stylings!

Lily and Laura bracelets

Necklace tree! 

Lollia products 

Candles!

Lovely Luisa modeling Maddy Loo hair ties

Scarves!

Hanky Pankies

Chelsea modeling a new arrival.