January 31, 2012

{ Blog Crush } Yowayowa Camera Woman Diary

Hello, beautiful readers and happy Tuesday! Today has been the absolute opposite of our weekend. So gray and cold outside with fog clinging to the hills. 

I've wanted to start a weekly feature on my blog for a while now. I didn't know what to post about on a weekly basis that I found interesting. After much internal debate, I realized that there are so many blogs that are not widely mentioned and linked. For example, go to any one of your favorite blogs and click on any blogger in their blog roll, then follow this process again on the new blog. What you will find, more often than not, are the same set of blogs found on every other bloggers blog roll. 

With that revelation I thought I would offer bloggers that I've found that may not be widely known within our circles (that are new to me). I haven't decided on which day of the week yet, but I'll make a decision very soon. It will most likely fall on a Wednesday or Friday. I will also update my sidebar for each Blog Crush post with my current blog crush only. That doesn't mean I'm not supportive of the blogs I follow. In fact, I hope to feature those blogs, too. 

For my first crush, I present to you Yowayowa Camera Woman Diary. Natsumi Hayashi is from Tokyo, Japan and is the subject of amazing levitation photos, which she takes all over Tokyo. She offers helpful tips on how to take your own levitation photos. She doesn't post on any particular timetable that I've noticed, so I usually check back every other week to see what's new. 

Here a few of my favorite levitation pics. I think the key to a perfect photo is to relax your hands and facial muscles. Also catching the shot on the way up against gravity to help with loose hair or garments.

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Here's my first attempt at a levitation shot. I have a far way to go to a perfect picture. I jump with my entire body, face included, so it was definitely hard to stay relaxed.

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Thanks for reading and let me know in the comments what you think of the feature.

-K




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I think levitation pictures look like fun! You'll get better with practice :)
1 reply · active 698 weeks ago
Thank you! I had fun making them.
I love her blog, so I'm definitely excited to see more of your levitation photos!
1 reply · active 698 weeks ago
What a great new feature Kimmie!! I've never seen levitation pictures as unique as Natsum's. And I absolutely love how you tried your version of a levitation picture. Looking awesome as always!!
1 reply · active 698 weeks ago
I love finding out about new blogs, so I like it! Good luck with the levitation photos, I don't think I could ever do it without looking like a idiot. ;)
1 reply · active 698 weeks ago
Thanks! Give it a try. It usually takes a lot of tries to get that one good shot. :)
Her photos are amazing. I've never seen her blog before. I've tried a couple levitation and they can be really hard, they do get much easier with practice. Please keep trying because I think they are basically awesome.
1 reply · active 698 weeks ago
hehe. I've definitely enjoyed her levitation photos! Thanks for dropping a note by my blog. I've been absentee ever since the whole anthroholic disaster, but I've also just been crazy busy! I do intend to post again, but at this point I'm just not sure when that will be :)
1 reply · active 698 weeks ago
Hi Lori! Thanks for letting me know. Take your time, we'll be here when you get back. I just wanted to let you know you were missed!
I've totally seen these before and I'm obsessed with them. So amazing. I love your take!! I hope you do more of these. :) Also, I'd be really interested in seeing more outfits with those shoes! I've had similar ones for like five years and can't ever figure out how to wear them. They look really cute and casual with what you're wearing there!
i like your taste for the blog crush kimmie, they are exeptional, i think you should keep doing this feature, then the idea of trying it yourself and showing it to us is really great !! you make us discover some amazing things out there if you can pick one most exeptional and unique!

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