When I first saw Lauren Holton’s fantastic embroidery on Instagram, I instantly fell in love with the designs and textures. Her undulating patterns reminded me of doodles I used to make as a kid (though undoubtedly …
My Two Year Blogiversary and How My Photos have Changed Since the Beginning!
I cannot believe two years have already gone by since I made my first post on She’s So Bright! With over 300 articles under my belt and many more to come, I finally feel like I’m …
These Well Designed Specialty Cookbooks Will Bring Out Your Inner Food Expert
I love good design. And I love it even more in paper form. Which brings me to these fantastic small-format cookbooks called Short Stack. Each one focuses on a single food and according to their site …
What Does Your Pinterest Homepage Say About You?
Sometimes I have a love/hate relationship with Pinterest. It serves as the single most inspiring website for images, motivating quotes, recipes, makeup, style, adventure, and everything in-between, and I love it for that. But at the …
Underwater Photographer Jenna Martin Captures My Mermaid Fantasies
You may recall an article I shared in this 6 Links selection where I wrote about a photographer who proved you could take good photos in unexpected places (a Lowe’s Hardware store, for example). Well, it …
Stanley Kubrick Could Tell a Story in a Single Photo
In college, I took a film class called Mise-en-scène. That expression means the visual storytelling of each frame in a movie – the choice of lighting, set, design, and composition that comes together to further a …
Test-driving Cameras from the Fujifilm Wonder Shop
I’ve mentioned a few times that I’m in the market for a new camera, though I absolutely love my Fujifilm X100F. It’s a very light, mirrorless, fixed lens camera that takes beautiful images. It’s also all …
My Favorite Photos of the Year!
It’s been a fantastic year of travel and photography, and while I hope 2018 is even better, I wanted to go back and share my absolute favorite photos from 2017! Each one has its own story, …
Artist Kiyomi’s Miniature French World
It is hard enough to make beautiful things in full size, but making them in miniature seems like a whole ‘nother ball game. Kiyomi, a Japanese artist and mother of two makes the most realistic dollhouse …
Five Simple Tips for Improving Your Photography
I’ve been looking through my catalog of photos and I noticed something that I think you can only see when looking back: that my photos have improved dramatically just in the last year. While that makes …