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Sound on to hear the water running through pebbles

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circle of sleep <3

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Fairy lights can be soft light or they can be a bunch of tiny hard lights, depending on how you use them.

A large soft light needs to be as homogeneous as possible. Meaning a large surface area that is evenly contributing to the output of light

This cheap softbox had bad diffusion and needed extra layers of inside to make it more homogenous.

See how the first one has a hot spot? But the one on the right is very even across the entire surface?

Your light source needs to feel like it is all one entity.

Dangling fairy lights are like a bunch of hot spots. If they are hung close enough, they can sort of team up as one light source, but you may not get a strong soft light effect.

However, if you attach your fairy lights close to a wall or a ceiling...

The light is going to bounce off the wall and create a larger light source. The wall itself turns into a secondary light source to help soften the light.

The big problem with string lights is they aren't terribly powerful. So your camera may struggle to get enough light and your photo may turn out noisy. You can help this by getting as close to the lights as possible so they are brighter relative to your camera.

But I actually think fairy lights are best suited for background lighting. When they go out of focus they look kinda magical.

And they can create a nice warm wrap of light around your head and shoulders.

So I would put the fairy lights in the background and then try to add an additional light on the front of you. You can bounce a lamp off a wall to get a larger light source. Or if you have one of those floor lamps, you can bounce it off the ceiling to fill your room with soft ambient light.

I've even bounced light off a $5 science fair board to get a large soft light.

The big problem with household lights vs pro lights is they aren't nearly as powerful. So it is more difficult to get the same results. But just remember, the closer you are to the light source, the brighter it will be. It may need to be *uncomfortably* close, but you can DIY good pictures with regular lights if you experiment.

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you will describe tummy/waist fat as a "muffin top" (yummy treat?) and "love handles" (most romantic phrase ever?) and mean it in a derogatory way? when these things are obviously good?

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sick post i just found online. sorry i couldnt find the source

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40,000 years ago, early humans painted hands on the wall of a cave. This morning, my baby cousin began finger painting. All of recorded history happened between these two paintings of human hands. The Nazca Lines and the Mona Lisa. The first TransAtlantic flight and the first voyage to the Moon. Humanity invented the wheel, the telescope, and the nuclear bomb. We eradicated wild poliovirus types 2 and 3. We discovered radio waves, dinosaurs, and the laws of thermodynamics. Freedom Riders crossed the South. Hippies burned their draft cards. Countless genocides, scientific advancements, migrations, and rebellions. More than a hundred billion humans lived and died between these two paintings—one on a sheet of paper, and one on the inside of a cave. At the dawn of time, ancient humans stretched out their hands. And this morning, a child reached back. 

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i think we need to bring back calling people internet famous instead of calling them influencers like there needs to be something borderline derogatory injected back into it

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I wish they could invent a medical device that temporarily transfers your symptoms and pain to the doctor treating you and it worked like a shock collar. “I think light exercise would-.” and then bam they’re rolling around the floor clutching their stomach in agony and dry heaving.

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fuuuuck i just realized that the future idealized version of myself cant exist without current me being the catalyst for change and doing hard things. has anybody heard about this

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If buying isn't owning then piracy isn't stealing. Download a fucking car who cares

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you loved them and they loved you and it was beautiful. but now that’s over. it’s time to find other beautiful things.

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would you put a discarded fruit sticker on my forehead in whimsical jest yes or no

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i’m proud of you for facing the days you really don’t want to face

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My sister got a new kitten and it immediately decided to loaf on a watermelon and bless us with this picture.

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