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DIY: How to Make Your Own Lightbox

It’s a DIY day again! Now you might wonder, photography isn’t my profession, so why would I want to make a mini lightbox? Well… besides being a fun craft activity when you make one, a mini lightbox can come in very handy for anyone.

For example, if you want to sell off second-hand items online, you need to take a photo of each item and upload it. Using a mini light box will make your photos look super professional – just like the product photos you see on shopping stores online. Grab the attention of potential buyers faster, declutter your life, and earn some extra cash in the process!

So let’s begin.

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Photoshoot Styling Tips: Choosing the Right Colours to Wear


Choosing the right clothes colours for your photoshoot is really important. This looks different for each person of course, because we all have different skin tones. Wearing the right colour for your skin tone can really accentuate your features, making you look fresh and energised. On the contrary, choosing colours that are less suitable results in looking washed out and drained.

This pop of colour looks great on them!

If the colour is too strong for your skin tone, it “overpowers” you. People get easily distracted by these unsuitable colours instead of focusing on the person wearing it. When you have a portrait or family photo with everyone wearing colours that complement their skin tone, it creates beauty and harmony to the photograph. Wearing the right colours (and having a good photographer) means that you get an amazing set of photos instead of an average one! So how do we know what colours look best on our skin tone? 
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How To Make A DIY Notebook With Old Photos

Remember the days where you would print out all your photos – even the most random ones? Well, if they’re still around – don’t throw them! Use them to make a DIY notebook! And if you have tons of scrap paper lying around – especially the ones that were only used on one side – this DIY hack will help you save some trees.

Some people cut them in half to create a raw notepad like this:

But why not take it a step further, and personalise your notebook so it looks more like this one below?

Here’s what you need:

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Wedding Anniversary Portraits: Ewe Jin & Ming Lee

University group mates turned lovers, Ewe Jin and Ming Lee first met in Melbourne back in 2009. Five years later the got together upon discovering that they are truly soulmates! In Ming Lees’s own words, “He’s my husband, my best friend, my everything.”

So on a beautiful spring day in October 2015, Ewe Jin got down on one knee and asked her to spend the rest of her life with him. The were registered as husband and wife in February 2016, and had the ceremony in 2017. Every year since, they would celebrate their anniversary with a photoshoot. This particular one was extra special because not only were they celebrating four years of marriage, but they now had another little family member on the way!

Ming Lee told us how excited they were about sharing this journey together and we could see that! The couple brought along handwritten notebooks filled with love letters to each other that have been collected over the years even through marriage. It’s wonderful to see couples grow more in love with each other than ever before as the years pass.

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