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jeonchristineimnida · 4 years

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Jungkook - Forbidden Love pt 1

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Genre: angst, sfw, au university students

Rating: PG13

Warning: mentions of death of parent and divorce

Word count: 2911

Pairing: Jungkook X Reader

Summary: From class outcasts to the best of friends, Jungkook and Y/N has been inseparable since fifth grade. They both had feelings for each other but couldn’t find the courage or chance to confess. However, once Jungkook finds his resolve, it was as if the universe was telling him “No.”

Notes: ⚠️Disclaimer. This imagine has been inspired by the main plot of the Kdrama “Love Rain”. However, the rest of the story such as characters’ personalities and details of the story are my own. That said, you guys should watch it drama. I swear it’s 100/10

Y/N POV

9AM in History Class

“Dumbass” Jungkook muttered under his breath, trying hard to choke in the laughter. I was caught sleeping by our teacher and now I’m suddenly asked to answer his question.

“I’m sorry, sir. I don’t know the answer.” He just sighed and made me sit down, appreciating my honesty.

Jungkook sneaked a teasing glance and I threw my eraser at him without even looking at him.

Jungkook has been my best friend since fifth grade. He was too quiet for a guy and always got teased while I wasn’t too girly for my girl classmates. I guess you can say we were both outcasts as kids. Being the manly me, when I caught the bullying, I stood up and hit the pig once, protecting the cowering Jungkook. I got hit twice after when suddenly Jungkook stood in front of me, readying himself to get the punch on my behalf. Thankfully the teacher got in time to reprimand the bully. We both looked at each other and smiled and chuckled at our beaten up faces.

“Idiot.” I called him, asking why he would let that guy beat him up.

“Dumbass.” He retorted, asking why I would step in if all I could do was hit the bully once and those nicknames stuck. Ever since, we’ve always been around each other and even went to the same middle school and high school.

Puberty hit us hard, but I wasn’t hit as hard as Jungkook did. Damn that kid grew up to be such a heartthrob, but of course I’ll never tell him that. Multiple girls flock around him but he’d always escape and find me in the rooftop for our lunch.

“Give me a bite.” Jungkook leaned in and took a bite of my chicken sandwich without me agreeing.

“You took all the meat!” I complained and he smiled mischievously, pinching my cheek.

“Thanks dumbass. I love you.” He playfully says and I rolled my eyes at him, convincing myself not to blush because I know he didn’t mean it the way I hope he did.

We had our backs leaning against the wall beside the rooftop door, my head leaning onto his shoulder as I read my book while he scrolls through his phone.

“Hey, dumbass?” Jungkook calls out.

I hummed in response, turning the page of my book.

“I want to confess to someone.” I froze for a split second, trying to hide the shattering of my heart.

“Well what’s the problem, Mr. every-girl-in-this-campus-always-follows-you?” I sit up properly, feigning ignorance as I flip through the next page, forgetting to read it.

“I don’t know. What if she doesn’t feel the same?” I now looked at him before laughing loudly, in fact it was too loud. I wiped my “happy” tears before managing to get the words out of my mouth.

“You really are an idiot. Can’t you see you can have any girl that you’d want? They’re basically swooning over you every time you pass by.” I stood up and playfully kicked his unnecessarily long legs. “Don’t be a coward and just spit it out. In the ever slight chance that she says no, I’ll lend you my shoulders and buy you some banana milk.” I winked at him, about to leave the roof top when I received a call from my mom.

The news I received had the blood drain from my face. Jungkook was quick to notice, about to stand up when I bolted down to the classroom to get my bag and head out to the gates.

There were multiple shouts vaguely sounding like my name but nothing was registering. All I know is that I need to head to the hospital, ASAP.

“You’re dad got into an accident and I know you’re in the middle of the class but I don't know what to do, y/n.”

My mom’s cracking voice as she choke in her sobs left my mind blank.

Dad. Please, please be okay. Please dad. Please be okay.

Jungkook’s POV

I’ve always been around y/n and I can confidently say I’ve seen all of her expressions. Happy? Sad? Mad? Disgusted? You name it. I’ve seen it all. But in the 7 years of our friendship, I have never seen this face before.

She was terrified.

Before I could stand up, she had already bolted out to the door and ran as if her life depended on it. I ran after her, but her adrenaline was kicking in that I wasn’t able to catch up.

Nevertheless I kept running, disregarding the shouts of the teachers, asking us to stop running in the hallway. I saw y/n, already outside the gates, running by the side walk 'til she tripped which allowed me to catch up to her.

“Are you okay?!” I frantically searched her for injuries before cupping her face. She was cold, pale and in tears.

My heart breaks seeing her like this.

“Jungkook” she snaps out of her trance, holding my arms. "I have to get to the hospital, now." She starts standing up, about to run when I yanked her back to me before holding both her shoulders.

"Let's ride a cab, okay? It'll be faster than running." I try to stay as calm as I could. I've never seen her so panicked, and I'm sure even if I ask her to explain, she won't say anything cohesive so I held her hand as tightly as I could, wanting to remind her that no matter what, I'm with her.

As soon as we got to the emergency wing of the hospital, we were greeted by a sobbing woman on the bed side of man lying as the heart rate monitored showed a straight line.

“No.” Y/N fell to the ground as she sobbed.

I couldn’t believe what was in front of my eyes until I closed my eyes and opened them once more, now the information registering. The woman sobbing has been the same woman who welcomes me to their home when I run away from mine while the man lying on the bed has been the man always treated me as his own. It was aunty and uncle.

My breath hitched, tears silently falls as I stand in front of Y/N, taking her into my arms.

"I'm so sorry." It was all I was able to mutter as I felt multiple stabbing sensations in my chest. Uncle has always been like a second father and the pain I'm feeling is already indescribable. I can't fathom the pain Y/N's going through.

Until Uncle's body was cremated, I never left Y/N's and Auntie's side. With my parents always fighting, I've spent most of my childhood in their house and I've never been treated like an outsider. I can argue that I'm a family member of the deceased. While aunt takes care of the preparation for uncle's funeral, Y/N clutches onto uncle's urn as silent tears continue to fall from her eyes.

There were no words I could utter. Instead, take her in my arms and rest my chin on top of her head.

"Jungkook?" She finally speaks after hours of not talking. "Yeah?" My voice cracking as I choke in my own tears. "Promise not to leave my side?" Her voice was shaking, and so was her whole body. "Dumbass. I'm not going anywhere."

3AM in Jungkook's house

"Where have you been?" My father was in the living room with the lampshade beside him as the only source of light in the house.

"I was with Y/N." I answered, dead tired from everything that happened.

"You kids have been inseparable since your fifth grade." He smiles, the wrinkles in his face getting more defined. If I was tired about today, my dad has been tired of his life. "I hope that kid's doing well."

"What's wrong dad?" I ask, wary with the tone of his voice.

"I'm sorry son. I really tried to make it work, but forgive me. I filed a divorce with your mom." I knew this was coming. I wasn't even surprised when he told me about this. I never really liked her anyway. The reason why I always hang out in Y/N's home was because her voice made it so unbearable to stay.

"Where is she now?" I ask, sitting beside my father.

"With the man she's been cheating me with for 3 years already."

"What a b*tch." I mumbled, shaking my head. "I'm happy you finally divorced her dad." I tell him, giving him a sincere smile. He'd always been the one trying with the relationship. He had always been the one who stood as my parent. Mom may have been too young when she got pregnant with me, but it wasn't all my father's fault. Yet, my father took everything. And if this divorce would mean happiness for my dad then so be it.

"If you find a girlfriend, don't be shy and introduce her to me." I stood up, patting his knee before heading to my room.

"Thank you, son." My father's voice broke as he choke in his tears. I gave him a smile before turning my back on him, allowing him to cry. What father would want his son to see him cry, right?

2 Years Later

"Come on man, one drink won't do you any harm." Jimin tried to convince me to join them after class but Taehyung draped his arm over Jimin.

"Give it up, Chim. He's too busy with his girlfriend." He teases and I gave him a look before shaking my head. "but don't forget to hang out with us once in awhile, okay? Don't forget about us!" He hits my back as soon as I finish packing up my stuff. My schedule for the term is quite free, allowing me to meet Y/N more often as her department's in a different building.

"I won't. Next week, I promise. " I give the two of them a wink before leaving the class hurriedly. Jimin and Taehyung have been my classmates since the semester started, however I'm a college freshman and they're sophomore. They’re just retaking the class I'm having now and since being grouped with them, we've been hanging out since

They know who Y/N is, as they conveniently summarized "the childhood girlfriend". I repeated over and over that we weren't together, but they wouldn't listen. Ever since that day she stood in front of the bullies and hit them even if they were taller and bigger than her, I found myself wanting to get stronger and be a better person. It was only in middle school that I realize that drive was coming from my urge to protect her. We were inseparable ever since and I've always debated on whether I should risk confessing to her or just stay by her side like this, until one time Taehyung said out of the blue

"Kidding aside, don’t be too confident about where you are right now. Either you claim that title or someone else will."

As I got out of our building, I saw Y/N waiting under the shade of the tree talking to some guy who's always been around her since the start of the semester.

"Hey," I called out, taking Y/N's books and draping my arm over her shoulder before looking at the guy who now seems flustered and out of place.

"I'll go ahead then, y/n." He quickly escapes after giving me a slight bow of acknowledgement.

"What was that?" Y/N looked up to me with an eyebrow raised.

"Aunt Mina told me to look out for you." I say, dragging her with me as we exit the school grounds. "Besides, I wanna eat ASAP. I'm staaarving."

"The audacity to use my mom as an excuse for your ever-hungry stomach." She shook her head and smiled as she lets me walk around with my arm over her shoulders.

"By the way, how's uncle?" She suddenly asks as we take an empty table in our favorite restaurant.

"He's trying to hide it, but I know he's seeing someone." I answered and she chuckled.

"You're just not that close. At least mom doesn't date behind my back. In fact, every time I ask her about it, she'd blush like a high schooler--- HAVE I MENTIONED THEY WERE ACTUALLY HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS?!" She suddenly perked up excitedly.

"I'm just right beside you, dumbass." I say, gently hitting her head as her voice got too loud.

"Oops." She chuckled shyly. "I'm just happy mom finally allowed herself to be happy again. I'm sure dad wants that too." She smiles as she looked out the window longingly for her dad. 2 years flew by real quick. "Your dad deserves to be happy too."

"Yeah, I want him happy too." I answered, heaving a deep sigh when Y/N pinched my nose and gave me a reassuring smile.

"We're gonna protect our parent's happiness because they deserve it." She holds out her pinky, making a pact within ourselves. I smiled and wrapped my pinky with hers, nodding.

We finished up with our food, talked all the way 'til we got in front of her house.

"Hate to cut our time short but I have tons of papers to dive into." Y/N made a disgusted face before smiling at me and taking her books in my arms. "I'll see you tomorrow, idiot." She waves, about to enter her house when I instinctively grabbed her hand, not wanting her to leave. She looked at me, surprised and confused. It was faint, but I could see her cheeks slightly turning pink. "Jungkook? I.Is everything okay?" She asks.

I didn't say a word but I'm sure my eyes says it all.

Taehyung's right. I want to be her man, and I don't want anyone beating me to it.

As I was about to open my mouth, the door opened and Aunt Mina came out.

"What are you kids doing there? Come inside." She smiles innocently, walking up to us.

"Maybe some other day," I answered flustered, my ears feeling hot. "Y/N has a lot of paperwork to finish, so she says." I rubbed the nape of my neck before bowing to smile at her. "See you tomorrow, dumbass." I now looked at Y/N, showing a pursed lipped smile before leaving.

The evening In Jungkook's bedroom.

That was close.

That was too close.

But I guess Aunt Mina saved me. At least she gave me a second chance to actually prepare for that shit and not do it haphazardly. I went hurriedly to my room and facetimed Taehyung. Jimin was beside him, waving like a maniac before getting distracted in what they were initially doing.

"So how do I ask Y/N to be my girlfriend?" I asked Taehyung, lying down in bed as I try to run down multiple scenarios of how I could do it. He was quiet for some time, his face blank but he suddenly bursted out laughing.

"Oh my god I didn't think you'd be this much of a romanticist. How about you go rent a movie house and create this video---" I dropped the call as he was having too much fun making fun of me.

I got a text message and was about to curse Taehyung out, but I suddenly sat up, seeing how it was from Y/N.

예바 (abbreviation of Yeppeun + Pabo /Beautiful + Idiot)

Hey idiot, you up?

I smiled, about to reply when I jolted out of my bed in surprise as there was a sudden knock on my door. It creaked, slowly revealing my dad as he peaked. "You busy?" He asks, and I chuckled, shaking my head. He came in and sat at the foot side of my bed, rubbing his nape as he obviously wanted to say something but couldn't.

"Are you finally introducing me to your girlfriend?" I teased and his eyes were wide.

"Here I thought Y/N was the psychology major. How are you reading my mind?" He says, reaching out to his phone.

"Okay one, don't ever say that in front of Y/N. You'll upset her. Psych majors don't read minds. Second, you really don’t have anything else to be shy about besides that. " I rationalized and he smiled, looking proud.

"You took that intelligence from me." He boasts again, making me chuckle as I shook my head. Then he shows his phone with the brightest smile I've ever seen since forever. He really is happy with the person he's seeing now.

I promise I'll do everything I can to keep that smile.

"So, what do you think?" My father asks shyly, letting me take the phone.

I take a closer look at the photo and my world suddenly stopped.

"You know it's funny how the universe works. Would you believe that she's actually my high school girlfriend? We broke up though when we went to college but it seems fate is bringing us back together."

It felt as though I was knocked out of breath as I focused on the woman in the picture.

"If I recall correctly, she has a daughter the same age as you." He continues to talk about how they met today and talked about letting their children meet and talk about getting married and having it formally registered but I was pale as sheet.

Because the woman that's giving my father the warmest of smiles is the mother of only girl I've ever loved.

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bgtoukedu · 4 years

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UK/Wales University Application Documents

Disclaimer: I am not a professional and this guide is based on my personal experience. Please double-check any important steps and keep in mind that some things may vary depending on your university of choice. Furthermore, this post assumes that you have picked courses and universities you would like to apply for.

1. Documents

Every application process starts with documents and universities are not an exception. For a standard application in a university based in UK or Wales you will need:

(Most highly dreaded) personal statement

Reference by a teacher or a tutor

Language certificate

Transcript of your predicted grades

Some of these you’ll need to provide straight away and some will be required in the process. We will go over those down below:

1.1 Personal statement

I’m guessing that this bit terrifies a solid amount of applicants, and understandably. This is your personal essay. You’re supposed to talk about yourself, your interests and achievements. This is the part where most people start considering themselves ‘boring’ and ‘quite ordinary’. Chances are, you have a ton of things you could write about. I’ve laid out ground rules and basics below:

You have 4000 symbols allowed. That is approx. 650 words and 47 lines.

You need four paragraphs: Genuine interest, Skill and Knowledge, Language skills + Experience in multicultural environment, Motivation and backing up your choice of university.

You are required to send the same personal statement to all 5 universities so refrain from including their names anywhere in your statement.

You don’t want to go way above the limit, because the admission committees might refuse to read it. I highly doubt this will happen unless someone has had a very awful day and decides to take it out on your essay, but furthermore it indicated that you’re not able to fit your arguments into a provided limit, which may present itself as an obstacle throughout your university life.

Let’s dissect that paragraphs:

Genuine Interest

This is a short introduction of your letter and a chance for you to tell them why you’re interested in the course, how you discovered it, any touching stories related to your interest etc. I opened my personal statement with a story about a very inspiring robotics teacher that I had at the time and how he motivated me to pursue robotics further. I know people like to talk about books, quotes, siblings, family situations and circumstances that pushed them towards the chosen course. My advice for this section is to start putting things on paper. No one’s first draft looks good or tidy. Chances are by the time you have finished your statement it will look nothing like your first draft anyway. Don’t be afraid to start your first sentence with cliche phrases - they will evolve at a later stage anyway. Here, it is important that you put emotion so your passion transcends through the paper.

Skills and knowledge

This section is quite important as experience is always valued - regardless if you’re applying for university or a job opening. Most people choose to talk about their high school years and emphasise on extra curricular activities they were involved in. Any unconventional volunteering experiences and hobbies are welcome. Being a tiny bit different in this case makes you memorable - universities often tend to prefer diverse environment. If you can’t think of anything you would like to put in this section, you should probably go back to the basics and put a twist - for example how the typical, repetitive high school subjects gave you interesting insights and unlocked skills? Whatever you chose to focus on in this section, remember that it’s not about the experience itself but rather the skills and qualities you gained from it. In order words, saying that you have enhanced problem-solving skills due to a particular volunteering activity gives a better impression than simply pointing out that you were involved in volunteering.

Foreign Languages and Multicultural Environments

I wrote my statement 3 years ago and I really don’t remember why this section was highly desired from a personal statement. It is important to indicate in some way that you wouldn’t struggle in an academic setting and you have the ability to navigate university life in multicultural environment. For most people this means talking about languages they know and how they use them or mentioning experiences in foreign countries. You might want to mention any other skills you think will help you to excel at university.

What makes you think that this is the right institution for you

This paragraph is the least personal - here you want to show them that you did your research. As mentioned above you are required to send the same statement to all 5 universities, so you can’t really go into details. Don’t be afraid to mention things that you really liked, even if not all 5 universities have them - if you’re really keen on taking that YI (Year in Industry) mention that. You want to conclude that you’d be an asset to the institution and express your excitement.

A word on plagiarism: Obviously you’re trying to write your own piece, but plagiarism might ban you from the application process. Looking at statements for inspiration is absolutely fine as long as you don’t copy them word for word. The UK/Wales institutions have plagiarism software which has access to hundreds of databases and if you’ve copied some work the copied sentences are painted in (very throw up-y looking) green.

1.2 Ze Reference

If you have the ability to go up to a teacher/tutor and kindly ask for a reference and they are willing to write it for you - good for you! Teachers who write their own references are the best. But some of us don’t have that luck - either because our teachers are busy or because they don’t know how. For those of you:

Your reference is typically one, one a half page at most. Your reference resembles you personal statement just a tiny bit. So you’d want to go in the same direction. A technique that works once you’ve asked a teacher to sign your reference is to track which classes you had/have with them and what skills you acquired through them. Briefly ask them what are the first 3 words they associate with you. Feel free to spice your reference up, after all, you’re the one writing it - as long as it sounds realistic. Keep a basic paragraph structure and focus on different modules or activities led by the teacher. Finish up by saying that ‘You know that this student will be an excellent addition to the aspiring community of young academics in any institution’.

1.3 Language Certificate

Before we begin on this, there are ways in which you can avoid taking the test and paying for a language certificate. You will need to check with your university, but you maybe could:

Take the national state English exam (матура) with an average of 5.50 or above

Take the entrance exams (not all universities have them, Aberystwyth University does). By getting above 50% you might be able to escape the certificate.

They just don’t care. Good universities do care though.

The point of a certificate is to prove that you can speak English just enough to be able to keep up with academic work. There are three types that I know of. The IELTS, The TOEFL, and The Cambridge.

Ultimately, Cambridge is valid for 50 years but it covers more material and it focuses on both academic practices and general grammar. Usually people aim to get their Cambridge certificate a year before applying for universities as it relieves the stress and gives them the opportunity to retake it if failed.

TOEFL is valid for two years and it is computer based, with a duration of 4 hours. It eliminates face to face communication and the score system is 0 to 120. I have no experience with TOEFL or Cambridge examinations.

IELTS Academic is the certificate I went for, due to not being aware of the options to prove my knowledge in a different way as outlined above. The purpose of IELTS Academic isn’t to teach basic grammar but rather to imitate the format of academic assignments. It focuses on crafting complex arguments and tying together a bit of grammar and specific writing style. I’ll link up my post and a list of resources on passing an IELTS examination asap.

1.4 Transcript

This is by far the easiest bit of your application. Going to the administration office of your high school and requesting a transcript is something you can do early on in the process of the application. It usually summarises your achieved grades for the past few years and has some predicted grades based on current averages which, combined, make you overall average.

2. Submitting documents

A lot of universities allow individual submission through their webpages, however, the universal way to apply is through UCAS. This is a platform which conveniently provides the option to submit your documents to 5 different institutions in a secure way, with provided tracking option. Don’t be shy, visit the link and click around to get acquainted. :) I will be breaking down the UCAS pages in a future post, which I will make sure to link below real soon.

#Applications

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alldayieat · 7 years

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Regret #1 My biggest regret

Not getting a proper camera to take pictures of my recipes!!! Ughh!!!!!

I thought I could just do it with my iPhone.

And I did. It works. It can be done. BUT!

After I got my real camera a few months ago, I don’t know if you noticed but the pictures got a lot better.

In terms of quality and also with the depth of field.

You cannot blur the background with a phone camera.

Even though the iPhone Plus has that functionality it’s just not comparable to a real camera.

Blurring the background is important so you can draw the viewers eye to a certain point. (Front of ice cream scoop is in focus while, behind is slightly blurred)

Example

Also, if your lighting is not the best, a camera phone can’t hide it as well as a stand alone camera.

The sensor on a phone camera just isn’t big enough to gather the image in low light settings!

Lesson learned? Get a real camera!

Regret #2 Not taking enough pictures

One of the worst feelings is cooking up something delicious and making it look nice, taking the photo and discovering a few days later the photo didn’t do the dish justice.

After this happened a few times, I made sure to both review and also take more pictures than I think I’ll need and from different angles too!

By taking more pictures, I would have more to choose from when going through and deciding what to post.

When I first started, I took literally 2 pictures of a dish and that was it.

If it was blurry or dark, it could not be used!!

Some of these things can be fixed in Lightroom, but sometimes they can’t.

Lesson learned? Take lots of photos!!

Regret #3 Not submitting to Foodgawker right away

I started posting recipes here in early August 2016.

I didn’t submit any posts to Foodgawker until November 2016.

I was rejected many many many times, see screenshot from my profile. My reject list is limited to the last 6 months, so you won’t see any from before February 2017.

It took a good 6 months of practicing and resubmitting and learning from their feedback before I started to get accepted on the first submission.

You can see I haven’t had any rejects since May so I’ve made some progress!! 🙂

I originally submitted my recipes to Foodgawker to grow my following.

But the unexpected consequence of that was improving and learning about food photography.

They even have a submission guide that explains what they are looking for in your photos.

Some recipes remain off Foodgawker because I never went back to rephotograph and update the recipes. One of these days…. I will get around to it!

Lesson learned? Get feedback on pictures ASAP!

Regret #4 Use Lightroom to edit your Photos!!

I ended up starting to use Lightroom after I went to a local meetup on food photography.

They went over some photography basics and walked through how to edit photos in Lightroom.

At that moment, I had the realization how important it is to edit you photos.

From that point on, I began editing everything before posting here and especially on Instagram.

No more taking pictures and uploading directly to WordPress!!

I don’t know why but I must have been hard headed that I didn’t need to edit my pictures.

Lesson learned? Edit photos!!

Regret #5 Not using Artificial Lighting

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poor lighting, unedited

artificial lighting, no editing

poor lighting, unedited

Foodgawker did a good job letting me know my photos were underexposed.

My ceiling has recessed fluorescent lights that are not bright.

They are warm (lighting temperature) and work just fine for the purpose of lighting a dark room.

But for my indoor food photography, they impart a yellow color to pictures (due to the temperature).

They also are not bright enough (not daylight).

So in my situation, a lot of my pictures were underexposed and needed to be corrected in Lightroom.

I’m often cooking in the evening when the sun has set or is setting so bright natural light isn’t available.

This is my setup. I use two daylight (6500k) LED bulbs stuck into a poster board.

It’s cheap and it works.

Ever since making this little contraption, lighting wasn’t much of an issue.

As of now, the only real changes I make in Lightroom are minor. (mostly for the temperature, exposure, and contrast)

Composition and styling remains my ongoing challenge.

Lesson learned? Use artificial lighting!!

Conclusion: 5 lessons learned about food photography

Use a real camera You don’t need a top of the line full frame DSLR, in fact, I started with a compact mirrorless Panasonic GX85, which I bought so it would be easy to travel with and could record 4k video!

Take lot’s of pictures Just when you think you took enough, take 5 or 10 more. You can always delete, but you can never retake (unless you have leftovers. But even that’s not the same!!)

Get feedback on your pictures If you are looking to improve your food photography, I would recommend that you try to submit your photos to Foodgawker or other similar websites. They helped me to get my skills to some sort of a base level and can help you too.

Edit your photos If you’ve never used Lightroom just watch a few tutorials on YouTube to learn the basics. Even with basic changes, you may see a drastic improvement in the quality!

Use artificial lights Here are the DIY instructions that I used to make my lighting setup.

I feel as though I’m at a plateau now food photography wise and have been messing around with different techniques and presentations.

Food styling isn’t really something that makes me excited, hence, the somewhat minimalist presentation of my food.

I don’t anticipate styling my food anymore in the future, but I also didn’t anticipate getting a camera or making videos.

We shall see….

If you liked this post or have any questions, let me know by leaving a comment!

In case you missed them, here are the links to the other lessons learned posts!

Lessons Learned from One Year of Blogging Part 2: Photography and 5 Regrets

Lessons Learned from One Year of Blogging Part 1: Inspiration

Lessons Learned from One Year of Blogging Part 2: Photography and 5 Regrets Regret #1 My biggest regret Not getting a proper camera to take pictures of my recipes!!! …

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