Why Not? | Part II

So this second part of the shoot I did with my friend Dudu was not so much about what I was wearing as it was about enjoying and experimenting with our surroundings. We were lucky to shoot on a day when the sun's rays were almost purposefully angled - as if they were somehow working with us to make our pictures that much more appealing.  The aztec print shirt (Mr Price) and arched gold necklace (Queenspark) suited the more rustic feel of our location and - I must say - for a girl who is pretty shy of the camera, I had quite a bit of fun.

Hope you like them and I hope you're all well.

Also,  in the spirit of being better and doing better (but also in the spirit of expediency and efficiency) Life Times & Haberdashery now has a Twitter and Facebook  page! For all blog related updates, come on over.

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Fundiswa Ntoyi Photography

Hi all

I have recently used the precious free moments given to me to scour the internet for some interesting content and, as luck would have it, I came across the wonderful photographer Fundiswa Ntoyi. Having recently been featured on Yagazie's website (whom a post should be dedicated to, she is amazing), this is what Fundiswa had to say about her work:

"I not only try to focus on the beauty of the people in my pictures but also to capture their souls; be it happiness, sadness, fear, confidence, and so on. Whatever emotion I can get out of someone, I want it to show in my work. "

One of the reasons's why I love Fundiswa's work is exactly because of the evident depth of her pictures, they have really soulful quality to them and this  soulful aesthetic is useful as it ensures a reaction, feeling or response from the receiver and that feeling tends to stay with you  long after the image is gone. 

Surely that must be the prime goal of all good photographers? 

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What color is love? | Abby Ross

Long time no see!
I thought that it was best I start the post with that phrase, you know, something casual and un-emotive. Because after 6 weeks of absence I don't want to begin my first post with an overly dramatic epilogoue about how hard school is and how sorry I am and how I currently have no life - you all know these things, I just want to get to the fun stuff!
But Masters is hard hey? Yoh. But I digress. Onto fun things:

Abby Ross seems to be the elusive super photographer who graces our tumblr feeds with the most amazing pictures and then disappears. It's always the 'elusives' that interest me the most and perhaps they also warrant a little bit more respect; they are not invested in a society so caught up in who one is and what one looks like beyond the talent one possesses. Abby's not here for that, she wants to take good pictures and she does that perfectly.

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Mrs. Jones

Her name is Felicity Jones. She was the girl in Like Crazy. I have watched Like Crazy about seven hundred times for many reasons - her face being one of them. 

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Why Not? x Dudu Luthuli Photography (Part One)

I've been holding on to these pictures for quite a while now, LTH is not a personal style blog but rather an amalgam of the things I like or find interesting. Also I really don't have enough clothes to be showing you guys what I wear all the time (true story...sad story). But it is always fun to play around with content that one doesn't usually gravitate towards.These shots were mostly taken because of my excitement over my new pink suede Nike sneakers (the fomo I - and maybe others - felt during last week's Air Max day probably deserves its own lengthy post lol) but a lot of the time Dudu (of Dudu Luthuli Photography) and I ended up experimenting with different locations and props.The aim of the post is to show the various ways one could wear a pair of sneakers and a knee length denim skirt and part one includes pairing these items with a cropped chiffon polka dotted blouse and arched gold necklace (and a high bun, which some might argue is an accessory in itself). Part II coming soon.