Even though I often find history a tad on the dull side, that doesn’t matter when the history is about me! Going through old photos at my mom’s always ends with some great photos for #tbt.

Apparently, I have always had a thing for taking pictures. Go figure.

This just proves that photography (albeit, maybe not professionally) is and has always been something that I enjoy. Taking pictures allows me to save the moments I want to keep and express myself in a way that words cannot + believe me I’ve tried, I didn’t study English in college for nothing!

To take this pastime to the next level I decided to take Mastering Your DSLR with Candice Stringham from A Beautiful Mess.

I mentioned before that I approached Candice about her camera bag (we both have the same one + in the same color!), not realizing who she was, and ended up with the deal of a lifetime!

I have taken other A Beautiful Mess e-courses before, like Blog Life (a must take for bloggers), and Use Your Stash (which I like to call How Not to Hoard Craft Supplies) + I knew I liked her style, so I just knew I had to take Candice’s class for sure!

So far, we learned about shutter speed + aperture settings, but I swear I can feel my photos getting better! And I’ve been practicing…

Here’s some photos I took of cupcakes using natural window light + playing around with the aperture setting.

The manfriend even helped. Well technically he tried to eat my props, but I ended up with some pretty neat shots!