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My husband takes the majority of my photos… unless someone is taking my photos for trade work. Having a #boyfriendphotographer (at least one in the making) has its perks. It also has its downsides.

Today when we took these pictures, I mentioned a walking photo… our conversation went something like this:

ME: “Okay, now I am just going to walk and you can just shoot, take as many pictures as you can.”

HIM: “I don’t understand your fascination with walking pictures.”

ME: “It’s called street style, it looks the coolest in photos, rather than just standing and smiling like a mannequin.”

We took the photos, both a little hurt. I felt like my ideas were being questioned, he felt like his creative reign over the photography was being squashed.

This later led to an hour long conversation in the warm car on our driveway, where it seems most serious de-escalation talks happen. It was interesting to share our different views of fashion blogs. Spencer of course doesn’t read fashion blogs, and I am immersed in the blogging world.

 From his perspective, there are so many “sheep” in the fashion world. One person decides a to wear a floppy hat (for example) someone else thinks that is cool, and next thing you know, everyone is wearing floppy hats. “Wouldn’t it be cooler to be the person that came up with that trend?” He asked, and then went on, “Almost all fashion blogs have a white background, what’s up with that?” From a business and marketing perspective, don’t we want flashy names and eye-catching websites?

From my perspective fashion is like art. You find your niche, you have a style, and you run with it. Other people can influence you, and of course your are going to work with the supplies your can get your hands on (what’s in stores). To answer his question, I told him that, “To be a trendsetter, you have to be like an inventor, finding something that has never been done before, or reinventing something that has.” This of course isn’t easy. Instead, I told him that fashion to me is how your put your outfits together. It isn’t about the pieces you are wearing, but how they are styled. What makes you unique is the shapes you form, the patterns and textures you mix. As for the white background, it’s what sells the best for fashion. If we had flashy backgrounds, it would distract from our creative outfits.

I am not even sure why I wanted to share this little conversation of ours. Take it as you want.