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1900th century high
Ever since I was a little girl, I have admired dramas, entangled love stories, and embellished dresses. And yes, I'm a romantic all the way. If like me, you can't get enough of Pride and Prejudice, you adore British accents, daring plot twists, and history, you have come to the right place.
Lara HayesPublished 3 years ago in GeeksThis is a story about you.
This is a story about you. It doesn't end poorly, and this comforts you. You hope that you make it – wherever “it” is for you – and that immediately makes it true.
Nicolette KierPublished 3 years ago in MotivationFour Tips for Creating That Perfect Picture
Have you ever taken the perfect picture, sat back, and just thought, “This is it. This is the picture,” before you ever put it through any editing applications? Before you’ve even touched the white balances, the contrast, the sharpness, it’s just beautiful? Yeah, me neither.
Noaria07Published 3 years ago in Photography- First Place in Before and After Challenge
Want to Make Objects Float in Your Photos? Here's What You Need to Do!
Many photographers shy away from taking photos of floating objects because they think it's too challenging--especially if they don't consider themselves Photoshop wizards. But the truth is that the concept behind "levitation" photography is quite simple and requires minimal editing skills.
Chad VerzosaPublished 3 years ago in Photography Where Does Vanilla Come From?
Poor dull Vanilla gets an awful rap. Its name has been railroaded into meaning boring or conventional or unexciting. Think vanilla. Think blah. Think bland. Think basic. That provenance was derived from a perverse misstep of vanilla ice-cream being labelled as plain ice-cream. But plain means popular — for a third of us — vanilla is our favourite ice-cream flavour with sexy, cool, hot-shot chocolate languishing a distant second.
Will RussellPublished 3 years ago in FYISteven Said...
All I ever wanted was designer clothes. Every morning I write in my little black notebook of all the designer items I need from Chanel, Gucci, Dior and Givenchy so I can keep up with all the celebrity trends. Steven, once told me to write down everything you want onto piece of paper then one day it will come true. So that's what I've been doing.
Bethany GordonPublished 3 years ago in HumansI Am A Big Fat Loser
I Am a Big Fat Loser Part One Hello. My name is Treva and I’m a big fat loser. I know what you’re thinking. “Why is she announcing to the world that she’s a loser? Wouldn’t she rather hide it?”
Treva RawlinsPublished 3 years ago in HumansSooo...are you like, a Vocal junkie?
Confession time: I have not always been an active Vocal member. I joined in April 2019 and posted one poem, Find Them. I didn’t post anything again until February 2020. The daunting number of balls I juggled during that period could have been considered an admirable safety hazard violation worthy of Guinness World Records status.
The Dani WriterPublished 3 years ago in Journal4 Reasons to Enter Vocal's Writing Challenges
When Vocal introduced their challenges, I was really excited about them. In fact, forget was, I still am really excited about them.
Reija SillanpaaPublished 3 years ago in JournalWhy Profile Images Are Round?
Instagram got rid of square images in 2015. Now, its profile pictures are circled. Facebook, Snapchat, and LinkedIn all followed the same trend and ditched the square-shape photos.
Victoria KurichenkoPublished 3 years ago in FYIProfile of a Young Black Creator & Mental Health Advocate
When I was graduating from high school, my older sister told me that college is the place where I'll make my lifelong friends. I prayed then that she was correct because I couldn't imagine getting through such a big change in my life without good friends by my side. I've come to realize that my sister was right because throughout my college journey, I made a few friends who I can definitely see being there for the biggest moments in my life. In my freshman year of college, I met an unassuming but incredibly creative young man named Raymond Campbell III and since then he's been a friend that I know I can always call on and he's doing great things in his life.
C.R. HughesPublished 3 years ago in PsycheThe Summer My Cousin Died
The following contains graphic depictions of a violent crime, and may trigger some readers. He was missing for three days and the police never looked for him. It’s hard to know, so many years later, if the police in Philadelphia routinely didn’t look too hard for missing children living in a homeless shelter. Christopher’s fault was that he liked to trade baseball cards, and at the age of 12 still had a friendly, trusting nature. Baseball had a dark underbelly in its trading cards.
joy ellen sauterPublished 3 years ago in HorrorHow to create your Instagram aesthetic!
My Instagram feed is an expression of who I am. As a creative, it's my brand. I am in no way any form of influencer, but yet I've had work from my Instagram, made connections, and I enjoy playing with my own aesthetic. When I look back on memories, or trips I've taken, I like my feed to represent that moment in time. Like a public scrapbook of images.
John ThackerPublished 3 years ago in PhotographyDoorDash, I Wish I Knew How to Quit You
During the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, both my husband and I, like the rest of the world stopped going to the office for work. I ended my job all together and he set up his home office to work from home. In the beginning it was a fun and new adventure for us both. I was determined to get fit, make meals every day, and reap the benefits of being a stay-at-home mom again for the second time in my life. The reality of it though, was that none of that actually happened.
Mandy RaquelPublished 3 years ago in FeastExplore Your Wonders
There are many things I could be doing. That long dirty checklist is fast in growing. Yet I live mostly in a savasana pose, dreaming about the adventures I’m living in a parallel life. Or perhaps, in a fantasy universe I created with my wondrous assistants: the clouds. Whom I watch zoom and shapeshift through the atmosphere faster than flies.
A (Black) Book Of Our Own
It wasn’t a gloomy day when she had come across the notebook, as one always seems to do in an espionage novel. It was actually an unusually warm weather for February that allowed the golden hue of afternoon light the park in a warm manner. Annie had just finished her online classes for the day, and as per her Wednesday routine, she had gone to the park to unwind after a long day. It was not until she had come to her regular bench by the river that her daily routine changed drastically.
Lara HappymoonPublished 3 years ago in HumansPhoto Editing Tips for Beginners
I have no aspirations to be a photographer, a social media icon, nor a marketing guru. I simply like photography. I grew up in the world of social media, and it has become as much a part of my everyday life as scrapbooking must have been thirty something years ago. I’ve been walking around with a camera phone in my back pocket since I was thirteen years old and, to this day, I won't leave my house without it.
Amanda MitchellPublished 3 years ago in PhotographyHow to Make Your Photos More Colorful in Lightroom
If you were to take one look through my Instagram, you'd see pretty quickly that I'm a big fan of color photography. The way that different colors can harmonize, set a mood, or tell a story inspires me.
Oliver DahlPublished 3 years ago in PhotographyHow to Earn More Tips on Vocal.
There are ways to garner more reads and then there are ways to garner more tips. Both often overlap but there are quite a few unique differences and ways you can increase your tip earnings without even needing to get a massive boost to your reads. Wanna now how? Wouldn't it be great if there was a neat little guide to help you.
Ciarán ColemanPublished 3 years ago in JournalLow Earnings? New Membership? Here's How I Surpassed the Required Withdrawal Limit on Vocal+ in Two Weeks!
Wow! Welcome everyone! Jeremy Frommer’s article Celebrating 20,000 Vocal+ Member Milestone comments on the influx of Vocal+ members that this platform has seen in the last few months! I must admit that I am one of you; recently joining and submitting my first story on February 15th, 2021. I am super excited that Vocal found me, and gave the writer in me a jumpstart!
Jilana BookerPublished 3 years ago in Journal