Q&A part 2

Q: How do you edit your photos?

A: With photoshop and lightroom, these days more lightroom than photoshop, but for skin editing I still need ps. For coloring I use mostly lightroom and I usually create a few presets that I use on photos. I might do an updated edit with me soon.

Q: How many languages are you fluent in?

A: 2, german and english, however I understand and speak a little french…

Q: How did you came up with the nickname Aimee?

A: I don‘t know. I always liked the names Aimee, Lilith and Lorelle but Aimee has always stuck with me so I used it for thet internet persona thingy.

Q: Are you currently in a relationship/ Are you seeing someone at the moment? 

A: The most asked question haha, no I‘m currently not in a relationship and no, I‘m also not seeing anyone.

Q: And would you ever let the media see your gf?

A: Probably not at least it‘s not necessarily something I‘m very open about for a few reasons. I actually was in a few relationships/ and longterm datings since having my instagram and I never posted about any of these girls. (Some were in my story, but never obviously). For one, most of the girls are very private and although they never told me to not do it, I feel quite uncomfortable to just share them especially since there are always people who would just message them and ask them inappropriate questions. Just because I‘m sharing things with you (and only some things, remember) doesn‘t mean they are as open about it. Another reason is that I just don‘t feel safe posting stuff with a girlfriend online. You never know how long things will be fine and blasting my relationship all over the internet is just not me, heck I barely kiss in public or hold hands, so this would be a huge step.

Q: Have you ever been in love with a straight girl?

A: Nope, never.

Q: Have you ever drunk texted someone?

A: HA, I‘ve done a lot of questionable things but no, I’ve never drunk texted or called an ex love.

Q: How do you react when someone hurt you/ when you‘re mad?

A: TALK to them, everything else is just pathetic, especially when you get mad over something someone‘s written to you… if you just start to ignore them and be a bitch how are they supposed to know what they did wrong or how they hurt you when you won‘t explain your feelings to them. Honestly if someone just starts to ignore me to play some sort of fucked up game cause I somehow hurt them but they won‘t talk to me about it then I can‘t do anything about it and these aren‘t people I need in my life. I let you do this once, but if you continue doing this, bye bye, that‘s too much stress for me. Communications is key, remember this. (I can‘t say I‘ve never done this before, cause I did but that‘s how I learned stuff can‘t be handled this way)

Q: You said before that you wouldn‘t date younger girls, has that changed since your gf now is younger than you?

A: Do you know something I don‘t know? Once and for all, Lex (Alexis) is not my gf, she is a close friend and since someone has messaged her before and asked if she was a lesbian and in a relationship with me… NO. DON‘T DO THAT. She‘s a private person, if you‘re interested in that ask me but don‘t you dare to message my friends. That is none of your concern. And yes when I heard that, I was really mad and you know how hard it is to get me mad? Pretty hard. And regarding the rest of your question, no that has not changed, while I would have sex with someone 1 or 2 years younger than me I would still not seriously date someone younger. At least not at this point.

Q: If you could live your life all over again, would you still be attracted to women?

A: I guess? I mean the only things I could change then, would be my decisions. However being gay wasn‘t a decision of mine, that‘s just how I am so that wouldn‘t change. Also I‘m very happy with my sexuality.

Q: How flirtatious are you?

A: I‘m not flirty at all, I just like to make bad sexual jokes that people think I‘m flirting with them. In realitiy I have no idea how to flirt.

Q: Who‘s your best friend? Is there a funny story with him/her that you could share with us?

A: My best friend is Juliet and there are a lot of funny stories, but they might only be hilarious to us, so I‘m not gonna bore you with one.

Q: Have you ever dated a guy?

A: Yes, a few years ago.

Q: xbox or playstation?

A: Computer. No I like both, well all three.

Q: Are you an alcoholic?

A: Haha no, I do not consider myself an alcoholic.

Q: Are you more a outdoor or indoor person?

A: Outdoor all the way. I love hiking and being active.

Q: Fave lesbian movie?

A: I‘ve actually never watched a lesbian movie. But mainly only because i don‘t watch relationship movies in general. I‘m more of an action, comedy, horror movie gal.

Q: Blonde or brunette?

A: Blonde.

Q: Boobs or Butt?

A: I don’t care.

Q: Blue eyes or brown eyes?

A: Blue.

Q: How do you do your hair?

A: I wash it. Really… that‘s all I do, my curls are natural.

Q: Do you have accounts blocked on your insta?

A: Mostly pro ana accounts that for some reason follow me, or some creeps that sent dick picks or strange messages.

 

Q&A

Q: Do you workout? 

A: As in going to the gym, no but I do a lot of cardio and I occasionally work out at home. I do have weights, though I barely use them, I‘m mostly working on my flexibility and I go for a hike everyday (anything between 1 and 3 hours).

Q: Do you follow some kind of diet?

A: My diet is called stress, cause I completely forget to eat when I‘m stressed or in general when I’m busy.

Q: How much to you weigh?

A: It currently shifts between 49 and 51 kilo.

Q: Do you have an eating disorder?

A: Tough one. No and yes. I had one and though I am recovered, some of the thoughts just never leave. That‘s why I talk about food so much (or post pictures). It‘s a huge fear of mine and it get‘s easier when I act like it‘s none.

Q: How old are you?

A: I‘m currently 22 but soon 23.

Q: Height?

A: 163 cm “tall”.

Q: Do you edit your pictures?

A: Yes, that‘s why I put up stories with and without a filter so you guys know I‘m not that perfect human being with flawless skin and sparkling eyes.

Q: What do you do for a living?

A: I‘m a student and I work part-time in an elementary school, supervising the children, I photograph and I guess you could count instagram as well.

Q: What is your camera?

A: I mostly use the Canon 5 d Mark iii

Q: What is your favorite animal?

A: CATS!!

Q: Favorite Movie?

A: Oh it really comes down to the Lord of the Rings series, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter and Coraline.

Q: Is your current hair color dyed?

A: Nope, but I‘m going to dye my hair soon.

Q: Biggest fear?

A: The first thing that came to my mind just now was spiders, though that is kind of ridiculous. I mean I am scared of them, but they‘re not my biggest fear. I guess rejection and trusting people, more like getting fooled by people.

Q: Do you regret anything?

A: NO RAGRETS. Can anyone actually say no here? I mean I regret a lot of things, mostly small stuff but yeah if have to think about one big thing then probably how I treated a person really, really close to me about 4 years ago, cause they deserved better.

Q: Are you a forgiving person?

A: Uh hard question there. In general I would say yes, as in I don‘t like to have „open“ fights/conflicts with people. I think about that way too much, thinking about what went wrong, if this could have been prevented and it‘s just so awkward when you like stop talking to someone and then you see this person again someday and you don‘t even know how to interact with them because everything that could have went wrong, went wrong and all these emotions come back and it‘s just a hard time. I like to talk things out. I’ve never held a grudge against anyone (for long), it’s just tiresome and gets on your nerves. You can’t play me that dirty that I won’t forgive you.

Q: What do you think about drama?

A: I try to stay away from it but I somehow always end up in one. But in all honesty I‘ve had enough drama for the rest of my life.

Q: Why do you curse so much?

A: I don‘t know. I don‘t even realize I curse that much until someone tells me, which is funny cause I work part-time in an elementary school and I never curse around the children there. I guess I just do it online and with friends though I never really curse when something gets serious. Like when I‘m in a fight with someone I do not like to call them names cause I always kind of do that when we‘re normal and I don‘t want things to escalate. Sometimes it still happens and this is something I have to work on. I do have a temper.

Q: Do you think you‘re funny?

A: Nah, I think I‘m impulsive. I say what‘s on my mind and without any filter, sometimes it‘s funny, most of the times not. Another thing I have to work on.

Q: I want your piercing so badly, what are pros and cons of it?

A: Oh, I don‘t know sweetheart. I‘m really close to getting rid of it cause mine is kind of bothering me at the moment and yeah I‘ve had it for quite some time now. Well I guess the biggest con is when you want to wear lipstick, cause you have to paint around the piercing. Taking it out and then do your lips will just smear the lipstick when putting it back in and it might be a weird feeling in the beginning when you‘re a smoker but other than that no problems. I‘ve never had anyone complain about it being a burden while kissing or making out, just one girl who said she was afraid to rip it out but I guess one should rather question her kissing skills than whether or not my piercing gets in the way.

Q: What is your sexuality?

A: Lesbian but I‘ve had guys and I try it every once in a while just to figure out naaah not really girl.

Q: Would you date someone younger than you?

A: Right now I would say no, as in I‘ve done this before and it didn‘t work out well, but it‘s been like 2 years now so I guess we all grow a little and things might be different now and I guess when that person comes along and you wanna date them and they‘re younger than you, well whatever (as long as it is legal of course).

Q: Would you date someone smaller than you?

A: It‘s pretty hard to find someone smaller than me but sure, I don‘t care. Would be cool to be the tall one for once.

Q: What type of girls are you into? 

A: I would say I don‘t really have a type, but if you ask my friends they will probably say short and blonde cause yeah I do have a pattern there ok. Haha but mostly I‘m not really too attracted to girls that are like me ( I guess you could say femme) and more other types. However until now I’ve always been attracted to the character and never the look of a person.

Q: Are you single? 

A: Oh gosh, that old question, uhm yes, no. It‘s kind of really weird right now but I figure it out eventually.

Q: Will you marry me?

A: A little more effort please.

 

 

 

Wigy McWigWig

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So I haven’t posted anything on here for ages, caue you guys probably already know how overchallenged I am with handling an instagram, tumblr and wordpress (Yes I know, I only post on instagram these days but still, let me whine) and let’s be real I dont spend a lot of time on the web, shocking I know right? Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have anything against it, for all I care, spend your time however you want to do it, I spend most of my time sleeping.

But since I am kind of a blogger/instagram influencer/guru/whatever the heck you want to call it, I decided to blog again and do a little wig review on here, since I don’t have a youtube channel.

So this beautiful wig is from EvaHair and is called the ‘Kylie Jenner inspired pastel blue synthetic lace front wig’, say this 3 times in a row and you lost 2 hours of your day, you’re welcome. Well it probably isn’t news to you, that social media people get some free stuff send to them to review those for their followers and this wig was sent to me by the company for said reasons, but however I do not get paid in any way (that also means no affiliate links ok), shape or form to present this wig.

As you can see in the pictures, the wig is pretty long, which means it gets tangled easily, but if your brush your wig in the right way, this won’t be any problem. (if you want me to do a post about how to care for your wig, write a comment or write me on instagram or send a pigeon). However I wouldn’t recommend this wig as a first wig, cause like I said the length is pretty hard to handle and not necessarily something for first time user. If you already are familiar with wigs, or you know how to cut them, then you won’t have any problem with this beauty.

What I really like about this wig are the roots. Wigs with natural colored roots automatically look more real (though it is still a pastel green, so natural for aliens not humans) and those roots fitted my hair perfectly and I was able to show my natural hairline and thus make this wig more believable and the colour is just a huge plus, cause let’s be real, pastel green hair is so amazing and I would have to bleach my hair to Mordor and back to get this colour.

The wig also comes with a wig cap and is has 3 sewed in combs and hooks for a perfect fit.

so my conclusion is: If you can handle long synthetic hair and are ok with a little shine, I would definitely recommend this baby  (though I am going to cut ist, I just don’t like having this long hair)


See you all soon (hopefully)

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Editing Process

A lot of times you guys ask me how I edit my pictures, or if my pictures are edited and what software do I use to edit my pictures and are all my pictures edited. To make it short, I get a lot of question about editing and while I used to answer all these questions every single time I got one I thought why not make it short and easy and once and for all show an editing process of mine.

First of  all keep in mind that this is one of my heavier edited pictures. Not all of my pictures get a “makeover” like this one. But I do have fun doing it so whatever am I right?

  1. Date: Sep 9, 2016
  2. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
  3. Lens: Sigma 35 mm, 1.4
  4. ISO: 100
  5. Aperture: F/2.0
  6. Shutter Speed: 1/1600 second
  7. Editing Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5

The first pictures is the raw file out of camera (usually I don’t have such a good makeup and lighting day and I normally have to fix spots on the skin but this day went great for me).

Second one is the fixed raw file (I changed the green and yellow tones, sharpened the image, and darkened the lighter tones a little bit)

Third one is skin editing (I brought out the lighter tones in the skin and darkened the shadows, make the eyes pop a little more. All in all dodge and burn and a little frequency separation I think)

The last one is after adding colour to the image, or changing colour. Take it as you want. It’s easier if you know from the beginning which style the picture should have and if it’s supposed to work with other pictures in a series or stand alone. I brought a little desaturated feeling to the picture. Added teal Highlights, made the shadows less black and darkened the sky).

I hope this settles the question about my editing process. (And yes I wanted to keep that strand of hair there although it would have been quite easy for me to remove it. I just think it adds to the picture)

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Oh hell no

Almost all of these pictures are as unedited as possible (though they are all raw files so I had to open them in ps and decrease the size as well), except for two which are pretty obvious I guess (the close up of my face in the green dress and the second one from the bottom which was changed to black and white), cause I couldn’t find the originals. They are in chronological order and I’m still pretty sure it’s a mistake to upload those images, but you asked for it and here we go. If they really are “ugly” is up to your choice, I just find them to be mostly unflattering (especially considering the pictures I usually upload) but also real because these are the faces I pull most of the times.

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Abandoned

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For an upcoming photography project in university I decided to photograph some (old) abandoned places. Though I’m not sure if I keep the pictures like this, here’s still a little preview of the places I explored until now (at least 4 more places to come).

The Road

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After watching “The Road” this weekend I’m still so amazed in an awe by this movie (and of course the book as well, which I just bought and started reading). It’s been a while since I’ve last seen a movie which made me wonder about life so much like the road did and still does.

Honestly the plot and the cinematography of said movie are stunning and so cleverly portrayed that I just can’t –

(also Viggo Mortensen killed it in the end, I was so much in tears)

So here have one of my favorite quotes from the book and some pictures I shot in Rügen this summer:

“When we’re all gone at last then there’ll be nobody here but death and his days will be numbered too. He’ll be out in the road there with nothing to do and nobody to do it to. He’ll say: where did everybody go? And that’s how it will be. What’s wrong with that?” – Cormac McCarthy, The Road

Mist

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It feels like it’s been forever since I last photographed with an analogue camera, so I took the chance, while visiting the beautiful island of Rügen, to snap a few pictures there.

It was around 9 or 10 pm when we were driving home to our apartment and I realized that all those meadows around us were covered in fog, but since we weren’t able to stop on the road, I had to take those pictures while driving in the car. – for someone with little to none real knowledge about the analogue camera I had with me, a real challenge.

But somehow I still managed to take some shots I really like (I know they are kind of dark but I am so going fo that look)!

Bilbo

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Bilbo, Bilbo, Bilbo

Geeez. Hell it’s been a while since the last time I tried to draw with ink instead of watercolours and it might take some time until I try it again. I mean there are some pros and cons for using ink but the main reason for me to stick with watercolours is just that they’re so more forgiving than ink. If you make a mistake while using watercolours, you just need enough water and you can blend it out pretty much, but make a mistake with ink and you’re fucked.

Well for this specific portrait I had to work with ink for several reasons:

  1. I wanted to draw with a quill ( to get that exact look like in the movie,or at least similar)
  2. It’s exactly the colour I was looking for
  3. Ink is much darker, so I didn’t have to repeat some steps like I have to do when working with watercolours

(The ink I used is from ROHRER & KLINGNER and is called “burnt Sienna”)

Hogwarts is my home

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I think I’m going to watch some Harry Potter movies while I edit the images I took today. It was kind of difficult to photograph my best friend since I haven’t done so in over 3 years and we were both stressed because the pictures didn’t turn out as planned but I think we still did our best (also the weather wasn’t helping at all, planned an outdoor shoot and had to do it inside with awful light).

Hope the weather is better tomorrow morning for the next shooting with my dear Jane (glad she’s always there when I need someone to photograph).

(And now a harry potter themed question, guys do you know the feeling like when you’re in love and you have those butterflies in your stomach? I always get that when I see pictures of hogwarts , or of the shire or rivendell. Am I the only one? Is that weird? Probably … geez I’m way to enthusiastic when it comes to Harry Potter or Lotr, can’t help it though.)

Stay weird.