How to Maximize the Potential of Your Kit Lens

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When you first purchase a DSLR camera, most likely you buy an entry-level camera body with a kit lens that comes with it because you don’t know what kind of lens you want or need. I bought my first DSLR in late 2012 with a kit lens. I had absolutely no understanding of the best lenses for my photography. In May 2013, I upgraded slightly to a zoom lens with a greater focal range. The quality wasn’t much better than the newest kit lenses on the market today. It was my primary zoom lens until August 2016. I used it extensively on multiple vacations, on numerous day trips and other short excursions, and for hundreds (literally) of Etsy listings, blog posts, and articles.

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Brand new to DSLR photography, a kit lens is a great place to start. With a few simple tips, this lightweight, affordable lens will get you through years of shooting in varied environments and experimenting with a wide spectrum of photography. A kit lens is a great fit for landscape photography, street photography, portrait photography, blog photography, and even macro photography. You’ll be hard pressed to find another lens at this price point that has such a light weight and offers such versatility.

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Pinterest 201 for Bloggers: Grow Your Blog With Optimized Pin Images

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In my Facebook groups for bloggers: Pinterest sharing tips (aka Pinterest 101 for bloggers), I covered the following tips.

  • Select a high-quality, vertical image
  • Include a URL and an SEO-optimized description
  • Don’t use all capital letters
  • Choose an easy-to-read font
  • Don’t share the same pin multiple days in a row
  • Don’t share the same pin across multiple groups in the same day
  • Limit sharing pins about starting a blog and other basic blogging tips
  • Limit product pinning
  • Share your pin in the morning

I am not a Pinterest expert. I am not a photography expert. I don’t pretend to know everything there is to know about creating killer pins with optimized pin images. But I have seen significant results during the past six months of concentrated effort to grow this blog, which includes creating high-quality pins with optimized pin images for the vast majority of my posts.

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30 Days of Healthy Chicken Dinner Recipes

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Easy, healthy chicken dinner recipes make meal planning simple and straightforward. I love trying new recipes, but I also know how easy it is to get into a recipe rut. You start a new week and don’t know what to make, or you’re heading to the grocery store without having figured out what you’ll be cooking the next couple of nights. Having a handful of go-to recipe resources makes meal planning easier week in and week out.

At most, I cook 3-4 nights a week. Unless we’re having people over (which doesn’t happen more than once or twice a month), it’s just me and Jake. The other nights of the week, we’re eating leftovers, grilling out, or eating out. As such, 30 days of healthy chicken dinner recipes is enough to last me at least a few months without repeating any recipes. I know that it is for many of you as well, especially when you add a few non-chicken dinners to the mix. Happy healthy eating!

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Millennial Pink Inspiration

Millennial pink! Do you love it or hate it? Are you like me, which means you only just heard about millennial pink recently? As always, I’m ridiculously behind on trends. Apparently, millennial pink really came out in full force in 2012 and has been going strong ever since. Also known as Tumblr pink or Scandi pink, millennial pink is not-pink pink. Some describe it as a toned-down version of Barbie pink. A more grown-up version maybe? Millennial pink ranges from barely pink-tinted beige to peachy salmon. I’ve never been huge on pink, but I would take a lovely peachy pink or salmon shade over Barbie pink any day. It really is all over the place these days, showing up in everything from fashion to home decor and even food. For more details, New York Magazine has a couple of great articles about millennial pink: Is There Some Reason Millennial Women Love This Color? | Why Millennial Pink Refuses to Go Away. I’ve rounded up just a few of my favorite millennial pink picks on Pinterest today.

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Tulips at the Boerner Botanical Gardens

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Last Tuesday was a free day at the Boerner Botanical Gardens. The tulips are out in full force now and couldn’t be more stunning. While there isn’t too much else blooming at the gardens right now, you’d never know it from these pictures because the tulips are so abundant and so colorful. The free day happened to be chilly, overcast, and rainy, which meant there weren’t many people there and the lighting was perfect for flower photography.

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