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A mini Nikon J1 review
So this post is a little different from our recent ones. All photos were taken with a Nikon J1, mounted with our cheapy, yet a goody 50mm 1.8, via a nifty adapter. Also extremely affordable, this adapter allows us to use all of our Nikkor lenses! If you didn’t know, I’m kinda a camera fanatic (Katherine says this is the understatement of the year) and so I picked this up small body. While I love my DSLR, the thing can be soΒ frickin’ bigΒ at times. So one night, after our failed attempt at hitting up the Ottawa Poutine Fest, we spontaneously did an outfit post with our new toy! Though the…
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Ottawa fashion blogger problems
It’s a scary thought, but the seven months of winter in Ottawa has officially begun. We wish we were exaggerating, but the temps plummet below zero beginning in November, and based on last year’s extended season, doesn’t reach real spring weather until June. Layering is now officially a necessity, rather than something we do for fashions-sake. We have to admit, we’re pretty jealous of all those California bloggers out there, not having to deal with this extreme weather. Canadian bloggers have it rough, we’ll tell ya! This all means that shooting outside will become less and less feasable. When we first launched the blog last winter, we quickly learned that…