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Locs + Photography: A Turnaround

For a long time, I wasn’t proud of the photos I was taking for this blog. I had told myself I wasn’t aiming for perfection — and that was true — but deep down, I still felt the disconnect. The photos didn’t reflect the energy I carried into my styles. They didn’t capture the essence. And I kept posting anyway, until one morning, I just… stopped.

I deleted everything.

Not out of anger — but clarity. I remembered: this is my journey. Not a competition. Not a magazine shoot. Just me, showing what I love, how I like it. I didn’t need approval — I needed alignment. So I paused the randomness, all those scattered posts, and made a choice to change the story.

To finally feel fulfilled, I had to honor my own standard. And that meant one thing: I had to learn how to take better photos myself.

No big crew. No studio. No expensive gear.

Just me.

So I began sampling — testing angles, trying light, moving around silently with my camera, watching the results. Some were off. Some were okay. And then… one morning, just like that, the shots came out right. My eyes saw what my soul had felt. I had captured the style the way I lived it.

It’s still not “perfect.” It doesn’t have to be. But for the first time, the photo matched the moment.

And who knew — who knew this journey of showcasing styles would lead me here, into a quiet love for photography? Into a desire to preserve not just the look, but the feeling behind it?

Now I don’t just wear styles. I document them.
Not just for memory, but for meaning.

This is the photo that changed everything — or changed the unfulfilled me.



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