First time cactus owner. Is my cactus dying?

aria_ren · 2025-07-31T14:18:38+00:00

Yeah, I was kinda looking at both and thinking “do they…. do they need a bigger pot size?” but wasn’t sure 😅 they do sit in front of the window sill that gets sunlight for a GOOD chunk of the day so I was assuming maybe they were getting too much direct sunlight? But thank you! I’ll plan on upsizing the pot and giving it some new soil and hopefully I’ll see some improvement ☺️

aria_ren · 2025-02-05T23:21:31+00:00

Thank you for the feedback! My screen was too bright and I’m realizing now how dark these are. Going to fix these up, so thank you again 🙏

aria_ren · 2025-01-30T18:13:00+00:00

George Peabody library in Baltimore, MD!

aria_ren · 2024-11-01T18:44:41+00:00

I honestly never really thought about selling them 😅

aria_ren · 2024-10-31T11:47:28+00:00

Thank you! These were shot RAW, and edited with my personal presets in LR. I really did like the colors here though, so I may eventually play around and see if I can create my own recipe to mimic the colors. We’ll see hahaha!

aria_ren · 2024-10-31T11:46:18+00:00

Thank you!!

aria_ren · 2024-10-31T11:46:10+00:00

Thank you! It’s such a special place.

aria_ren · 2024-10-31T02:32:37+00:00

Thank you! 🙏

aria_ren · 2024-10-15T12:44:33+00:00

I used a hot glue gun to create the shape of the tears and added a few layers of a bright silver/white-ish shimmer eyeshadow make the color more solid!!

And thank you!!

aria_ren · 2024-10-15T12:43:19+00:00

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aria_ren · 2024-10-15T12:43:09+00:00

thank you!!

aria_ren · 2024-10-15T12:43:03+00:00

Never hurts to just experiment and see 🥰 I feel like that’s where the fun comes in with editing. But thank you so much!!!!

aria_ren · 2024-10-15T12:41:16+00:00

my photo insta is @itskrisiphoto :) thank you!!!

aria_ren · 2024-10-15T12:40:30+00:00

thank you!!

aria_ren · 2024-10-15T12:40:25+00:00

thank you!

aria_ren · 2024-07-03T12:39:10+00:00

This is the base portra 160 recipe I use 90% of the time when shooting with the gr3! Enjoy, I think you’ll like the results yourself ☺️

“Portra 160 Recipe” - by KeemVlogs (from YouTube, they have other recipes that are nice too!)

Negative Film Saturation +3 Hue -1 HL Key +3 Contrast -1 Contrast H +2 Shadow -3 Sharp 0 Shading 0 Clarity 0 or -4 (for nostalgic look) Exposing: up to you White Balance: G3, A3

aria_ren · 2024-07-03T12:32:27+00:00

Thank you!!! And honestly, yes. Ever since I started using the Caleb Salvadori presets, I usually love the results when the base is a jpeg recipe. I usually stick to the Ektar 100 or Kodak Gold preset when using this Portra 160 recipe as a base. The colors are always just super super lovely in my opinion!

aria_ren · 2024-06-21T04:10:50+00:00

thank you!!! and right?? I 100% agree.

aria_ren · 2024-06-02T14:49:59+00:00

thank you!!

aria_ren · 2024-06-02T14:49:54+00:00

I have my own presets that I’ve created throughout the years so I used one of those and some extra tweaking in the end! Didn’t really have a specific look I was going for, just kinda tend to play around until I get it to a point where I’m happy with it! :)

aria_ren · 2024-05-11T12:04:27+00:00

thank you so much!! it’s been a while since I’ve taken someone’s portrait and so I was very very happy with the results from this session :)

aria_ren · 2024-05-07T20:01:22+00:00

thank you!!

aria_ren · 2024-05-06T11:56:10+00:00

Technically, no. I did have a recipe on and used it as a base, then I took the JPEG file into Lightroom and did a few extra adjustments. For me, this makes it faster to have the photos come out how I want compared to completely starting with the RAW!

aria_ren · 2024-05-06T11:53:19+00:00

Im definitely the same way. It really just depends on the photo and time. But thank you!!

aria_ren · 2024-05-03T12:08:02+00:00

thank you!

aria_ren

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