Nominalizare

Nominalizare

Tocmai ce am primit un mail in care am aflat ca s-a dat start vot la Digital Divas 2016. Daca urmariti acest blog si credeti ca merit vreunul dintre premiile categoriilor la care sunt nominalizata (Best Use of Photography in Blogging, Best Instagram Account, Best Fashion Blog, People’s Choice Awards, The Digital Diva of The Year), atunci puteti sa ma votati aici. Multumesc. Si cu ocazia asta, hai sa va zic cum vad eu toata treaba asta cu bloggingul:

EN: I just received an email informing me about the start of the votes for Digital Divas 2016. If you are following this blog and if you think that I deserve any of the awards for the categories I was nominated for (Best Use of Photography in Blogging, Best Instagram Account, Best Fashion Blog, People’s Choice Awards, The Digital Diva of the Year), then you can vote for me here. Thank you. And on this note, let me tell how I see this whole blogging thing:

Anul trecut am facut parte din juriul acestei competitii si am sustinut o prezentare despre blogging, pe care poate unii dintre voi ati apucat sa o vedeti live – DA, cea scrisa in Paint (nu imi mergea tastatura, asa ca am scris-o cu degetul, folosind touchscreen-ul laptopului). Am incercat atunci, cum voi incerca si acum, sa va transmit umilele mele pareri despre aceasta activitate de blogger.

Cred ca un blogger influent este un blogger care are o constanta. Dificil este sa mentii un nivel ridicat atunci cand postezi articole dedicate blogului (adica nu preluate de pe alte site-uri, fotografii de pe la alte sedinte foto etc.) de 3 – 4 ori pe saptamana sau chiar zilnic, nu o data pe luna. Si asta pentru ani la rand! Va zic din proprie experienta ca asta cere multe ore de lucru in fiecare zi. Fie in weekend, fie in vacanta, fie la capatul lumii intr-o calatorie, e aproape imposibil ca un blogger dedicat sa nu isi deschida cel putin o data pe zi blogul sa raspunda mesajelor, daca nu chiar sa faca niste fotografii noi. De cate ori nu mi s-a intamplat ca primul gand dupa ce descopar un loc minunat intr-o calatorie sa fie: “Ah, ce bine ar fi sa facem aici niste poze pentru blog!”. E doar una dintre capcanele bloggingului, care iti rapeste pe nesimtite mult mai mult timp decat ai crede din afara.

Si daca tot am pomenit de fotografii, mai cred ca bloggingul, mai ales cel care se vrea de fashion, nu mai permite poze facute cu telefonul, la coltul blocului. Urasc expresia “merge si asa”. Nu, nu merge, din respect pentru tine – cel care te autonumesti blogger de fashion, beauty, lifestyle… – si pentru vizitatorii tai.

Dar cel mai important, din punctul meu de vedere, este sa nu uiti ca esti un model pentru unii. Esti un exemplu de urmat, asa ca nu-i minti pe cei care te urmaresc (si nici pe tine). Pastreaza-ti masura, autenticitatea, decenta, picioarele pe pamant. Va spun cat se poate de sincer ca ma deranjeaza enorm poleiala acestei blogosfere care creeaza idealuri false. Cate adolescente nu viseaza acum sa fie ca X sau Y, sa poarte haine scumpe, sa primeasca cadouri de la branduri renumite de cosmetice ori bijuterii, sa manance in restaurante de lux si sa participe la evenimente red carpet. De prea multe ori e doar o imagine, una de suprafata, pictata frumos de un make up artist talentat, idealizata de un photoshop exagerat, incat nu mai recunosti pe strada eroul, de un bisturiu ori o injectie cu mai stiu eu ce. Un ideal care se clatina, consolidat de multe ori de oameni influenti din industria de moda ori lifestyle, care isi petrec mare parte din timp la evenimentele mondene ultra mega glam mai sus pomenite judecandu-i pe toti DOAR din perspectiva hainelor pe care le poarta, cu un pahar de prosecco in mana, rostind mereu glumite autoironice, dand senzatia ca ei pot mult mai mult de atat, dar pur si simplu nu vor sa intre in profunzime… care profunzime?!

Aceasta postare nu este menita sa descurajeze pe cineva in a alege bloggingul. As sfatui doar sa nu fie asta telul, miza. Poate mai intelept ar fi sa faci o meserie sau macar o facultate – oricare – si sa dezvolti ulterior un blog, cu care sa ai ceva de spus. Sa iti pastrezi mereu aceasta detasare, poate chiar profesand si in alt domeniu, ca sa mai poti avea masura lucrurilor. Si sa poti sa mai ai umor, sa razi de ce vezi, sa razi si de tine uneori, cand aluneci si te iei prea in serios. Vrei sa fii un personaj? Unul mai bun, mai frumos, mai high class, mai cool, mai fancy, mai bla bla decat esti de fapt? De ce? Mi s-a raspuns la asta cu “pentru ca trebuie sa fie aspirational”. De ce sa aspiri la ceva …fake?!

Altfel, mai cred ca e pacat ca blogosfera asta nu e mai unita decat e… Succes tuturor celor ce vor sa aleaga acest drum!

Si pentru ca de data aceasta am uitat sa facem si filmarea cu “tinuta in miscare”, Vlad luandu-ne mintile de tot, am selectat cateva poze de making of cu dansul:

In poze port: rochie din voal purtata desfacuta de la Parlor, top si pantaloni Zara, tenisi si geanta H&M, palarie Zara.

EN: Last year I was part of the jury in this competition and I had a presentation about blogging, which maybe some of you got to see live- YES, the one written in Paint (my keyboard wasn’t working, so I wrote it with my finger, using the laptop’s touchscreen). I have tried then, as I will now, to give you my humble opinions about this activity of a blogger.  

I believe that an influent blogger is a blogger with consistency. It is tough to maintain a high level when you post articles dedicated to the blog (not taken from other websites, photos from other photo shootings, etc.) 3-4 times a week or even daily, not once a month.  And for years in a row! I can tell you from my own experience that this means many working hours each day. Whether it’s the weekend, or during a vacation, or at the end of the world on a trip, it is almost impossible for a dedicated blogger not to open her/his laptop at least once a day to answer messages, or to take some new pictures. It happened to me lots of times that the first thing crossing my mind after discovering a wonderful place during a trip is: “Ah, it would be great to take some pictures here for the blog!”. This is just one of the blogging traps, which is taking up much more time than you would think.

And because I mentioned photos, I also believe that blogging, especially the fashion one, doesn’t allow photos taken with the phone, at the corner of the street. I hate the expression “leave it as it is, it’s fine”. No, it’s not fine, out of respect for yourself -since you are calling yourself a fashion, beauty, lifestyle blogger…- but also for your visitors.

But most importantly, in my opinion, is not to forget that you are a role model for some. You are setting an example, so don’t lie to the ones following you (and don’t lie to yourself either). Keep your measure, authenticity, decency, feet on the ground. I have to tell you in all honesty that I am very annoyed by the polishing of this blogosphere which creates false ideals. How many teenagers don’t dream about being like X or Y, wearing expensive clothes, receiving expensive gifts from famous cosmetics or jewelry brands, eating in luxury restaurants and attending red carpet events.  Too often it’s just an image, a surface one, painted beautifully by a talented make up artist, idealized by an exaggerated Photoshop, so that you don’t recognize the hero on the street anymore, by a scalpel or an injection with whatever. An ideal that’s shattering, consolidated more often than not by influential people from the fashion or lifestyle industry, who spend most of their time at ultra mega glam social events, judging everyone ONLY by the clothes they’re wearing, with a glass of prosecco in one hand, always telling self ironic jokes, giving the impression that they can do a lot better than that, but they just don’t want to go into depths…which depths?!

This post isn’t meant to discourage anyone to choose blogging. I would just advise that this shouldn’t be the only scope, the only stake. Perhaps it is wiser to learn a profession, to go to college -any college- and to have a blog afterwards, so that you have something to say. To always keep a certain aloofness, maybe even by having a completely different job, so that you have a better perspective on things. And to have some humor, to laugh about what you see, to laugh at yourself sometimes, when you slip and take yourself too seriously. Do you want to be a character? A better one, more beautiful, more high class, cooler, more fancy, more blah blah than you actually are? Why? The answer I received is “because I have to be aspirational”. Why should you aspire to something…fake?! 

Other than that, I also feel that it’s a shame that this blogosphere doesn’t stand more united… Good luck to everyone choosing this road!

And because this time we forgot to film the outfit “in motion”, Vlad driving us completely crazy, I have selected a few photos from the making of with him.

In the pictures I am wearing: veil dress from Parlor, Zara top and pants, H&M sneakers and bag, Zara hat.