After about a year-long hiatus, I finally posted a new video on my YouTube channel! For the most part, I’ve kept my YT space pretty low-key and don’t really consider myself to be a full-on content creator. However, I definitely enjoy the space and platform to post whatever kind of content I want, especially when I’m proud of what I made. It usually takes me hours upon hours of editing to get to the final stage of publishing. By the time I’ve reached that stage, I usually make myself go back and fix one or two nitty-gritty edits that I notice at the last minute. But it’s super satisfying to finally post!

For my newest installment titled COSMIC WONDERS, I didn’t take all these photographs and videos with the intention to publish them as its own collection. I thought that maybe they would get incorporated into already-existing collections, like QUARANTINE, or maybe even AN EMERGING CITY.

But as I sifted through my memory card and re-evaluated various photos I had taken of the sky—clouds, sunsets, and even the moon in several instances—I discovered a cohesive theme that I wanted to explore. The universe! Something about these photos was so calming and serene, yet powerful and awe-inspiring. I wanted to make the viewer feel as if they had traveled to another universe without leaving their seat at all. (Much like how I didn’t even have to leave my own house!) 🏡

Fun fact: all of the video footage and photography from this collection were filmed and shot from my own bedroom (in quarantine fashion)! Although the past few months have been rough, I’m glad that I am still being creatively stimulated and inspired, even when I’ve been stuck in the same place. No matter how fancy your equipment is, it’s all about the vision that you have for yourself and whatever projects you want to create.

If you think someone would benefit from seeing the message in the video, please feel free to share it with them. I hope this brightens your day!

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• Camera: Canon EOS 80D

• Lens: Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5–5.6

• Editing software: Adobe Premiere Pro (video), Adobe Photoshop (photo)

• Inspiration: simple joys, Korean home vlogging style (silent and relaxing), journaling and letter-writing, summertime, lo-fi music