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Diabetes Blog Week 2015 – Day 2 – Keep it to Yourself

Posted May 12, 2015 In Diabetes, Personal

Welcome back to Day 2 of Diabetes Blog Week 2015! Here’s the prompt for Day 2, Keep it to Yourself – Tuesday 5/12 :

Many of us share lots of aspects of our diabetes lives online for the world to see. What are some of the aspects of diabetes that you choose to keep private from the internet? Or from your family and friends? Why is it important to keep it to yourself?

Unlike many of the participants of Diabetes Blog Week, I don’t share much of my diabetes life online, except during DBW! In fact, I don’t often share the fact that I have diabetes when I meet someone new, unless it somehow comes up in conversation or is necessary (due to my experiencing a low blood sugar in front of them, or something similar). It’s definitely not that I’m ashamed of having the disease or that I don’t want others to know about it, but rather it’s just a part of me that, like other aspects of my life, don’t always come up in conversation.

Especially now that I use an OmniPod insulin pump, my diabetes is even less visible than it was when I used a MiniMed pump, since the OmniPod is typically hidden under my clothing. However, if someone does ask, I’m more than willing to share about my life with diabetes–in fact, I usually give them an earful (unintentionally!).

xoxo,

Lauren

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Diabetes Blog Week 2015 – Day 1 – I can…

Posted May 11, 2015 In Diabetes, Personal

It’s been a few years since I participated in Diabetes Blog Week, but I’m back at it again this year!

Here’s the prompt for Day 1, I Can – Monday 5/11 :

In the UK, there was a diabetes blog theme of “I can…” that participants found wonderfully empowering. So lets kick things off this year by looking at the positive side of our lives with diabetes. What have you or your loved one accomplished, despite having diabetes, that you weren’t sure you could? Or what have you done that you’ve been particularly proud of? Or what good thing has diabetes brought into your life?

I talked about my running efforts when I participated in Diabetes Blog Week back in 2012, which is still something that I’m proud to have accomplished (though I have fallen off the wagon lately). But I think the main thing that I’m happy to have accomplished so far is to maintain the health that I have, which includes the lack of serious complications so far. Living over 25 years with diabetes hasn’t always been fun, and, though I know I do have some peripheral neuropathy (mainly in my feet), I don’t suffer from the complications at this point. In fact, the only reason I know I have neuropathy is because I participated in a study at my doctor’s office for a new neuropathy treatment and I barely qualified to participate. Had I not been specifically tested for it, I wouldn’t know I have it.

Another thing I’m sure diabetes has helped with is my weight management. My family jokes that I was a black hole as a child, but, when I was diagnosed, I was put on a strict diabetic diet. I think I would have been a total chunkster (though definitely a cute one!) had I not been on a diet at age 4. :)

As much as having diabetes is a drag, I’m definitely thankful that it’s something that I’m able to manage and, with it, live a relatively normal life!

Since photos are fun, here’s one of me, pre-diabetes, eating a Mickey Mouse-shaped ice cream pop like a champ, while my mom plots our course of action for the day. Photo by my dad. Taken at Disney World in December 1987.

xoxo,

Lauren

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Film Friday – Joshua Tree Double Exposures

Posted May 08, 2015 In Film

Last month, I spent a few days out at Joshua Tree National Park to learn how to make tintypes, which was awesome! While we weren’t spending time in the portable darkroom, we were off on our own to spend our time as we wished, so I naturally photographed the desert a little more. Here are a couple double-exposures from the trip, photographed on my Holga!

Joshua Tree double exposures on film by San Diego portrait photographer Lauren Nygard

These images were photographed on 120 Portra 400 using a Holga, and developed and scanned by North Coast Photographic Services.

xoxo,

Lauren

Are you looking for a photographer for your upcoming wedding or family session? Email Lauren at [email protected] or use the contact link on the top of this page to get in touch with San Diego film photographer Lauren Nygard! Lauren is based in Southern California but loves traveling with her camera to capture love across the globe!

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Shannon & Neil – Wedding at 828 Events

Posted May 04, 2015 In Film, Military, Weddings

This week marks one year of the start of the military wedding inspiration blog, Vows & Valor! I partnered with fellow military spouse, Katie, to create V&V after we noticed a need for a blog dedicated specifically to military weddings and marriages, and all the twists and turns that the military brings to it’s member’s families’ lives. We are so happy with the blog’s growth over the past year, and celebrated with a Navy wedding styled shoot several weeks ago! Take a look at our favorite images from the afternoon on Vows & Valor! Here is just a small sample of the images I captured on film that day!

A huge thank you goes out to the fabulous vendors across the nation who made this session a smashing success!

xoxo,

Lauren

San Diego Wedding Photographer | Lauren Nygard Photography

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Kristin by Candlelight

Posted April 15, 2015 In Film, Portraits

I jumped at the chance to photograph beautiful Kristin with fellow photographers Dawn Nash and Cindy Palmer last month! Dawn had some amazing candelabras that she wanted to use for a session, so we got together for some photo fun! Here are some of the images I captured on film. We started before the sun sank into the horizon, then moved onto the candle-lit portion once the sunlight was gone. The candle images here were rated at 1600 and I pushed the roll two stops while developing. :)

It’s blog circle time! Click through the link to see what my film friends have been up to this month! Next in the chain is Joyce Kang of Joyce Kang Photography.

Film portraits from San Diego wedding photographer Lauren Nygard