Joy of Exploring the World

24/12/2022

Merry Xmas eve!!

Thanks to Rorelady_office] I am sorted for Christmas partayyy 🎄✨
Keep that dream alive 💋
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04/12/2022

Deleting this account soon !!

Sounds a tad dramatic but this is what I have decided 😊

Reasons: this account is neither aligning with my intentions nor growing, after opening it in 2020 during covid, it grew steadily but off late this year it has been stagnant.

I waited for the entire year before making this decision but off late it hasn’t been an outlet for my creativity but a cause of clutter and stress (yes the S word) 😊

🙏 But I am eternally thankful for the community we have formed here and thanks to those who helped me make a decision for the new account in my stories —> Joyita Das]]

✨ Next steps: since I have a few paid projects till the first week of Jan 2023, I will keep this account open till then to post the client work. But all my info and regular posts, stories and reels will be posted on Joyita Das]] from tomorrow.

✨ After closing this account I will change the name of the new account to this

Hope you can come along in my new journey or starting the IG journey again by supporting me in Joyita Das]] 🙏💕
Keep that dream alive 💋

01/12/2022

The first day of countdown is here!!!🎄🎅

What are your to do list?
Mine is

✨ Put up the tree
✨ Get some Xmas decor for kitchen
✨ See London decker up for Xmas
✨ Go for ice skating ⛸️
✨ Come up with a menu for Xmas dinner
✨ Send invites to friends for Xmas
✨ Visit winter wonderland
✨ Shop in Bicester village
✨ Get my festive outfits ready
Keep that holly jolly dream alive 💋

28/11/2022

Every season ready 🎄🌸🍁😎

Absolutely adore this dress and how versatile it is for every season or occasion, has done it again 💕

What do you think?
Keep that dream alive 💋
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📍 Regent’s Park, London, UK
💸 for discount on this French brand use ‘Joyita’ coupon code to get 15% off, hurry there is a Black Friday discount going on too 💰💰

25/11/2022

Au revoir Paris!! A bientot 🗼💖

Slow travelling around Paris for 15 days and it was nothing shorter than magical ✨

Witnessed the change of season from Autumn to Winter drastically (which I wasn’t prepared for 😅) and got to walk around and discover a whole load of nook and crannies of Paris that I had not seen ( this must be my 4th visit)

Do you prefer slow travel or 3 days short trips?
Keep that dream alive 💋

10/11/2022

First day in Paris !! Help!!

My first day on my own here and I quickly realised I should have practiced French before taking the public transport 😅

Here are some basic French that will help you when you travel and that I learnt on the go 🙈

1️⃣Bonjour - Good morning/ Good day,
Bonsoir - Good evening
Salut - Hi/hello

2️⃣ Excusez-Moi : Excuse me,
Pardon
S’il vous plait : Please/ excuse me
Je sous desole : I am sorry

3️⃣Est-ce que vous parlez angleis? : Do you speak English

4️⃣ Merci : Thanks
Merci beucoup: Thank you very much
De Rien : welcome

5️⃣ Combien ca coute? : how much is it ? (As in cost)

And with this ‘Au revoir’ and wish me luck , I survive first day on my own without being too scared 🤩
Garder ce rêve vivant 💋
(Keep that dream alive)

28/10/2022

15 Fall spots in Paris 🤩

Well I haven’t seen them all but I am planning to do this list: (Save for your trip)

🍂 Eiffel Tower from Avenue de Camoens
🍂 Tuileries Garden
🍂 La Maisonette Rose in Montmarte
🍂 Eiffel Tower from Bridge of Bir Hakeim
🍂 Norte Dam Cathedral
🍂 Eiffel Tower from Trocadero
🍂 Ivy wall in Montmarte, Rue Saint Vincent
🍂 Eiffel Tower from Champ de Mars
🍂 Place des Vosges
🍂 Rue de l’Abreuvoir Montmarte
🍂 Eiffel Tower from Avenue de New York
🍂 Luxembourg gardens
🍂 Eiffel Tower from Rue de l’Universite
🍂 Stairs in Montmarte around Sacre court
🍂 Ile aux Cygnes

Follow for more autumn travel spots 💕

Are you visiting Paris in autumn?
Keep that dream alive 💋

27/02/2021

20/10/2020

Oh my gourdness, it's autumn!
🍂 The pumpkin looks happier than me with the photoshoot 😁
🍂 With every post I will be giving out either information on a Shoot location, Editing or Photography tips
🍂 In that spirit lets look at this pic, if you go to the location you will see the flower colors are different, they are more on the yellow color quadrant
🍂 For this pic i changed the colors to more orange and fall colors in Photoshop
🍂 How do you do it? In photoshop apply 'Hue/Saturation' layer, choose the color you want to change, fix it to what you want. To avoid the entire pic changing color, follow the next step
🍂 Hide the changes you made by 'Ctrl+I' and then use brush with white paint to make the spots visible where you changed the color
Let me know if you need any help? I will put a video in the stories for help
Keep that dream alive 💋

17/10/2020

Joy in London 🥰😅
🍂 Now that I am back in London, offcourse I am capturing fall in London before it gets replaced by Xmas deco
🍂 so you will see a lot of london spots, dont worry it will be combined with autumn sunsets of Portugal 😉
🍂 this spot in London 📍Neil strain Floral Couture ,is a cute lil Flower boutique in Belgravia
🍂 looks and smells amazing and they have bouquet you can totally customize, bring a lil spring, summer or autumn in your house
🍂 will be going out this weekend and capturing some more for summarising all the spots you can check out for the fall
What are your weekend plans?
Keep that dream alive 💋

16/10/2020

You will want to know this ...
The last part of the story of getting that sunset pic in Porto !
🔅 For those of you who missed the beginning read the two previous to this post
🔅 This is the spot you have to come to for getting to that garden wall that you can sit on with the background of Duoro and the bridge, it is a spot adjoining this restaurant
📍 Antiqvvm, Porto, Portugal
🔅 If the park gates are closed, call this restaurant and make enquiries. They have a separate entrance which can be accessed from outside Jardine de cristal
🔅 On our 5th attempt on a separate day, we called them and found that the spot was closed off and not accessible from the restaurant too but there was this foyer which overlooked the bridge and we just wanted to sit and relax
🔅 Hence keep a pin on this post, take down the name of the restaurant and call them before you go when you are in Porto, took us 5 days to find out about this place
Thank god its Friday!
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Keep that dream alive 💋
@ Antiqvvm

13/10/2020

Fall'in into Tuesday 🍂🍁
I wanted to talk about two things with this spot in Porto
📍 Palacio de Cristal, Porto, Portugal
Yesterday I talked about Persevarance and how you will ultimately get that task done, that pic taken etc
🔅 but what if perseverance does not give the results, going to a spot 4 times in different months still does not get you to your goal, what then?
🔅 this wasn't the pic that I had planned for but I was determined to make it happen. I went to this garden twice in August only to find out that the place is closed due to festivals happening on every evening of August month
🔅 So decided to go there again after our Algarve trip in September, the first day again it was closed, only the section overlooking the sunset by the river with the bridge in the background. It was to disheartening in our 3rd time as people said it might be closed due to the book festival. Noone knew in the park why it was closed and they were surprised
🔅 so we went on 4th day after the book festival was over and guess what? IT WAS STILL CLOSED
This was the end of my patience, I looked at the gates, found i wouldn't be able to jump in. There was another closed off gate which led to a jungle, went there to search for spots and got this
🔅 later someone told us there is a restaurant inside the locked place and we could call them to find out. That led to a 5th attempt which I will tell you about in that post. You can checkout the fiasco in my Portugal highlights 😂🤪
This shows when perseverance does not work, get Creative!! 😍
Keep that dream alive 💋

09/10/2020

Dreaming of weekend like 💖
If Positano has Fiordo di Furore, then Portugal has
📍Praia dos Estudantes, Algarve
Nature did a great job in Algarve, excavating beaches and caves along its coast and creating amazing landscape that take your breath away.
🔅If that wasn't enough sometimes human add little details like this bridge here, which I don't think serves any actual purpose. But it definitely gives it extra charm, dont you think ❓
🔅 this is a small beach which is accessible via a cave. But you have to plan the time you go as the cave may get filled with water during high tide
🔅 the cave too is a tiny cave which you can cover in just 2 steps
🔅 the beach is not very big and doesnt get much sun due to the high cliffs but it is few meters away from other beaches, so a small visit is quite easy to make
🔅 imagine watching sunrise and sunsets with this dreamy view 😍
Happy Friday
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Keep that dream alive 💋

06/10/2020

Swinging into the with no direction 🤪
Its just been 2nd day being back in London and the chaos in the house and outside is getting to me 😋
I was moving houses so I moved all the boxes to the new place and went on a holiday only to come back and sit on a pile of boxes 🙃
Its a late moving house stress that is hitting me slowly but I have taken the day off to finish it all today ( ha! Ambitious)
I am going to look at this pic and remember the good times and power through 💪
Do you find moving houses stressful?
Lets win over the week
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Keep that dream alive 💋

05/10/2020

The trip of Summer 2020 🤯
I think I can now conclude the 2 months of experience, having returned yesterday
This was my first time doing the entire trip across parts of Europe and I can say it was a roller coaster ride. Lets evaluate pros and cons:
🔅 we travelled via Tesla, so our travel charges were just tickets for Euro tunnel to cross the channel, food, and airbnb in some places
🔅 think we crushed it, in terms managing a holiday, working 9 to 5. That enables us to save our holidays, money and enjoy the sun, have time with family and have good food ( the value for money and quality of life is just fantastic in Porrugal)
🔅 on the flip side, were we tired? Yes, a lot. Doing 2 jobs for me and making it a point to enjoy holiday kept my plate full
🔅 did we have issues due to covid? Yes we did, when we wanted to ship some items from London to Porto, covid delayed everything but leaving this minor hiccup we kept distance, hygiene our top priority and have been tested negative so far for covid
🔅 take away: would i do it again? Hell yes, only next time I will definitely take a week or so off and not work and holiday 😅
🔅 this was enabled because we had good WiFi and our laptops everywhere , these are must haves
Let me know if you would like to know more and if digital nomad lifestyle is for you?
Crush this week
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Keep that dream alive 💋

04/10/2020

Do you feel whimsical these days?
I feel becquse of these changing times, I always end up in situations that I havent planned for. And that makes me feel like I am floating. Floating from one event to another 🧚🏾
Lets gander at this spot, found this spot on the 2nd last day of being in Portugal and thought it would be perfect for a whimsical dreamy shoot.
📍 Palacio do Raio, Braga, Portugal
🔅 the palace is located in a city called Braga, just 40 mins drive from Porto
🔅 it is a singular block, in the Baroque style , constructed during the reign of King John V
🔅 The palace is a two-storey buildings, consisting of several three-doors on the main floor, flanked by ornate framed windows, and the second-floor consisting of several windows and balconies.
Would you visit this small city just mins away from Porto?
Have a whimsical Sunday
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Keep that dream alive 💋

02/10/2020

Woke up dreaming of Tropical beach 😋
Is it wrong of me to be going back to London from Porto tomorrow and start dreaming of being in a tropical island? 😅
Somehow consider summer incomplete without being on the tropical beach sipping coconut and taking in the salty humid air 😍
This summer thankfully got to atleast enjoy the Mediterranean beach, but somehow my body and head feels I have just skipped through summer!!
Do you have an absolute essential that you have to do for a season?
Throwback to this tropical paradise in Gilli Air
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Keep that dream alive 💋

01/10/2020

A sass a day keeps the basic away 😌
Lets discover a new spot in portugal today
📍 Igreja Martin de Sqnta Marinha de Cortegaça, Aveiro
🔅 When searching for it , look for village and parish of Cortegaca.
🔅 I chanced upon this church only while looking for a Portugese dessert called "Ovos moles" 😋 and read post 😍(if you are in Aveiro, you must have this dessert as it is AMAZING)
🔅 Look at my story highlights on Aveiro and Ovos moles for more on the dessert, the best traditional shopt that you should get it from and the lication of this church
🔅 as for this rare find, we didn't get to know much because it was closed but the entire tiled church and the tiled abandoned cemetery are worth a visit
Keep discovering
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Keep that dream alive 💋

29/09/2020

Look who is it here ..
Not me 🤣 but another spot!!
📍 Torre de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal
Is it obvious I am clutching the hat and bag for my dear life?! It is quite windy here. Anyway side stories apart, let's know the place
🔅 the Belem tower was built to protect the capital from enemy attacks, King John ii had designed it to fortify the defence system
🔅 it was built at the height of Portygese Renaissance, and is an example of Portugese Manueline style.
💞 the most popular place as it is just next to the world famous delicious pastry shop, Pastèis de Belem, where I always run to get natas!!!
It is a MUST HAVE, you will love it and miss it till your next travel 😍 Check my stories on Portugal if you want to know more.
KEEP THAT DREAM ALIVE 💋

28/09/2020

Todays Post and caption are completely unrelated, it is about what happened to me/us yesterday.
I still am not ready to share this because my Sunday still feels like dream / nightmare.
I had a normal Sunday planned which was to have a family lunch in Porto and then go back and do some fall and Halloween shoots.
We came back before the rest of the family, parked the car in the garage and happily climbed up the stairs to the living room, I entered and saw half the things lying on the ground and asked my boyfriend whether there was an earthquake in Porto, Portugal. That is the only thought that came in my head because this is how alien I am to crimes!
And then he said "Go down and wait in the car" and he dashed upstairs , the moment he said that, then it actually dawned on me that there might be people.
And I just froze on the stairs going down to the garage, scared (because your mind becomes your biggest enemy). I was scared of the garage, scared of the cars thinking of millions of scenes how a person could just spring from the shadows/ blind spots.
In a few moments which felt like ages I told myself I have to move, trembling I didnt think it wise to stand in the garage because there were 100 hiding spots that I could think of. Somehow I went for the switch that opens the garage door and ran outside.
But the wait over there was killing me too. Becquse then I kept thinking what if I boyfriend is in danger, how do I help him? I had nothing to defend myself if they charge at me! And all this happened at broad daylight at 3.30 pm.
At last, luis came out and said noone is inside, he found the point of entry. In some time, the rest of the family joined us. The main bedrooms were turned upside down, with jewellery and locker taken. But thank god , our work laptops , my camera kit were not taken.
The police and investigators came next and it wasn't until 9.30 pm that we were free.
But I just learnt one thing about myself, about how I deal with fear and how I hate feeling helpless 😨 and I have decided once I go back to London , I am taking Martial arts classes.
Stay safe
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Keep that dream alive 💋

27/09/2020

Did you enjoy the beaches this summer?
🔅 Now that I have started the new feed for Blue , I couldn't wait to share all the beautiful beaches we discovered in Algarve!!!
🔅 in our 1 month road trip across Portugal there have been a lot of highlights but this was the highlight of summer and for it to be even possible in 2020 was such a dream come true!
🔅 We drove all the way from London in the safest possible manner to meet family members who live in Portugal and stayed with them, hence this trip has even been possible.
But I want to thank and his family for being kind, generous in showing me this beautiful country, it has been a dream trip especially in 2020, so grateful 🙏 💖
🔅 now this spot is 📍Praia do Carvoeiro, a lil above the beach town of Carvoeiro. It is very hot as well as windy so hold on to your hat and sun umbrellas 😊
🔅 But this gorgeous spot reminded me of Santorini and Positano, in my next pics of beaches you will see how diverse the beaches of algarve is, it is astounding 😍
Save all the posts in an Algarve folder so that when you come here, you have everything in your finger tips 😘
Happy Sunday
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Keep that dream alive 💋

25/09/2020

Walking on the Porto sidewalk on a Friday morning 🥰
🔅 The first thing you will notice while walking in Porto are these beautiful azulejos!! From random streets to churches and train stations, you can see them everywhere.
🔅 They either depict history or a part of bible
🔅 this is the side wall of
📍 Capela das Almas de Santa Catarina, outside the historic center but definitely worth the walk for this beautiful Blue paradise!
🔅 a lil side story: when I started walking here and twirling my skirt, people just stopped and looked , it was so funny. But boy did I care 😋
Does it bother you to pose and take pics out in public?
Happy Friday
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Keep that dream alive 💋
@ Capela Das Almas, Porto

20/09/2020

Fishes as friends 😍
Throwback to this place in Bali where the fishes follow you around as long as you feed them 🤣
My love for blogging fully started with this trip where i understood the power of information and research.
These pics were taken by my smasung S8 and iphone mostly, and I hadn't done any research before going to the place.
But when i came back almost everyone i met asked me for recommendations and my itineary, everyone lived the stories on my IG of Indonesia.
And then I knew why not use this forum to give all the info that I have.
Check out my highlights for those early days for stories on Indonesia. It was just June 2019 but now it feels like ahes ago 😍🥰
Keep that dream alive 💋

18/09/2020

Casually dreaming about the coming weekend 💖
Since we are on the topic of photography angles, let's discuss depth of field and how to achieve it.
Depth of field: is to have objects in the foreground of your subject or in the background to show the distance from the camera in a pic.
* usually achieved by making something in the foreground/background look shallow
Why is it needed:
* makes the picture interesting to look at
* you engage viewer by making them perceive distance
How to achieve it:
* Have leaves flying in the air , or the branch of a tree or flowers or as in this pic a railing
* have it shallow with the focus on the subject
* in the background you can achieve this by bookeh effect, where the light looks round
* while shooting use lower f stop, I used f1.4 for this pic which is opening up aperture to the max.
2 months ago I had no idea about any of these. Hence, I am sharing this with you.
Does it help, please let me know in the comments 💞
Happy Friday
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Keep that dream alive 💋

16/09/2020

Talk colors to me 😉😋
I have talked about the location Pena palace in Sintra in a previous post.
So let's chat something different, let's talk about photo composition and colors and angles today.
Recently I have received questions on my compositions, so I thought of sharing what I have started doing:
* before travelling to a place, research the place- website, instagram , Google images
* colors and angles that are available for you
* if it is a spot next to your house then why not go to the place with your phone camera and check it out
* then comes the coordinating your clothes with the spot. Either coordinate or contrast, use the color wheel. These are some simple ways of making the pic interesting
* on the day of shoot have some posing angles on your finger tips
* if you have the sun try and get that lens flair, makes the picture look more interesting than having sun on your face
I am changing my feed to the next colors because I have to show you the beautiful beaches. But please ask questions if you would like to know more on colors or tips on angles or posing?
I am still learning but I can share what I have learnt 😘
Happy hump day
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Keep that dream alive 💋

13/09/2020

The not so well kept secret of Lisbon..
This place is called 📍 Elevador da Bica
One of the spots from my road trip to Portugal.
I had a hard time finding this place in Lisbon, because noone literary tags the location for some reason 🤷🏻‍♀️
You may ask Lisbon is full of this tram and why am i fixated on the location of this one?
* Every other tram in Lisbon is painted over or have giant ads
* hence this is the only tram that starts in this location
* and if you want those gorgeous pics or make cinemagraphs of the tram going down the street then you need to find this location 😉
Save it, share it for when you visit Portugal. I had a hard time finding it until i put certain portugese sleuth on the task 🥰
📸 .sousa
Happy hunting locations
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Keep that dream alive 💋