THERE ONCE WAS A GIRL NAMED SNOW

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Born and raised in Toronto, I grew up with my parents and grandmother in a Canadian-Chinese household. Fun fact: I actually learned Cantonese before English because of how much time I spent with my grandmother as a child - as you may guess, my English has certainly surpassed my Cantonese but you can bet that I'll still hold up my end of a Canto convo!

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At a very early age, I showed a peaking interest in visual arts and so my mother placed me into an art class at around 3 years old. By the time I was 11, we decided to step it up a notch and I was pre-maturely admitted into the Advance Studio at the Art Gallery of Ontario and studied there for 6 years. By the time I was in undergrad, most of my time had been taken up by school, work, and friends - but even then, I managed to find space to squeeze in an elective art class, which may I add, took WAY MORE work and effort than any other class I had...2 years later, I took the elective art class again before graduating :)

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DAISY, INSTAGRAM, AND PHOTOGRAPHY

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Although I had always been interested in photography, it was only after I got Daisy and started her Instagram that I began to take it more seriously. I guess you could say she's my muse!

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What began as a simple photo diary to document Daisy's growth, transformed into a new passion and activity for both of us to bond over (yes, she actually doesn't mind it because I always try to make it fun for both of us). In 6 months, we reached over 1k followers on her account, woot woot!

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Listening to the praises of my friends and family, I finally decided to give it a shot with the launch of Snow.it.all Pet Photography in May 2019. In the following 7 months, I: started building a client base and completed 3 photoshoots; made some great friends in the industry; self-taught Adobe Lightroom and photography basics; and even co-hosted a photobooth at the Stackt Holiday Pet Market by the end of the year. 2019 was a booming great start!

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SNOW.IT.ALL, WRITING, AND BLOGGING

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2020: the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the year of the Trump vs. Biden Presidential election, the year of TP hoarding and a ridiculous amount of banana bread. It was also the year of self-reflection and -discovery, which led me to relaunching my old blog because I realized how much I missed writing and creating content. So, here it comes: www.snowitall.ca

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The site actually started off as a food blog called Snow How to Eat in 2016 (hehe yes, we're a punny group here). I would share recipes, review my favourite restaurants, and write about any topics I felt like - immediately, I started to see the beauty of having my own space. I also had a lot of fun designing the site and brainstorming content - it was an exciting process for me then and still is now!

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I decided to rebrand the blog though to better reflect the life I had now and to open the door to sharing my pet photography and life with Daisy. In addition to the articles I was writing before, I wanted to include stories of Daisy's puppyhood, her Top 5s, and of course some tips and tricks I learned along the way.

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