Why I Left London for Bali as a Photographer After Achieving Everything I Always Wanted...
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- Опубліковано 18 лис 2023
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I recently left London for Bali as a photographer and after achieving everything I always wanted in the big city, so many of you asked me: why? There are sooooo many reasons why I left London for Bali but in this video, I explain a few of the main ones. I'm so excited to be based in Indonesia now and I can't wait to take photos and create content here. I hope you follow along! :)
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THANK YOU so much to you all for your incredible love and support always! ❤ I’m so happy to be here and I have already soooo many video ideas to keep showing you photography, videography and everything in between! 😍 Sending you loads of love!
Just got back home after capturing first snow scenes at night far away from citylife in my grandparents house. Warming near the fire and get inspiration from you. Kudos from Ukraine, Laura!
Awesome! So glad you recognised you needed the move. Only a stones throw to Oz, you should come for a visit, you’ll love it!❤
Yes Laura you are right in what you have done, i spent 30 yrs in the photography industry with about 15yrs as a freelance photographer, burn out is a real thing even when you love what you do, working 6 to 7 days a week there is not much time for yourself to unwind.
Some times you have to get out and recharge your batteries and find a new creative you, all my love and best wishes for your future endeavours, from rick Australia 🇦🇺 ❤
Yes, the smell of Bali makes us more relax, stimulate our sense of arts and creativity.
I am so happy for you. I've been following you for awhile now even though I'm never going to be a fashion photographer because I quit sure I'm too old. I have been pursuing landscape, travel, and documentary photography for the last 6 years while simultaneously working full time as a residential architect. I'm now finally ready to pursue photography full time and am coincidentally planning to move to S.E. Asia for both inspiration and my health in a few months. I wish you all the best.
I have faith you will do great wherever you go! Your energy and teachings are unmatched on this platform and your community will support you because when you succeed, we as a community benefit from your efforts and teachings!
You’re amazing Will! Thank you so so much for your meaningful words, they mean so much to me! I’m so excited to be here and I can’t wait to see how everything goes. I already have so many video ideas that I hope you’ll enjoy! Thank you for being such an incredible supporter and belonging to this community for so long already! ❤
❤love the video
I have lived in Botswana, Africa my whole life and in the last 10 years I have come to the conclusion that to pursue my dreams of becoming a full time artist I will need to move. I have been blessed with the opportunity to move to Portugal next year and I am both excited and scared, but you have just showed me that to follow your dreams and to grow, you sometimes have to move continents. Thank you and I wish you the best on this new journey.
Your choice of subject separation is sweet. Black with soft green, and the golden lamps are awesome. Perfect.
The nice thing about being in Bali, you can easily travel around Asia…where the cultures are even more diverse.
Please don’t say you are all alone! You have a huge subscriber base of people who care about you and wish you well, always, and wherever you work from. Bali would seem to be a good place for you to recharge and think about what you want to do with your life from this point.
The start of this video was full of beauty and very enjoyable. Made me want to see future videos, but focus on your well being and not us subscribers.
It is very difficult to change your life when you have achieved success and stability. You are a role model and proof that you should always strive for higher goals.
Change is not easy. I applaud you for making the decision of leaving your comfort zone and wish you success and happiness Laura 🙂
So happy for you 😊😊😊 Excited for what’s to come!
Well done Laura. We moved from NL to the UK 26 years ago, and for many of the same personal reasons, earlier this year we moved to…. southern Spain, about 20 minutes west of Marbella.
I’m exited for you and for what you are going to share with us
I'm so happy for you. Thank you for sharing your journey with all of us. Best to you 🎉
Bravo Laura ! Go go go, wish you all the best, like your content.
Absolutely inspiring
best of luck to you, big change, for sure for the better! Take care!
Best of Luck ! Following your heart can never be wrong, Kind regards from Ireland !
So happy and beyond excited for your next adventure!!! THANK YOU for all the inspirational content! You're a total SHeRO and awesome photo advocate, image maker!!! Vaya con Dios!!!
This is AWESOME! Congrats on taking the big step. It takes both courage and conviction. Looking forward to seeing you grow and develop in Bali! Exciting times! Go Laura!
Wow! That was indeed a big move and I want to wish you all the greatest success in your new endeavors.
Laura... I am so happy that you took control of your live and will to step out on new adventures. I can see the excited from you video. Stay creative and keep sharing the positive energy. "Capture & Enjoy Every Moment" 📸
That's wonderful! I hope you all the best!
Congratulations and all the best on your decision, Laura. I love your videos and your English is gold, I can listen to you all day. I'm here to watch everything you post! 💯
Hi Laura, just found your channel! I moved to London 17 years ago and as a creative person it's hard. I am still working full time in corporate world and not sure if I can support myself as a photographer here to be honest. Bali looks great!
Congrats, Laura, on your new journey in Bali!Looking forward to seeing your new creative work in nature and to fulfil your dream to become an underwater photographer ❤.Sending lots of love and can't wait to see your new project!Felicitados ❣️
You are amazing, wise woman. I am happy I have found your channel :) I will follow your advices, thank you.
Having been following your channel for a while I have come to learn a WHOLE lot from you and your style and approach to photography is ever so similar to mine as well. I have come to understand you speaking so fast even though its normal for you. You are very very inspiring to watch. Can't wait to see more of Bali through your work,
actually i'm lucky to find your chanel on youtube and i wish i've found you earlier
i'm just trying to learn more about photographer and it's just a few hours before now when i discovered this chanel and since that time i couldn't stop watching cause you are honest as it appears and really trying to learn the audience.
go ahead and we'll be there always.
I wish you all the best! You deserve it
Love your video you're such an inspiration.
Congratulations! Well done for ''making it happen... I wish you success.
I admire that you made the move and am excited to see how you grow as a photographer. I'm often inspired and drawn to city photographers who bring that experience to nature. Especially those who are foreign to life in a city and then return to where they feel alive.
Laura! I am so happy for you and the decision you made. Your mental, health and sanity is more important. You are inspiriting me to try moving to another place :).
Wish you all the best. I am looking forward to seeing your amazing work from Bali!!
Good luck in your new stage of life, Laura!
Congratulations Laura!!Wishing you all the best on your new journey!!🏆🤠👍
Mucha suerte en esta nueva etapa Laura, las mejores vibras para ti 🙌
Great video as always, Laura! You're an inspiration for creative souls! I wish you lots of success in your new endeavor!
Laura! I just found you but i already love your content and vibe! I experienced something very similar, moved from São Paulo - Brazil to Ubatuba - SP (North Coast) and it has been amazing for my creations. Thank you for sharing your experiences!! You are very inspiring!!
I love your work. Is amazing!
Very relatable. I live in Vancouver, Canada, (immigrated from Germany) and have achieved my dream career here as a filmmaker... but many factors make me want to move: the housing situation, costs of living, the constant rain, flaky people... I had always deemed my career the most important thing in my 20s. Now, in my mid-30s, I see things a little differently. The nature keeps me here and the closeness to the USA, but you're not always getting to enjoy these, especially now that the Lower Mainland starts overcrowding and places are filled up on the weekends or during the holidays.
Naja sein Se froh, dass Se aus D weg sind…unerträglich hier (außer man hat viel Geld)
@@a.g.4843lol, Vancouver ist eines der teuersten Städte der Welt. Ganz Kanada ist mittlerweile betroffen. Wenn ich die Mieten in Deutschland sehe, muss ich lachen. $2000-2500++ für ein Studio, ohne Schlafzimmer. Lass dich bitte von den "Auswanderer"-Dokus im deutschen Fernsehen nicht blenden.
As you saw in this video, I can totally relate. ❤ My mind and soul needed something else, I wasn’t truly happy anymore in London… So happy to know that you achieved your goals as a filmmaker! Now is just time to think if that’s still the right place to be. 🙏🏼 Regardless, I hope everything goes well!
@@LauraBC Thank you. I had been thinking back and forth if I should return to Montreal. I used to live there before. It is not only more affordable, but my artist soul was able to breathe in this city. It is a different atmosphere and pace, for a European anyways. This year, I applied for another part-time job in Vancouver, which will hopefully work out soon. Yes, it would keep me in Vancouver initially, but if I wanted, I could move to another city with it, as well, and relocate maybe even internationally. The film industry can be very draining. I love my job and have not achieved everything, yet, that I want to achieve, but I have been looking for something else on the side that more complies with my personal values because the entertainment industry has none. It has been killing my spirit over time, so I needed some place new has these values. It is interesting how our priorities change the older we get. In the end, we all strive for peace and balance.
I’m in Vancouver too and I can’t be more agreed with you. Here is hard to save money, expensive food, expensive public transport, the weather (at least is less snow than others provinces) and some industries are dominated by Indian or Chinese people, so the competition in technology industry is high. Please never give up, remember that most of hallmark movies are filmed here. Los Ángeles is close, and your steps ahead of many people (filmmakers and photographers) would like to live here. 😊
Keep the spirit girl.....u can do it
Laura…you made your own professional and personal decision….and you are demonstrating independence and strength as well….your personality and attractiveness will also take you far……all the best success to you….
Good luck with your Bali journey
Amazing set up, I think that the visual presentation of the video already echoes a transition into a healthier you.
So exciting Laura I'm looking forward to learn more from you. I can stick to one niche either so this is very exciting to learn new skills and expand my creative knowledge
Awesome,inspirational story..Good luck!!:)
I really admire your drive and taking this risk with your new chapter of your journey. Thanks for inspiring us!!
Thank you so so much! I’m definitely nervous and it’s scary to have started from zero in a complete different country again, but I’m so happy and excited! Thank you so much for your support, it means a lot! 😍❤️
Hey Laura, you're a true inspiration for me. ❤ I found your channel 2 years ago and since then you inspired me in so many ways, thank you for keep doing that ❤ Can't wait to tell us more about your life in Bali😊
Awww thank you so so much Maggie! Your words mean a lot and I’m so happy to know that you’ve been following for 2 years already. 🫶🏼 Sending you loads of love and THANK YOU for supporting me and my channel. I can’t wait to share new content of my life here! 🥹 Big hug! ❤️
Been a fan for a while, largely because of your down to earth nature. I left London a year ago for Indonesia, best decision of my life. Starting a Photo business with my wife in the new year. You will make plenty of friends in Bali. Best of luck with your new endeavor, your UA-cam videos helped to inspire me to get started.
Looking forward to the new direction.
Great News! I do lightpainting and I do a little of underwater, and I hope to see you in Bali when next year I visit there, if you have any workshop or even private lesson
Good morning Laura, to watch this makes me happy. You have always come across as a very happy person but this video showed how much that work life balance is important. I hear the excitement in your voice and the relaxed feel you are getting from being around nature. Too many of us think that the money you chase is all you need but it's not. It's the passion you have for your photography and life in general that keeps me coming back to these videos. I wish for nothing for the best for you in this journey as you are inspirational on many levels even in those times that were bringing you down in London. Can't wait for your videos each week. 😘❣
Awww Bruce! 😍 Thank you so much for your meaningful words. You just made my day! I was struggling in London so much, so I really wanted to be honest with this video. Not everything is money and career as you mentioned, my soul was craving peace and being surrounded by nature. Without it, I was starting to feel less and less creative. I’m so happy I made this move even if it’s scary at the same time. THANK YOU so much for being here supporting me and my work. It means the world to me! ❤
Wellcome to Indonesia, Laura !
All the best in Bali, I hear you about LDN 🏴. Will have to look you up when I’m there. Creative side is fun. Good luck.
You look lovely and happy in this video, I’m so glad for you that you’ve made this move that is going to be so good for you
Pretty, smart, humble and so inspired.. welcome to bali
Glad you’re enjoying Bali. You’re out there looking great. Stay beautiful, like you always do. 🤓🥰
Congratulations on all the new adventures that await you Laura. I'm looking forward to seeing your growth through the decompression with living in a smaller population and getting grounded within nature. :)
Thank you so so much! 😍 I’m so excited to be here and see where life takes me, both personally and in my career. For sure I’ll be documenting it all and I already have so many video ideas to keep showing photography, videography and all things related. Thank you so much for being here and follow along, it means a lot! ❤
Congratulations on your move, life is too short to not be happy everyday and express yourself! Good luck! I love your video's and strong personality.....
Wow Bali is really suiting you ! You look stunning in this video ! Long may your health and journey continue ❤ big hugs
Good for you! I look forward to what you will produce! Earl J
Congrats for the transition...😊
Congrats with your new life Laura! This is so inspiring! I also just left China after 10 years living there and moved back to Russia. So I really can relate. Best of luck to you !
A big congratulations and respect for another huge step! Wishing you all the best in this new chapter and can't wait for all the new adventures and knowledge that you will share with us 😄
Btw, maybe I should move to Bali aswell and coud record your diving/underwater photography 🙃
Great video! Please make more on how to live/make money in Bali as a photographer.
I would love to move!
And about London, that’s so relatable in other places in Europe
Welcome to southeast asia!!! bestwishes from Singapore..thank you for inspiring with passion of photgraphy, thanks to you even my wife is enjoying photgraphy as well.
Hi Laura, a belated best wishes for your new photo / life adventures in Bali from a Londoner. Enjoy the tropics & looking forward to your visual 'postcards'! 😊 📷
Would love to hear about your new skillset and routine for living there. I’m also excited to hear about your growth in photography since you’ll be in a very different scenery.
Good luck in Bali. 😊
Very smart your decision. Having myself lived close to London's weather (Lille, France), I felt deeply depressed there as a person who was raised most of their life in a tropical country. Made a huge difference on my mental state leaving that region.
u just validated my ideas, Laura! you are great and thank you for sharing these infos with us! I wish u the best and when i will come to Bali, i will be grateful to share some coffes together.
You’re most welcome! I’m glad you agree with my ideas and the reasons why I decided to escape my past life. ❤️ I hope you visit Bali soon! 🫶🏼🌴
So nice! All the best for you new adventure, you sound like you're going to be happy there. London can be hard haha I usually fly in to London to shoot and then fly back to Barcelona after haha You'll love it there, congrats! 😍
Welcome to Bali, even though I'm not Balinese but as an Indonesian, that's enough to make me feel like I belong to Bali. I've only been to Bali once, for just a few days, but I agree with your description of Bali. The nature, the people, the culture and so on. Once again welcome, I wish you success in your career and life.
❤You looking fabulous and sounding great!!!!❤ I hope your journey in Bali will be a big success and bless you !! Take care of yourself hope to meet you one day in person 😊!!! Keep discovering yourself!!!
Omg When you were explaining how London has become it seems like you were reading my mind. For example If you want to go out just to have a walk in the park at the centre it costs more than £6 just for the transport...most of the nightclubs on weekends they have an entry fee that starts from £10 (just the entrance)...connect with people on a social scale it seems to me has become more complicated.. I have been living in London for 10 years, I came back from a 3 weeks holiday in Bali just 4 weeks ago and Bali just opened my mind and it made me think a lot if I am still happy in London. I am Italian and I feel you about the weather. The cold just makes me feel more lazy but I would like to be again more active with a warmer weather. Good luck for everything!
Hello Madam Laura, enjoy your life, work, stay in Ubud Bali, it's really wonderful to see you in paradise. Feeling inspired to go to Bali, All the best. ❤❤❤
Much love from India 🙏
Hi Laura! Nice choice, Bali is wonderful! (I was there only as a tourist.) Good luck and happy new life there! :)
Salaries in London are still very good. London is a gate to the world. You can travel anywhere for long weekends or for long term holidays and for very cheap if you are clever and plan properly. Yes, you have to be strong and once you overcome things that you can’t control like the weather then you are just fine.
Bienvenida en Bali entonces!
I live and working in Bali too since a few years now..
life here is beautiful and it can be tough sometimes too (bureaucracy can be a reason); but enjoy the slow-flow and all the little things.
One suggestion if I can.. keep yourself original and connect with local as well, even outside photography matters.
Place like Canggu can make you feel like London in a fully traffic day, so discover other place beside the “top-instagram” spots/cafe/etc.. and keep the fire of creativity on!
Suerte y disfruta!
I wish I lived in Bali too! It sounds wonderful!
Enjoy a lot.xx
Thank you so much, Laura, for sharing this new chapter in your life and career. It is amazing to see how you bloom again from changing your location. I am struggling to get off the line with my photography. I am mostly into nature photography because of social anxiety. I don't even know if that is worth pursuing such a career. But like you, I am the most relaxed behind my camera and in nature, so nature photography is a way for me to detach and recharge my mental health. I used to love portrait photography, but because of so many bad experiences, the task of portrait photography just makes me sick. Can I have a career as a content creator with social anxiety? Thank you for all your great videos. They are a huge inspiration every day.
Hi Michael! Thank you so much for your incredible words and your support! 🥰 I totally understand what you’re going through. You can have a career with social anxiety but you just need to see what you feel comfortable shooting. Lifestyle photography is very profitable but you still need to shoot with people. Landscape photography can be monetised through stock photography, selling your own prints, and even to tourism board around the world. If it’s what you love doing, just try to monetise it till you find more niches you’re comfortable shooting. 🥰. Big hug Michael and THANK YOU again!
Mama Mia. Hello Laura. Finally I found a photographer who really shares my frustrations living in London with weather issues, being too expensive, stressful and not able to bond naturally with nature. I respect your decision and like you I am also moving to Africa to be creative and free with nature. Visit Africa is a must if you haven't travelled there before. I am sure Bali is stunning and I will travel there in the future. First time on your channel. Keep up the good work and use your God given talent to live a happy life. X
I came across your channel last year (*at the very end of 2022, the beginning of 2023) at the lowest point of my photography career. At the time, I had been into photography for 13 years (*now 14 and counting) and I almost thought of quitting (*thank you, COVID!). I was burnt-out, tired and had lost the motivation and the creative spark. It started coming back and one of the reasons we're your videos.
Can't wait to see how you're going to make things work in Bali. If you ever get tired of Asia and want to come back to Europe, why not Bulgaria (*I'm Bulgarian, so kinda biased 😂) or Greece (*which would cover the sea requirement).
big move 💪🙏 congrats & enjoy 🌞⛱🌊📸
Wish you the very best and much success
Thank you so much! 🫶🏼❤️
Fuerza Laura ! Eres una guerrera, y Que tengas suertecita maja ! ;)
AMAZING
I left UK a month ago after living for 3 years there. Being brazilian I could not get use to the people there they are not aproachable, the weather, and the food were the main reason to me have left and come back to Brazil. Congrats for you. Se need to change whenever we are not happy cause the time its too short.
Absolute BS
@@chrisjames1924why? I think he is right
Weather? So what did You expect? It's the UK. Didn't You know that's it's raining here a lot and It is cold?
Congratulations
Carnt Wait for new content from your new location 👌📸
Hi Laura
Congratulations on your move to Bali.
I, living in London, can totally understand your reason(s) for moving out.
Good luck in all that you do.
I feel the strong urge to get out of England as a whole, so I do a lot of Astral Travelling.
Hi beautiful! Thank you so so much! 😍 I couldn’t keep up with my life in London, I needed this so bad. 🌴 Sending you loads of love!
Hey Laura, thank you for sharing your journey with us! I would like to ask about how did you make sure you were financially sustainable to make this jump? Thanks a lot for all you do. I am very inspired by your example.
When you will find yourself, that would be the ultimate achievement. The little Spanish "lone wolf" after a long run in London's misery, showed up in Bali's sunny side.
The last thing you said was your all alone on the island, your not, ok, all your followers are with you in spirit ❤ we are with you , i can't wait how you my inspire me do some more creativity in my old age😂❤
Thankyou❤
Laura... muchas gracias por venir y vivir en mi tierra! Un grand abrazo desde la isla de las Flores, la tierra de los hobbits y la tieraa del Komodo Dragon!
Go Laura 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊