She may have a Bachelor of Science at Macquarie University and a Bachelor of Oral Health at Sydney University, but these days youβre much more likely to find Miss Gunnerβs Ashley Schuberg twirling the streets of London as she turns Instagram posts for companies such as Microsoft, Shopbop and the Four Seasons into visual pieces of art.
So how did the beakers and dental chairs of her university days give way to the world of blogging, Instablogging, and YouTube? Well, with a passion for fashion, travel and lifestyle β Ashley created the βMiss Gunnerβ platform in 2015 as a way of embracing this intrinsic side to herself.
Swiftly gaining an engaged audience (so swift in fact she was awarded by Cleo Magazine in 2015 for being one of Australiaβs fastest growing influencers in the fashion space), Miss Gunner soon became Ashleyβs full-time gig β ditching the dental chair at the beginning of 2016.
With Ashley recently touching back down in Australia for Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia, we grabbed her aside for a quick chat about what a typical day in her life looks like β plus the ins and outs of the influencer life.
What does a typical day in your life look like?
On a normal day in London, I would wake up around 6am and go into my basement (which is my workspace). Iβll work there until about 10am. If I have a meeting, Iβll catch the Tube out. I try not to get too many ubers β but if Iβm shooting, Iβll catch an uber and try and scout out really beautiful locations. Iβll then catch up with some friends, PR people, and then come home and try to go to the gym. The week is usually pretty full-on with things happening all the time. I also travel about once every fortnight and go somewhere which is fun β but can get tiring!
Does your partner go with you?
Not always, so he gets a little bit whingey after a little while! Heβs like βI miss you, I never get to see you anymore!β but thatβs part of blogging. You just do what you have to do.
How often do you shoot?
I shoot probably about twice a week. Winter is really hard β itβs tough when itβs snowing conditions and I have to go out and look pretty! And you canβt wear onesies and your pyjamas out β you have to look cute and it doesnβt look cute when youβre wearing three layers and puffer jackets! So I tend to be freezing to death in winter, but Iβm looking forward to summer in London and just shooting some sunshine there for a few months. I try to shoot a different area of London every week just because itβs so big and I want the feed to be super pretty and floral. Itβs fun scouting new locations in London!
Are you planning to stay there?
For now. I think Iβll be there for a little while. Itβs good fun! I love it there.
Do you ever get downtime, and if so β what do you do?!
Very rarely! But I do try and switch off on the weekend now. Before I use to post over the weekends and just keep working, working β but now on the weekend I try and take some time off. My husband was like βAsh, you need to treat it like a job β like 9-5, you canβt just keep working continuouslyβ.
Iβll easily go back home and edit until like 1am every night β itβs like the Lightroom and Photoshop life. And now with YouTube, it takes so long for me to edit a video β so it pretty much consumes all my free time. But I do try on the weekend to hang out with Scott and just go for a drive.
We also have a rule that one day a week we donβt take our phones out with us. I think initially I was having anxiety attacks, I was like βNo, but I need my phoneβ β but now Iβm like: βWow, this is really niceβ. Weβll actually sit down and connect with each other properly. Iβm normally constantly working and looking down at my phone β so when Iβm having dinner with someone, sometimes I donβt even look at that person because inside my head Iβm thinking about all the other stuff! I do think itβs important to keep that work/life balance.
All images: Miss Gunner
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Omg thank you sooo much for this babe!!! Love chatting to you!!