#flatlay style

[rutagadkari]

Sunday mornings be like 🌹☕

[yhwhyireh]

handmade botanical pins for everyone here :-)

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Quick illustration over break ☕

[yhwhyireh]

24 nov 17 

it’s my birthday! just wanted to say (gladly) that I will be donating to World Vision’s various appeals through my work - & with each order you can choose which cause you want to support! currently: the recent earthquake in central mexico, the rohingya crisis, droughts in east africa, & some regular appeals they run. 

please visit world vision to see the work they do, & to support in any way you can :-) as a student I feel that my view & understanding of the world can be quite myopic - & I’m so blessed to be able to give back. 

visit my shop here! will definitely be posting more often... been very under the weather & tied down with work. I promise I will do better x thank you & God bless!

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Whether you're taking photos of your food, daily outfits, beauty products, or essentials, you know that flatlay is the way to go. Most of the time, I use my iPhone to take photos. Although I have a DSLR, my phone is more handy and has a square setting which is perfect for my Instagram photos. Also, I just use a white japanese paper or sometimes an illustration board as my background. Sometimes, my floor also serves as a background since it is made of wood.  This just proves that you don't really need a fancy equipment and materials to capture a great photo.

I'm currently following a lot of bloggers on my Instagram account and they have inspired me in a lot of ways. Through their photos, I get to learn more on how to style my photos. I also browse Pinterest form time to time and save some pins as references for my flatlays. In my post, I will be showing how I put together my flatlay in different ways and give you some tips.

1. Balance Composition

These are my go to style for my flatlays. The traditional grid is one of my favorites. You just have to even out and line up your objects in a square format. They need to be straight and balanced. If you’re hands are a little shaky or you don’t have a tripod, you can correct it on an editing app to straighten them out. The next one is the alternate angle, this one is also like the traditional grid but you turn your camera on an angle. This will give your photo a different look and composition. It can also add variety to your feed rather than just your usual traditional grid. Another one is the room for text. This is great for putting captions on your photos. You don’t really have to capture everything in the photo. This style kinds of gives it some space. 

2. Good Lighting

When shooting flatlay, its important to have a good lighting. As much as possible, shoot in natural light and avoid harsh lighting. You might also wanna do some test shots in different parts of your house to see which area has the best lighting. 

3. Use editing applications

You can always edit your photos if you’re not quite satisfied with it. These are the two apps that I usually use for my photos. If you don’t have much lighting in your photos, I suggest you use the app a color story. Vsco is also one of my favorites. Don’t be afraid to play around with your photos but don’t go overboard and crazy on editing your photos. Sometimes you just need to enhance the color and maybe adjust the brightness and contrast. 

4. Shoot in squares

What I love about my iPhone is that it already has a square format for taking photos. I no longer need to crop out my photos and visualize my shots to make it fit into a square. You can also shoot directly using instagram to get a square photo. 

There are a lot of ways on how to style and  make your photos more instagramable. I also read articles about it and browse a lot of photos. It takes some effort to make your feed look pretty. Also, it doesn’t take one shot to get everything right. Its a trial and error process. Keep on taking photos until you are satisfied with it. Try shooting in different angles and re-arranging your objects. I hope this posts helps :-)

[yhwhyireh]

14 may 17

breakfast, and re-reading one of my favourite books of all time x

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It takes time and effort to have a pretty feed ✨

These are some of the shots I took during last weekend’s flatlay shoot. I only used my phone to take these photos and edited it using color story and vsco. The lighting pretty much sucks as it kept on raining the past few days so I had to rely on my editing apps. 

I’m super inlove with flatlays, workspaces and minimalism. It just looks so clean and organized. I usually browse Pinterest for ideas and inspiration before I do my shoot. Having a pretty feed takes time and effort. Also, its not just a one take thing. It takes some practice to capture the perfect photo. I do experiment with different angles and positioning of the objects and then check them all afterwards to see which I like the best. 

Looking forward to the weekend once again so I can shoot more flatlays. 

[yhwhyireh]

illustrating trees for a concept board. interim crit in a week... need to press on!!