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If you have me as a friend on Facebook or follow me on Instagram, you would have seen that I have been posting flat lays. I started posting them because I was thinking of ways to make my feed more attractive and interesting and looking at other bloggers posts for inspiration. I have received some very nice comments and messages about the ones I've posted so far and I am not an expert but I thought I would share some tips I've learnt on how to take good flat lays photos.
For anyone who doesn't know, a flat lay is a picture of items taken from the top to give an impression of them laying flat on the ground. People use them for a various reasons. For example, to show an outfit of the day, things they have purchased or food. Basically, they are a simple and fashionable way to show off your favourite objects and current obsessions in an attractive way.
Here are my tips:
1. Choose a plain but interesting background. So far, I've used a white cardboard, the back of a denim jacket, a fur vest and the grass. The plain background will draw focus on the items you want to show.
2. Take the photo in natural light. Place the board or whatever you're using for the background near a window. You could also do it outside in your garden but if you have pets like I do, make sure they're not around to walk over it and disturb you. I find that the best time to take flat lay photos is mid-afternoon.
3. You could have a theme in your flat lay. I've used colour themes, sticking to one or two colours only so that the photo won't look too crowded or busy. You could also use themes such as summer, Christmas and love.
4. Use small items such as rings, flowers or lollies to fill any blank spaces you don't want.
5. Decide which of the items you are showing is your favourite and use that as the main focus of the flat lay. I've used a magazine in each of mine so far.
6. Lay out the items close together so that they fit into a square. That way, you don't need to worry about cropping the photos and cutting out items when posting the photo on Instagram.
7. You don't need to use too many items. I think that sometimes even just two or three items can look great.
If you have me as a friend on Facebook or follow me on Instagram, you would have seen that I have been posting flat lays. I started posting them because I was thinking of ways to make my feed more attractive and interesting and looking at other bloggers posts for inspiration. I have received some very nice comments and messages about the ones I've posted so far and I am not an expert but I thought I would share some tips I've learnt on how to take good flat lays photos.
For anyone who doesn't know, a flat lay is a picture of items taken from the top to give an impression of them laying flat on the ground. People use them for a various reasons. For example, to show an outfit of the day, things they have purchased or food. Basically, they are a simple and fashionable way to show off your favourite objects and current obsessions in an attractive way.
Here are my tips:
1. Choose a plain but interesting background. So far, I've used a white cardboard, the back of a denim jacket, a fur vest and the grass. The plain background will draw focus on the items you want to show.
2. Take the photo in natural light. Place the board or whatever you're using for the background near a window. You could also do it outside in your garden but if you have pets like I do, make sure they're not around to walk over it and disturb you. I find that the best time to take flat lay photos is mid-afternoon.
3. You could have a theme in your flat lay. I've used colour themes, sticking to one or two colours only so that the photo won't look too crowded or busy. You could also use themes such as summer, Christmas and love.
4. Use small items such as rings, flowers or lollies to fill any blank spaces you don't want.
5. Decide which of the items you are showing is your favourite and use that as the main focus of the flat lay. I've used a magazine in each of mine so far.
6. Lay out the items close together so that they fit into a square. That way, you don't need to worry about cropping the photos and cutting out items when posting the photo on Instagram.
7. You don't need to use too many items. I think that sometimes even just two or three items can look great.
Below are a few of my flat lays. I hope you like them and enjoy reading this post.
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