The key to a popular Instagram account is a gorgeous feed that makes people gasp in amazement. This will then draw in more followers and will help you be featured on accounts, which will bring you to fun collabs with cool companies. You don't need to be a professional photographer to have perfect photos. All you need is some tips on posing, shooting and editing your photos. And perfect for you because I am here to give these tips to you! Of course my Instagram is @alexa.springer and my professional one is @alexannephotos. Comment down below your IG handle and I will like and comment on some of your photos! :) PosingThese tips are relevant to being behind and in front of the camera. Knowing how to pose others for photos as a photographer, benefits yourself when you want to be the model (and vice versa). I used to be really uncomfortable in front of the camera until I got more practice taking portraits. I also watched lots of YouTube videos on posing. I recommend watching tips from models, for non-models, like this one. She also has a part two. Another favorite one of mine is 100 Poses for Instagram. You can see how below how having knowledge and experience of looking good in front of the camera can make a major difference between having an okay Instagram vs an amazing one. Tip #1 My favorite pictures are always candid and/or action. All of the photos above are when I was naturally moving. While I was twirling, walking or flipping my hair, I made sure it was effortless and natural. It is also way easier to have someone inexperienced, like your younger sibling, take photos of you when you are acting the way you normally would. Tip #2 Angles are always better. Having your body bent and at a side angle looks more flattering than a pencil pose. Always tilt your head slightly and have your legs slightly separated, with one leg bent forward or leaning on your back leg. Also I have learned that sometimes the more dramatic, big and excited your movements are, the better they look on camera. Tip #3 One of the hardest parts of posing, is finding somewhere for your hands to go. My go to is play with my hair or put them up in the air, like in a shaka or peace sign. Figure out what few hand placements looks the best + most natural for you and use them throughout your shoot. ShootingYou do not have to have a super nice camera to have good photos! A lot of the pictures you see on the blog and ones I post, are I-phone pictures! Let me know in the comments if I should do a blog post on how to take better I-phone photos! Some of these tips may be obvious to some, but brand new to others. These are tips that some of my favorite photographer friends have given me and it has helped a lot with the improvement of my feed! Tip #1 Use props subtly, such as the picture above with the Polaroid. Take pictures of someone against a mural or colored wall. If you are taking family portraits with youngsters, pretend like you are fixing your settings on your camera so they will stop posing for you, and capture them frolicking in the flower patch or picking up shells. This way, you can get them in their natural habitat. Tip #2 Never shoot into the light. This seems obvious but it can ruin a lot of photos. And shoot with natural light from windows and outdoors. Tip #3 Think creativity instead of standard. This is where you discover and input your style into your photography. This is how I realized that I love portrait photography. Play up the angles and directions instead of flat, straight landscape. Incorporate some foliage into the foreground. Get close ups on the details of the dress. Get a picture of the crowd huddling around the Mona Lisa instead of the painting itself. editingThe editing process is crucial to having an epic feed! I like to use Lightroom, VSCO and Snapseed. The key to mastering editing is to make the photo enhanced, but not to seem like you had to edit it. Most photos I leave untouched for the most part, unless I am just brightening it. The word "filter" has such a bad rep, but really it is a preset of already adjusted brightness, saturation, contrast, highlights etc. Everybody has their unique way that they envision their pictures to look like, so apply these tips to your individual taste! Tip #1
Keep your photos consistent. Everyone has heard the term "theme", but personally I prefer consistency. Be consistent with your filters and the type of photo you are taking. If you like simple photos then make sure there is one focus and it is usually taken from a distance. If you want all of your pictures to be of you, then change up the angles and perspectives of yourself, so they don't all look the exact same. Tip #2 I used to use the same filter on every photo, but not every photo looks good with the same filter and it would come off very over the top. Now I use a few similar filters or presets so everything is cohesive. My current favorites from VSCO are HB2, A4, A6 and M5 to get a simple, white and blue, beachy look to my photos. I also tone down the filter by 50-75%, to come off less saturated or contrasted + more natural. Tip #3 Straighten all of your photos. This seems basic but it is often forgotten and can make your feed look like a professional account with all straight, crisp, simple photos. Even if your photos are not the best, if you can edit them well, then you will pull it off.
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