A blog on minimalist architecture photography. My fails and tips on how you can avoid them.

Flat lay photography, just like every other style of photography, is an art form. The major difference is you are in charge of a cast of characters that need to be arranged in a fashion that makes sense. Let's break it down into steps. Step 1: The Subject. In the case above the knife is center stage so it is the main subject. There are so many options to choose from so let's go through a few to get you going: Floral-single flowers or entire bouquets Food- amazing meals or foo

Week two of the seven week challenge is going to be a good one! The self portrait!! I have attached some video but also wanted to give you a few other tips that may help you out with this challenge. Camera Angle: Camera Settings: Aside from the items below I did want to mention one thing and that's using your timer. Ten second timer and try to take at least five shots each time. For me I'm usually squirming around while trying to get situated and the first few shots I'm not e

We all need different ways to improve photography and sometimes that takes stepping out of our comfort zone. This week I am putting up a photography challenge that will last for 7 weeks. Each week I will post what the challenge is and at the end of each week I will share the top 3 images from the challenge on my Instagram stories. I've found challenges to be extremely useful in the past, allowing me to learn something new, branch out and force myself to push my limits and I h

Just a quick look at a few fast ways to improve photo composition.

Oil and water don't mix which is why this makes for excellent, easy macro photos. The video above gives some tips to get started but I will expand on that in a bit more detail so you can avoid my early errors. Items needed: Clear glass or plastic container Water Cooking oil Two light sources, flashlights work, this is pretty flexible A source of color. This can be colored paper, an iPad with a picture that is very colorful, use your imagination. Camera or cell phone for takin