Hey, it's your girl ally welcome back to my channel! so today I'm in Los
Angeles with my friend - Toshiko! so we are doing a really fun collaboration
Toshiko is a really amazing stylist and blogger from well San Francisco we
met so her blog Itsnotheritsme so what you don't know is Toshiko takes
a lot of her own photos by herself so she really goes to show that you don't
need to have an Instagram boyfriend or a husband or a friend like she is a
one-woman show and she's the perfect person to show you guys how to take your
own photos at home by yourself you know if you only have a phone or DSLR
whatever type of photography you like to do she has so many tips and tricks for
you guys she can show you all the way so we're just heading over to - she goes
living room and then she's going to set this up is this usually where you like
to take pictures I got my tripod on Amazon so it's super affordable very
okay I want to see you set it up so - chica how many times it does it usually
take for you to get the right shot it can go for like fifty to a hundred
photos oh wow yeah for me to tell what she looks like
until I jump in front of the camera so that's true so at the beginning it's
like a lot of back and forth and then after I have like the position set up
then it's easier than is more like my posing so this has become my new best
friend because before I use this I used to just set it on timer and then just go
back and forth and that takes like three times longer so this is pretty good also
an Amazon no sponsor see so this is just like a test because
I have no idea what I look like right now so so yes even someone who's done
this for a really long time first try does not work Wow but the
focus is off so I have to focus on that instead of that but I'm getting the
framing
you make it look so effortless yeah you got your poses down center
all right so now it's my turn to see if I could take my own photos over here in
this corner because usually I do have some help when it comes to taking
pictures and I'm not a pro at using a tripod or remote but let's give it a try
I think I could do it you can good look so easy
well see it feels kind of awkward because where are we gonna put this
remote and I'm scared it's gonna be in the shot I feel like you're pretty close
to the mirror yeah Oh shouldn't have done that too soon too
soon
am I supposed to look out it actually looks pretty good okay how did I do
actually was really good but thank because I already have everything set up
I know you make it so easy
since Paul has a really hit California yet why not try to fake some cute fall
group pictures with some fake leaves and your remote
so we have our tripod set up right here on the street and then we're just going
to sit on the stair ball here I think the one biggest fear about this is what
if someone steals your stop or takes your camera so definitely be careful
when you're doing this and be aware of your surroundings show you guys a behind
the scenes of how we take
Toshiro helping me out
when it comes to take the overhead food shots IV is always important to
accessorize and today I'm gonna have a sleeper doc to bring my matches and
rings and I just feel like I'm missing a little something something
definitely remember to accessorize the next time you come to a good French pop
yes and you've reached the end of this video thank you so much for watching and
thank you to my friend Toshi Co for being part of this video isn't she just
so awesome and taking it a try no really it's just so good
she's definitely perfected her skill so be sure to check out where she goes
Instagram it will be linked down below so what did you think of this whole
process what I do every day do you have any tips for people who want to take
their own photos I think you just have to do it multiple times oh yeah I mean I
still do it multiple times so like nail about one shot you want so trial and
error and just keep trying so you're happy with myself oh that's such good
though it really is so heartwarming because I think most people feel like oh
you can only take it one time you know you'll get the perfect shot and honestly
if you don't try you'll never get it right so just put yourself out there
well thanks so much for watching and we'll see you next time bye