hello friends welcome back to my channel if you're new welcome my name is
christine today i have a photo tip video for you
today and i'm gonna share five tips that i
have to take better photos at home before we go ahead and get started i do
have a playlist all about all the tips about taking
photos how to pose all the instagram tips so definitely
check out that playlist if you haven't already i'll go ahead and link it up
above i do want to preface this by saying that
being on youtube and instagram is my full-time job so i am an influencer
since it is my job i do take taking pictures
on instagram very seriously so if you're here because you want to up your
instagram game or even if you just want to take
more photos for fun all power to you i don't think we should shame anybody
for wanting to do so first tip that i have is to make sure you have the proper
equipment for taking your own photos at home
so if you saw my video on how i take my own photos at home i take you behind the
scenes with me and share with you like my whole setup
and stuff like that definitely check out that video if you
haven't already but pretty much all that you need
is a tripod a clicker and a camera or a phone
i take most of my pictures using my camera i use the sony a6400
it is my favorite and it's a camera that i use to film all my videos and i love
it because it actually has a flip up screen
if you don't have the money for a fancy camera i don't think you need it at
all i used to take all of my photos on my iphone and i do have the iphone x so
it does take super high quality images so whether you
are going to be taking pictures on your camera or your iphone the tripod that i
use for both is the same and it's a tripod that
i got off of amazon and i'll go ahead and link it down below in the
description box but i believe it's around 40 dollars but
i think it is so worth the money i love it and it's so
lightweight you want to use a tripod with your phone
you do have to buy a little adapter situation and this has a little screw
that screws into any tripod i have the iphone max my phone is a
little bit bigger but you can stretch it out
like this and then on the tripod and i can actually turn it
vertically as well the last thing that you need is a clicker so this is
actually a bluetooth clicker that i picked up from amazon as well
it's really nice because it connects to your phone via bluetooth and you can
actually trigger your iphone's shutter by clicking this button once you
connect it via bluetooth and this was super helpful
whenever i travel or whenever i want to take my own photos on my iphone
most of the photos of me and brandon on my feed i use the shutter button
if you want to be taking photos on your camera actually connect my iphone to my
camera and i'm able to use my iphone as kind of
like a remote control clicker for that i'll go ahead and link
all the stuff that i talked about down below in the description box as well
second tip that i have is to make sure you have good lighting
especially if you're going to be taking iphone photos i feel like
because you can't take raw images on the iphone you don't have as much
flexibility with editing as you do with camera camera photos
so you want to make sure that you're shooting at good times of the day where
you're getting enough sunlight coming in so i like shooting around like
eight to 11 a.m or around like four to six p.m right before sunset and i feel
like those times are perfect because you're not getting direct sunlight
you're getting like just the perfect angle where the lighting of all your
photos end up looking super pretty and really well lit
i don't like shooting in direct sunlight as much just because i feel like the
shadows and the lighting can be super harsh and it's really difficult to edit
it if you don't have a whole lot of natural
light where you are you can also use a ring light
a lot of the times when i'm taking like selfies in my room i'll go ahead and
just bring my ring light in anyway because it helps to
light up my face really nicely i do have a ring light right now so it does help
to add to the natural sunlight that i am using as
well so i think it's a nice supplemental thing the third tip that i have is to
make sure you have a nice background a lot of times i get comments from people
where they say like my house isn't photogenic i don't have
like pretty areas in my house but honestly i think if you have a wall
and a window you have a pretty background i even took
some pictures for my sister while i was in seattle
and we took pictures around my parents house in areas where she never even
thought about taking pictures and like all you need
is not a pretty background not a picture-perfect house but you need to
have an eye for it and so a lot of the times i
will actually hold my iphone and hold it vertically
because this is how i'm going to be taking my photos
and i'll actually walk around the house and kind of like hold my phone
up and see what it's going to look like in the camera because a lot of the times
you're so used to seeing your house in every day i think you'd be surprised by
what areas of your house end up looking really pretty and pictures
for me i prefer any type of like wall without a whole lot going on i think
that looks really good for pictures i think any type of like clean corner
with like little accent pieces like a mirror or a plant looks really nice and
i also like any wall situation that meets with a
window because that way you can play a lot with like the angles and the editing
and stuff like that another thing that you can do is set up
a backdrop oftentimes i have used bed sheets
as the backdrop of my photos and you can tape them to your wall you can hang them
in front of like doorways or closets or usually some
place that has a really good lighting the fourth tip that i have
is to take a lot of photos experiment play with different angles different
times of the day different lighting maybe try in a room
where you have a ring light try at a different time of the day where
it's brighter and you may not need a ring light
also i found that there are certain areas of my house where i
prefer taking like beauty shots which is like upper body and above
photos and then other areas of my house where i prefer full body shots so maybe
you have an area of your house that looks better for
beauty shots and then another area that has like more open space that looks
better for full outfit pictures a lot of the times
too i end up taking pictures in front of the same wall the same
corner and you guys might start to recognize those corners
on my instagram but i've tried to experiment different corners of the
house in different areas and playing with different angles and i've actually
found places that i never thought of taking photos in front of before so
definitely recommend experimenting playing around because you never know
what you'll find the fifth and last tip that i have is
editing is everything once you master how to
edit a photo and how to get the photo super clean i feel like you can make
any photo look good a lot of the photos i took on my sister
she never would have even used because how the photos came out just didn't look
super interesting but after i edited them it made them look
so much more striking and impactful that she was like shocked at how good that
they came out so i do have a video all about how i
edit my own photos i'll go ahead and link up in the corner
but i also have my own presets that are available on my website if you don't
know already if you follow me on instagram tick tock or even youtube
i released these presets a couple weeks ago and these kind of serve as guides to
help you guys edit and i am planning on launching more
preset packs in the future but right now since the preset pack that i have
is like the basics preset pack i kind of want to focus on more tutorials and
showing you guys how to use those and how to like tweak them for every single
lighting and photo situation to kind of like help you guys to
up your instagram game using those preset packs but before i release more
because my intention is not to like make a ton of sales and make a ton of
money i would rather help you guys and provide content that's actually helpful
for you so definitely recommend checking out
some of my older how to edit videos and kind of
familiarizing with lightroom and it really can bring a mediocre or like
normal looking photo up to a level where it looks super striking and super
clean i've been doing this for around three years now and
taking photos of myself posting on instagram and i feel like it wasn't
until this year that i really refined my craft
and like kind of low-key a photographer now but definitely make sure that you
are patient with yourself it takes a lot of time to learn you're not just going
to become like a great model and photographer and
editor right off the bat so those are all the tips that i have for taking your
own photos at home if you haven't seen it yet i do have a
video all about how to pose so definitely check out that video if you
haven't already and i'll go ahead and link my preset
pack down below in the description box if you're interested in shopping
also make sure you follow me on instagram and tick tock because i am
super active on there i hope you guys enjoyed
this video if you did don't forget to give it a big thumbs up
let me know down in the comments what was the most interesting thing that you
learned from this video or if you have any tips for anyone else that's taking
their own photos at home i would love to hear back from
you guys also by the way in case you're curious
this top is from arizia i'll go ahead and link all the makeup and jewelry that
i'm wearing down below in the description box as well
that is it i will see you in my next video bye
you