What's up guys?
It's Aileen.
Welcome back to Lavendaire.
Today I have a very fun video for you guys.
It's how I edit my Instagram photos.
A lot of you guys request this on Instagram, even though I don't consider myself
an Instagram expert.
I don't even think my Instagram game is that high,
but I do have some tips I could share on how I visualize my feed and how I filter my photos.
Today I'm going to show you how I edit a photo from this to this, and this to this.
Before I go into filtering photos, I want to talk about my feed.
Something I had to change my mindset about Instagram, when I wanted to up
my Instagram game, was to think about my feed in the big picture, because if you think about
it,
your feed is the first thing that a lot of people see when they check out your Instagram.
So it's really important that it is diverse and shows your best work.
When I'm creating my feed, I think about infusing the Lavendaire brand into it,
which is very dreamy, airy, pastel colors: pastel pink, purple, and blue, very bright
whites,
and kind of that faded, tinge-y, dreamy feel.
That's the feeling that I want my brand to exude.
And for you, you might have other feelings that you want to create with your brand.
I've seen Instagram accounts that are so bold and colorful and saturated,
and they look awesome.
So I guess it just depends on what you want to do with your feed.
Something else I learned about creating your feed is to make it diverse.
Now I make sure to not post two similar photos in a row, and also try to not post
two similar photos that are directly on top of each other.
You kind of want to checkerboard
your photos so that it kind of looks very widespread and even, if that makes sense.
For example: don't post two selfies in a row, don't post two of the same kind of photos
in a row,
I guess.
So if you have two selfies that you really like, I would post one and then wait
three or four photos later to post the other one.
Basically, for your feed,
just think about the big picture of your theme, your color palette, your brand.
And make sure that your photos are spread out in a diverse pattern.
Now, let's filter some photos.
Alright, so let me show you what apps I like to use to edit photos.
I mostly use the first two: VSCO and PicTapGo.
Sometimes I'll play with Facetune,
and the other ones, I don't really touch often.
I used to edit exclusively on VSCO
because there are really great filters, but since I've discovered PicTapGo,
it's just changed my life.
I'll show you later how PicTapGo works
because it's really fun how you can just layer filters and save your filter recipes.
Let's edit something in PicTapGo.
I've been really liking this chandelier shot
that I took in Santa Barbara in our Airbnb.
Usually, under my style-
I used to have a lot of recipes, but I deleted the app on accident and I lost all my recipes.
So now I have to start from scratch which is fine because I do like to play with the
filters
and stack them and create my own.
How it works is you just browse through
all these different filters.
I have some favorites already.
I really like Air.
You can set the intensity of that filter.
I'll go like here.
And then you stack them,
so you add another filter on top.
Let's see, Mason looks kind of cool with the peachy tones,
just want to bring out that peachiness.
I want a little bit of this tinge here, maybe like that much.
Brightside just to brighten it a little bit more.
Now it looks a little bit flat so I want to make-
I want to add some contrast and let's see.
Crispity.
This one kind of brings out
the shadows and the details, so I'll do that.
Honestly, you can go really crazy
with PicTapGo filters.
Sometimes I just spend too much time filtering,
just because it's so fun to layer and see what happens to the colors.
Yeah, I could definitely go overboard with this.
Let's go back to Auto Color,
color it up a little bit.
You see how these changes are so subtle but-
I have a lot of fun filtering this way.
Do I like this one?
I can't even tell.
Actually I can tell a little bit.
No, undo.
So if you don't like a filter, you can always undo it.
I'm just drawn to make it look super white.
This is overboard but I can't help it.
No, I don't want it.
Okay, let's do it like that.
I think I'm done.
I think at this point
I'm just making little adjustments that don't really matter.
What you can do is
you can save that recipe.
Those are all the filters that we stacked.
And what should I name it?
I'm going to name it Pink Chandelier.
Alright, so I've saved that recipe, and now I just save to camera roll.
There you go.
Then what I would do is I would bring it into Instagram.
I like it like that.
I'm going to have to adjust this because it looks crooked to me.
Like that?
And in Instagram, I really just play with these filters because I really get crazy with
this stuff.
I just really like to filter things.
This one, I really need some more structure
back in there because-PicTapGo, it's a great filtering app, but it makes things look really
flat.
So if you want to add more contrast and structure, I would probably use VSCO
for more contrast-y photos.
But I just love PicTapGo's dreamy filters and my Instagram
or my aesthetic is really dreamy and pastel, and so that's why I love using that.
Here, I'm going to bump up the saturation.
Alright, warmth.
Usually I like my photos cool
but I'm going to leave this in the middle.
Alright, fade, I don't know if I need this.
I'm going to put a little bit.
And then I usually like to sharpen it a little bit.
Can't even tell.
You see how I just mess with everything?
Alright, I think it's ready!
And I would just type my caption and post it.
Alright, now I'm going to edit a close-up selfie, and the one that I have
is already pretty good lighting so I'm just going to take it straight into VSCO.
So this is the one that I have imported, and let's get to editing.
Like I said,
HB1 or HB2 are my favorites.
Sometimes I'll play with the other ones though.
I'll check which ones I like.
Sometimes I like to use A6.
That makes my hair look grey,
and this is more like purple and blue.
So I would probably do HB1 for this one.
Alright, I would go half-way, like 6.
And I feel like it's bright enough.
All I want for this photo is to add some contrast and maybe a little texture.
Before, after.
This photo is pretty white already, so I don't need to color-correct it.
And I guess I'll just add some fade because VSCO's fade is my favorite fade.
I don't think the fade on Instagram is as good as VSCO for some reason.
It's just different.
At this point I feel like this photo is pretty good already.
Maybe I would-
I would probably bump up the brightness in Instagram, but here, I think my work is done.
So that was pretty simple.
Save to camera roll.
And there you have it.
That's how I edit my photos on PicTapGo and VSCO.
Alright, that's how I edit my Instagram photos.
I hope you guys like this video.
And just remember: Instagram is just fun.
Don’t take it too seriously,
don't get stressed out about it.
For me, I see it as a creative outlet to share my personality
in different ways, to share my life, and also to kind of color my world in the way that
I see it,
in the way that's my ideal.
Instagram's definitely not reality.
It's kind of like my vision
of what I want my world to be, and I feel like other people's Instagram accounts are
also
their vision of what they'd like their world to be.
So I think it's just a beautiful thing to be able to
peek into other people's worlds and get inspired.
I find so much inspiration on Instagram.
Alright, so enough rambling.
Thank you so much for watching this video.
Make sure to subscribe if you haven't already, and I'll see you in the next one.
Bye!