Floral Flat Lays

I decided to practice some more flat lays with flowers around my yard. I love all the spring time blossoms I have right now!

Don't be afraid to rearrange your items to get pictures of them in different arrangements. You might be surprised what arrangement you like best.

I used the same white poster board on the floor with white poster board on 3 sides set up that I've used for other flat lays. I like the nice clean white look.

Also, change up your perspective for a unique look. For the picture below I had my aperture at 1.8 so it gave my photo a very shallow depth of field.

Focus on those eyes

The other day I was practicing with my camera and loved how these pictures of my baby turned out. I really loved how they look in black and white. He was wearing a black and white hoodie and black and white shoes so it really added some great contrast.

I was using an aperture of 1.8 and ISO 100 and shutter speed of 1/250. Having such a wide aperture gave me a very shallow depth of field. The high shutter speed helped me get a clear photo in spite of the fact that he was moving a lot.

Always make sure you focus on your subjects eyes as that is the spot that you look at first in a photo. When using a shallow depth of field focus on the eye closest to the camera. With such a shallow depth of field his one eye is slightly out of focus because his head was turned slightly to the side. You can see that I had my camera focused on his right eye.