Flat Lay Lifestyle Photography: From Your Phone to Instagram
Shooting an Angled Flat Lay
A course by Darren Rowlands , Photographer & Video Content Creator
About the video: Shooting an Angled Flat Lay
Overview
“In this lesson we’re going to use a slightly different point of view, you might not always want to use a specific background you might have your items more naturally positioned somewhere in your home, or in a cafe for example, so these tips will help you shoot for these types of scenarios.”
In this video lesson Darren Rowlands addresses the topic: Shooting an Angled Flat Lay, which is part of the Domestika online course: Flat Lay Lifestyle Photography: From Your Phone to Instagram. Learn to shoot and edit beautifully crafted lifestyle photos in flat lay, social media’s favorite format.
Partial transcription of the video
“Shooting an Angled Flay Lay For this lesson, we'll try a slightly different angle. We'll shoot from the side without a tripod. You might find times where you've not got a tripod or you don't think overhead shot will work well. Maybe because you have something taller, as we said before, taller objects not working very well, maybe too many shadows. In this instance, we're using the suitcase, which is a bit taller, so it's going to work better side-on. I wanna show that third dimension and get that in there. Or maybe you shot a flat lay and you want a different angle to show a different dimens...”
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Course summary for: Flat Lay Lifestyle Photography: From Your Phone to Instagram
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Areas
Content Marketing, Digital Photography, Instagram, Instagram Marketing, Instagram Photography, Lifestyle Photography, Mobile Marketing, Mobile Photography, Social Media

Darren Rowlands
A course by Darren Rowlands
Darren Rowlands is a UK-based freelance photographer and video content creator specialized in creative direction and styling. His passion for photography came from a very early age, and he eventually went on to study graphic design at the University of Salford in Manchester.
After working as a freelance graphic designer for different agencies, he found his true calling in branding and eventually worked as Head of Creative for a number of brands across the UK. His client list includes Adobe, Oral-B, and KEF Audio.
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