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How To Take Better Flat-Lay Pictures – The Plain Background x Extra Tips From A Pro.

If there’s one thing that’s key to a blogger, its taking visually appealing images for your blog or instagram!
Flat lay photos (that’s what the type of picture I have up there is called) have become a thing on instagram.
They are even more important to bloggers, especially bloggers who do posts like product reviews, haul posts, beauty essentials, current favourites and the like as they’ll have to capture these items in an appealing way.


Now, there are a few other things that go into taking a perfect flatlay but I’ll be focusing on the background/backdrop 


Most of you might already know this but I’m hoping there are a few others like me back then who haven’t been able to put two and two together and are still wondering how to get the perfect background for their flatlays

(Back in my novice days, I used the rug in the sitting room and it was a struggle! Someone could have told me this earlier – see that picture here)

The first time Kachy told me about using her white towel as backdrop, I was like Yoooo! Why didn’t I ever think about that?!

But hey what if your towel has seen better days like mine and isn’t nearly as white as it should be? Lol, jk
I did that once 

but it wasn’t exactly working out fine for me so i started using ankara materials as my backdrop and it was pretty cool! (Like in this post and this)
The only problem is sometimes you just need a plain background because all that ankara prints might clash with the items you’re photographing.
A friend casually mentioned cardboards one day and I ran to get some immediately!
A few Testing testing shots. 
Can you tell I’m in love with the yellow the most?

PROS – Cardboards are cheap, you can get a variety of colors (even black) and you don’t have to worry about anything competing with the items you’re photographing!


I also got a pro in the b’ness “Ian Audifferen” to share some of his tricks.
In case you don’t know him, Ian is the brain behind the @bytzar brand! Everything he does just screams creativity! From his design label to his Instagram – He takes really cool pictures with great aesthetics.

Just peep his insta feed
Here’s what he had to say :

– Taking pictures with good aesthetics isn’t as hard as it may seem, there really isn’t much involved and you don’t have to be a photographer.
– You just have to pay attention to details a lot and have a creative eye and an open mind as most of the pictures he takes aren’t what people will notice on a regular day
– Find a good and interesting background (Thankfully, I just had that covered right?). White always works and gives off a minimalist vibe but adding colour can make it interesting too.
– Photo Editing apps come in handy too! The applications he uses include Afterlight, VSCOcam, EyeEm and SKRWT.

Was this post helpful? What are some other things you like to use for your flat lay background ?



Cassandra Ikegbune
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