📸 MY BOOKSTAGRAM TOUR | Behind the Scenes 🎬

TL;DR

Join me on a tour of my Bookstagram as I share behind-the-scenes insights and tips for taking aesthetically pleasing book photos on Instagram.

Transcript

🎶 "Willow" — Simon Jefferis 🎶 Hello! Today, I thought it would be fun to give a tour of my Bookstagram. And what that means is, essentially: Giving you a behind-the-scenes kind of look of all the places that I visit to take photos for my Instagram. If you don't follow me on Instagram, you don't have to. I'll just put it on the side here for a ref... Read More

Key Insights

• 🥰 The NEON District offers a vibrant and versatile backdrop for Bookstagram photos, with its numerous murals and public art installations.
• 🧱 The author's workplace provides various visually appealing settings, including unique wallpaper, exposed brick walls, and a rotating chalkboard canvas series.
• 📷 Utilizing natural textures and elements in the neighborhood can create visually interesting backdrops for book photos, even if the area isn't inherently artistic.
• 😒 Despite not having aesthetically pleasing surroundings, the author creatively uses surrounding posters and plants in their apartment for Bookstagram photos.
• 📖 Traveling opens up new opportunities for book photography, allowing for the exploration of different environments and incorporating them into photos.
• 🏛️ Skillshare, an online learning community, offers classes on photography techniques and iPhone photography, which can help improve skills for Bookstagram photos.

Questions & Answers

Q: How does the author match book covers with the NEON District murals?

The author looks for murals with similar or complementary hues to the book cover and chooses ones with a sci-fi or eccentric theme for corresponding book genres.

Q: Which areas of the author's workplace are utilized for Bookstagram photos?

The author takes advantage of unique wallpaper, exposed brick walls, a café area with plants for book layouts, artwork on the walls, and a rotating chalkboard canvas series.

Q: How does the author incorporate the texture of their neighborhood into photos?

The author uses natural textures like flowers, foliage, rocks, and walls to complement book covers. For example, an old church wall matches the grungy cover of "Crooked Kingdom."

Q: How does the author make their apartment aesthetically pleasing for Bookstagram?

Despite not having many props, the author utilizes surrounding posters and rearranges plants and flowers to create visually appealing book photos.

Q: How does traveling provide new opportunities for book photography?

Traveling allows the author to explore different environments and incorporate them into book photos, even when staying at friends' houses or Airbnbs.

Summary & Key Takeaways

• The NEON District in the author's city offers a versatile and colorful backdrop for Bookstagram photos, with numerous murals that can match book covers aesthetically or thematically.

• The author's workplace provides opportunities to take photos with unique wallpaper, chalkboard art, and a library of design books.

• The author's neighborhood, despite not being as artistic, offers natural textures and elements that can complement book covers.

• The author's apartment, although not aesthetically pleasing, can be creatively utilized by using surrounding posters and rearranging plants for book flat lays.

• Traveling provides new environments and opportunities for book photos, even when staying at friends' houses or Airbnbs.