Flat Lay Photography with WATCHES! | Tell a story, pick props, compose, and create an EPIC image. 

🤣🤣🥰🥰 -Vu

A mini tribute to the Gringa! 😂 Looking forward to seeing your flat lays this week! 😁 -Vu

Hahaha those stupid fillers. I don’t actually know what to call them. 🤣 Also, thank you so much for those very kind words! ☺️ -Vu

Yup! Exactly because you asked. 😉 -Vu

Must obey Winters. 🤣 -Vu

We will have more episodes soon-ish! -Vu

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it! -Vu

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Thanks, Peter! -Vu

Thanks, Jeff! Hope you have a fun time shooting flat lays! -Vu

@@LydiaAndVu any suggestions for a entry level camera for primarily this type of photography and what are your thoughts on used gear?

Thanks, Lance! -Vu

Thank you, JP! -Vu

You’re welcome, Eve! -Vu

Thank you! And that’s awesome that you got some new accounts to follow from our video! 😁 -Vu

Thanks! -Vu

Enjoy making the bracelet filler! I’ve actually been meaning to make a quick tutorial on that either as a short or an IG reel. So many people ask me about it. Thanks!!! -Vu

@@LydiaAndVu definitely you should do it. 👏

So glad you enjoy them! 😁 -Vu

Awesome, good luck! 😁

Thanks so much! Glad you got something out of it. Flat lays are awesome!

Thanks so much! 😁😁😁 -Vu

Yay, thanks Lucy! 😁😁😁 Can’t wait to see what you make! -Vu

That’s great to hear, Dakut!

Thanks, Jonas! Hope you have fun with it! -Vu

Thank you! Looking forward to seeing your shots! 😁 -Vu

Thanks so much for the very kind words! I do think it would be fun to do some really in-depth head to toe explorations of a full shoot. We plan on putting out some new videos soon so I'm going to take that into account! -Vu

Thanks so much! Yeah we took a break due to being busy, but we’ll be back soon! -Vu

Yay! Thanks, James! Hope it helps! 😉 -Vu

Thank you! And thanks for the topic suggestion, I think focal lengths would be great to cover! -Vu

We will, soon! 😁 -Vu

Aw thanks, Michael! 🙏🏻🙏🏻 -Vu

Thanks so much! And you’re welcome. 😁 There are more ways to avoid reflections but they all center on that same principle of needing to keep things in the dark. -Vu

Thank you so much! And yesss I gotta get into the histogram soon! -Vu

Thanks! I’m looking forward to seeing it! 😁 -Vu

Thanks so much! I make the bracelet fillers out of cardboard and gaffer tape. I just cut a couple of pieces of cardboard to the shape of my wrist, stack them, and wrap them in tape. Works perfectly! 😁 -Vu

Thanks! 😁 -Vu

Thanks! For that photo I stopped down to f/4.5 and I believe I was at 70mm. I manually focused so I could make sure that it was focused exactly where I wanted it. With autofocus it’s hard to get the dial instead of the hands in focus, so manual focus helps. -Vu

Thanks so much! 🙏🏻🙏🏻 -Vu

Soon, Barrett, we have some coming soon! -Vu

I think we can do that at some point! -Vu

Thanks and welcome! Yeah we have put that in our future episodes list, we will do one at some point! -Vu

Thanks! -Vu

I do shoot RAW. These days RAW is easy to deal with, even the default apps on the iPhone can handle most camera’s RAW files, so I don’t even bother with jpegs anymore. If I was shooting a big event or something and had a rapid turnaround that might be different, but as long as I’m shooting only a handful of images of a subject I’m sticking with RAW so I have the most flexibility in post. My post workflow is pretty simple, I do it all in Lightroom. I’m not a huge fan of using downloaded presets, because you just end up with someone else’s look on your image. But I am also someone who likes images to have a natural color balance and don’t like to apply too much if a “look” to an image. I do the standard exposure and color corrections, and sometimes add a touch of vignette. That’s about it! Thanks again! -Vu

Thanks for the idea! -Vu

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I'll do an episode soon where I go through the full technical aspects. Each photo and setting and lighting setup requires very different camera settings, but I can share that for a shoot so that you have a reference point. -Vu

What happened this week? 😉 To be fair we posted two days later than planned! -Vu

@@LydiaAndVu I’m off my game! I’ll do better next week!

I have had the Manfrotto 190CXPRO4 for about ten years and it’s still going strong. At a lower budget there’s the Manfrotto 055XPRO3 and even lower budget there are tripods by Neewer that offer similar functionality. I also have (it’s what I used in this video) a Manfrotto 131DB that’s really nice if you already have a tripod that you like and don’t want to get a whole new tripod. Whatever you end up with, just make sure to also get a sandbag or use something heavy to weigh it down or counterbalance the arm so it doesn’t topple over from the off center weight of the camera. -Vu

@@watchpapi haha getting slow mate ;)

The confidence of youth. 😂 -Vu

Also, a video or your thoughts on which budget tripods, lights & reflectors for still shots and videos.

In case you didnt notice, they stopped making videos.

Huge fight

They’ve been around for a lot longer than photos of watches on IG, so I’m gonna guess yes. 🤣 -Vu

@@LydiaAndVu I guess you're right :( Flat lays, "moody" wristshots, and pointless reach... Who know what next? :D