Part 2: Photography

LAST week, we cut all the way down to the bare bones of what made a fashionable OOTD. Now photography, setting the mood during post-processing, and telling its story via well-crafted Instagram captions.

In the second half of this article, we ask style bloggers AJ Dee, Kryz Uy and Aria Clemente to take us step by step through their creative process behind shooting and processing their Instagram OOTD posts!

What’s important to you when you compose a photo? AJ:

obligation to my followers [in that] they need to see the actual color of the clothes I am wearing. The background…depends on my mood, but majority of my photos have textures.

Kryz:

[I put] emphasis on the subject at all times - the content and quality of photos [always matter over] quantity!

too short in a photo, I’m usually happy with it.

What cameras or other equipment do you use for your photos? AJ:

I use two cameras most of the time: my compact FUJIFILM XT10 which is very handy and captures good quality images, [and] the other one is my ever-reliable Canon 5D Mark III. I usually use my 70-200 lens for my Canon as it…produces outstanding images, and I just love bokeh very much.

Kryz:

My go-to camera for Instagram photos is the Leica Q. The camera spoils you because it's so easy to use, and the lens produces sharp and unique photos with that creamy, soft-skinned look.

Aria:

I own an Olympus Pen F, a Polaroid OneStep 2, a Lomo Instant Mini Automat, and an iPhone X…I have an iMac for video editing and sometimes photo editing - I use Lightroom CC - [and] I have an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil that I use as a graphic tablet to doodle on my photos. I had a 35mm