If you follow my instagram, you know that I have started to photograph my own custom wedding invites. You also know that I have honestly shared just how hard these shoots are! Flat lays, the term for this kind of shot, are really, really hard. Why? Because you have to climb up and over top of the layout to get the shot, create visual depth, style, crop and align every last detail. Don’t get me wrong, it’s fun, but it is not an easy thing to do. In the last few shoots, I have learned a lot.

So here are 7 things to help you create the best shots of your wedding invites, OOTD, that killer brunch the waiter just served, or anything you want to style and shoot from above.