(Gifted) There are more and more people active on social media and as a result, it’s resulted in a boom in the blogging and influencer industry. These are easy enough to do, but sometimes having the right tools can affect how well images will come out and how many likes or views you’ll get. Instagram alone has over 500 million users and posting photos and stories. In addition, there are over 600 million blogs. Each is vying for attention so having the basic of tools will help you on your way to success. Here we look at some tools and Props To Help You Create Amazing Images and you also have a chance to win them too worth almost £70.
Props To Help You Create Amazing Images
The Instagram Bag
This was created by phone photographer Matt Inwood, stylist Sophie Purser for paperbagco. It contains everything you’ll need to get you started and is ideal for those that love taking pictures of food. That’s just about everyone these days. Were not all gifted photographers and taking classes to better our skills can be heavy on the pocket and not accessible to everyone. Instead, you can have items that professional photographers would use to help you along the way to creating your own stunning images. Perfect for anyone that enjoys styling and sharing meals etc and sharing on social media and blogs.
What do you get?
The Bag
This is a limited-edition bespoke double-sided tote bag, with an internal zip pocket. The size is larger than I expected and it seems really sturdy. It’s handy for carrying around the included props as well as others when you are creating images when out and about.
Four Backdrops
Within a protective tube you’ll find four beautiful A2 backdrops made from thick paper. These are perfect for food photography for small plates as well as for other suitably sized items. The backdrops have been designed by Black Velvet Styling, a company set up by Sophie. Her company provides affordable backdrops for both amateurs and professionals to use to create mouthwatering images of their food and still life creations. They are ideal for transforming a plate of food into a gorgeous instagramable image. The backdrops included gives users a variety of starter colours and textures to experiment with. You will of course need to make sure you are careful when using these as moisture will damage the papers. You can pop over to her website if you want to increase your range of backdrops or require larger ones.
Ten Gorgeous Postcards
Renowned phone photographer Matt Inwood provides guidance on how to get the most from taking images with your phone camera. Tips are featured on the back of the cards. The tips cover using light, thinking about composition, choosing an appropriate background and more.
Photographic Reflector and Diffuser
An essential for any professional or would be photographer. The collapsable reflector fits easily into the bag and is something I’m looking forward to playing with this. It is great for adding light, adding highlights and shadows.
What Did I Think?
I loved the papers they are really lovely designs and ideal for use when taking pictures of smaller items and dishes. The 4 papers this size would have cost about £12 each when I searched online. I would have preferred them to be waterproof personally as it would reduce the risk of damage if I haven’t wiped down a dish fully. The bag is handy to carry everything around and would have a retail value of around £10, with the inclusion of the 38cm reflector which I found for £7.50 and the tips from a phone photo professional the product is value for money at £39.95 including P&P.
The Jute Selfie Bag
Perfect for taking selfies wherever you go. This selfie bag has everything you need to take selfies worthy of being shared on social media.
What do you get?
The Bag
An eye-catching good quality jute bag with a zip top for security. The bag is roomy and durable and has an internal selfie stick pocket.
Bluetooth Tripod Selfie Stick
The selfie stick is ideal to help you get that perfect shot of your latest outfit or one of you and your bestie. It pops away easily into the bag and is lightweight. This is a pretty handy gadget and one you’ll find useful even for general photography.
Pop Up Reflector
Just what you need to get that lighting just right. It’s easy to use and super light. The pop-up reflector folds down nicely and fits into its own little bag that hooks to the inside of the bag with the carabiner clip provided. The bag is perfect to keep it safe from dirt and damage.
LED Ring Light
Need more light? Then this will help. The LED ring light will shed some light (see what I did there LOL). The light attaches to the top of your phone easily and has three different settings to help you get the lighting just right. A lead is included in the pack so you can charge it.
What Did I Think?
Again, a great durable bag that fits everything nicely with space to spare. That would set you back about £10 as it has a cute little bag attached inside too. The clip-on selfie ring was great and does help add light to images whether it’s selfies or pictures of small items. This would have cost £9. The bluetooth selfie stick is easy to use, lightweight and as one might expect an essential for any selfie kit. It would set you back about £9 when bought individually. Last but not least the essential pop-up reflector in its own cute little bag that clips inside the jute. The reflector would be around £7.50 This seems like a reasonably priced bag at £27.95 (includes delivery) which is far less than if you were to buy the items individually.
It’s a great kit for anyone that loves taking selfies or even simply the items included in the bag for their photography.
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Win Tools and Props To Help You Create Amazing Images
The guys at the cottonbagco and paperbag co have kindly offered one lucky person one of each of the bags featured here. Just what you need to take the perfect snaps all year round.
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This is such a cool idea and my best friend would absolutely love this. She love a selfie or 50!
Ha, sounds like it would be ideal for her Carly.
This would come in handy for my blog
It certainly would Ruth x
I’d keep it for myself, because I love photographing my food
Ha, I don’t blame you!!!
I would love to win this for myself! I have been blogging for a long time but I don’t have a lot of props.
These are really helpful for all your blog images.
I would love to keep this as a gift for myself, | could do with some more decent photos and would love more memories taken with friends.
That would be great. It’s always nice to have good family photos.
This would be so much fun to play around with.
They sure would. Perfect for creating great images.
I would give it to my brother as he likes photography.
That’s so sweet Ritchie!
I would give to my son who I am sure would make full use of them
I am sure he’d love them.
I wouldn’t gift it, I would keep it for myself. I’m really looking to improve my photography and make my Instagram photos look more interesting so this would be fab to play with!
sounds like it would be a very useful selection of items for you.
I’d keep it for myself! I take a lot of photos but can never get the lighting quite right.
I know what you mean. The lighting can really affect pictures.
I would love to win this for my daughter shes really inn photography this would be a terrific treatf or her!
I’m sure she would make use of all the parts included.
Myself and my son are the photographers in our house. Always looking for props to make interesting images.
Oh wow, that’s great, perfect for you guys then x
I’d give it to my daughter, she loves taking pictures.
This would be ideal for her from the sound of it x
I would love to gift this to my son, he is 12 years old and a budding photographer, he just seems to an eye for it
Oh wow, that’s great to hear he has an interest in photography.
My son or daughter as they both love taking photos as long as its not themselves
it does seem to be very popular!
I’d gift it to my bestie, she’d love this!
They are great products.
I would keep for myself as I would love to learn how to do food photography.
These would definitely be helpful x
I’d keep it for moiself but would lend to my mam for her eBay charity postings.
I don’t blame you. I’m sure your mum would love that x
Would gift to my friend who is studying to be a photographer. She would absolutely love this.
She certainly would!!!
I would love to keep this for myself so I can work on improving my pics!
I’m sure you’ll find these useful x
If only I could win this but also get some lessons on how to use the stuff too!
you can find videos on YouTube that will help x
I would give ths to my best friend who has been there through thick and thin
I’d love to play around with images, looks great fun
I’d love this for my niece, a budding photographer…
I’ve always been interested in how to improve the pictures I take so I would love to keep this for myself
Would keep it to use myself to try to take better food photos. Looks incredibly useful!
There is just about everything you could need!!
I’ll gift it to my hubby as he is part of a photography group as a hobby
These would be great for starting my sideline photography project!
My husband and I both like to take photos and so we would use it to take pics together!
Hello, if I was lucky enough to win then I would like to keep this for myself. I like photography and haven’t done it for a while so this might help me get back into it again. Thank you for the chance to win.
I would gift it to my mum. She sets up backdrops to take photos of the dogs she has groomed as well as to show products that she’s selling or are on offer. This would be perfect to help her
I think I would keep it for myself so I could improve my photos x
I don’t blame you!!!
perfect for my nieces
It’s a great selection of items.
I’d gift this to my sister who loves photography and I think this will just help her get even better and different snaps.
This would be perfect for my sister, so I’d gift it to her.
This would be absolutely perfect for my Mum who loves to cook and take photos 🙂
Oh wow this wouldbe so fun. After so long without family or friends it would be fun to get some snaps 📷
My other half loves these class props, she’s very good and inventive at crafting. She loves creating new exotic pictures, frames with her cutting machine etc al. Fingers crossed It would be fab to give this to her as a surprise.
I would give this to myself as I used to be very seriously into photography but I had to stop for years due to ill health, so now i’m getting back into it again this kit would be put to use on a nearly daily basis.
I would give this to my sister, she loves taking photos
This would be a great prize so I can create great images of my family
My class would love this so would gift it to them!
Susan for her craft bits and bobs
I’m sure she’d find these useful.
My student daughter Holly would love this.
It is a great selection of products.
I can always use the help when taking photos. This would be so helpful!
They are very useful for great pictures.