Ins & Outs for 2025: Photo Edition! 📸

Let's talk for a second about what's giving main character energy in the photo world this year! As your go-to source for all things photo-worthy (I mean, we hope!), we've been taking notes on what's hot and what's... not. Time to spill the tea on 2025's photo moment must-haves (and must-leaves-behind)!

IN

• Rule of thirds (but make it fun!)

• Golden hour lighting (nature's filter, bestie!) ✨

• Clean, bright prints that pop

• High-res everything
• Soft, natural shadows
• Wide angle group shots that include everyone (hello 0.5x zoom!)

• Printing in different sizes (mix it up!)

• Landscape orientation for prints (finally!)

• Portrait mode that actually slays
• Sharp subject focus
• Gallery wall energy
• Matte finish prints

• Proper exposure (goodbye ghost faces!)
• Border-free prints
• The perfect crop that serves the moment

• Perfectly imperfect moments
• Film camera energy (but make it digital) ✨
• Catching the genuine laugh

• Disposable camera aesthetic ... #JustSnapIt
• Actually being in the photo (not just the photographer!)
• Detail shots that tell a story
• Cozy home photo dumps

• Sunset appreciation posts
• Capturing the in-between moments

• Genuine reaction shots

• Random Tuesday photo shoots
• Close-up personality pieces
• Storytelling carousels

• The "my life is actually like this" angle

OUT

• Cropped heads (we want to see you, bestie!)

• Only posting the perfect shots

• Basic Pinterest poses

• That one overused filter everyone had in 2020

• Hiding your double chin (embrace the angles!)

• Over-edited skies

• Ghost face flash photos

• The Influencer Pose™
• Tilted horizons (unless it's on purpose!)
• Pixel-stretched prints
• Aggressive contrast
• That one grainy filter that's not giving
• Awkward crops that make no sense

• Ring light eye circles

• Posting just for the grid

• Facetune overload

• Camera rolls full of the same shot

• The fake candid laugh

• Three-quarter turn everything

• Overly saturated food pics
• Editing out your personality
• The "I woke up like this" lie

Listen, at the end of the day, the best photos are the ones that make you feel something! 🥺 Whether it's your bestie's ugly-crying-happy face or that totally unplanned group shot where everyone actually looks good (it happens!), 2025 is all about keeping it real and making those moments last forever!

Remember: good photos tell a story, great photos make you feel something, and printed photos last forever (just saying... 👀). Ready to turn those camera roll moments into frame-worthy memories? We've got you covered!