Hey everyone!

嘿，大家好！

It's me, Alex, and everyone's favourite bird...

是我，亞歷克斯，還有大家最喜歡的鳥... ...

Archie.

阿奇

Everyone asks me on Instagram "how do you take a good photo??"

每個人都會在Instagram上問我 "你怎麼拍好照片？"？

I get asked this every day, 10, 20 times in my DM's, people are like "how are you taking

我每天都會被問到這個問題，在我的DM中，有10次，20次，人們就像 "你是如何採取的？

these pictures???

這些照片？

How???"

如何？"？

Like it's some sort of witchcraft.

好像是某種巫術。

It's not guys, I mean, yes I do have a fancy camera but I don't take all my photos with

這不是男人，我的意思是，是的，我有一個花哨的相機，但我不採取我所有的照片，用。

a fancy camera.

一個漂亮的相機。

I take a lot of my photos with my mobile phone (((what are you dooie ooie???)))

我很多照片都是用手機拍的(((你是什麼dooie ooie??))

"What are you dooie ooie" says Archie...

"你是什麼死鸛 "阿奇說... ...

I use my phone for a lot of my photos, and today i'm just going to show you some quick

我用我的手機拍了很多照片，今天我只想給你看一些快速的

and easy tips on how to take an Instagram photo from drab to fab.

以及如何將Instagram照片從平淡無奇到妙趣橫生的簡單技巧。

Making this video has made me realise that I am in desparate need of a vlogging camera,

製作這個視頻讓我意識到，我急需一臺vlogging相機。

because it is very very very difficult holding up 5 kilos on a little tiny stick.

因為用一根小小的棍子撐起5公斤的重量是非常非常困難的。

It is very hard and very heavy and i'm quaking.. and shaking... and I hate it.

它很硬，很重，我在顫抖... 顫抖... 我討厭它。

I must apologise in advance for the state of my bedroom, it is an absolute pigsty.

我必須為我臥室的狀況提前道歉，它是一個絕對的豬圈。

I might be cute and kawaii on camera but in real life I live like a derelict, and I never

我在鏡頭裡可能很可愛，很卡哇伊 但在現實生活中，我活得像個廢棄的人，我從來沒有

clean.

乾淨。

Ever.

從來沒有。

So I tried to polish things up as quickly as I could before filming.

所以我儘量在拍攝前儘快把東西打磨好。

This is in no way at all a wardrobe tour, it's just a very quick me gathering cute things

這絕不是一個衣櫃之旅，這只是一個非常快速的我收集可愛的東西。

to take photos with, so don't get your hopes up because you're not going to see too much

來拍照，所以不要抱有太大的希望，因為你不會看到太多的。

because it's way too messy and i'm sorry.

因為它的方式 太亂了，我很抱歉。

Don't look!

別看！

Don't look, it's too messy.

別看了，太亂了。

Ooh, what are you doing?

哦，你在做什麼？

I'm just going to gather some ingredients for a beautiful photo.

我只是要收集一些材料，來拍攝一張美麗的照片。

Now i'm sure that a lot of you that are watching this probably have a few pink things laying

我相信你們中的很多人都在看這個節目，可能會有一些粉紅色的東西擺放在那裡。

around.

左右。

Maybe you don't have much, but i'm sure you have something, right?

也許你沒有什麼，但我相信你有什麼，對不對？

Maybe you've got some cute pink makeup or..

也許你有一些可愛的粉色化妝品或...

I don't know, pink clothes.

我不知道，粉紅色的衣服。

Anything!

什麼都可以！

If it's cute, we want to take photos of it and we want to post it on Instagram.

如果它是可愛的，我們想為它拍照，我們想在Instagram上發佈它。

These are Alex's top 10 tips on how to take a beautiful photo for Instagram.

這是Alex關於如何為Instagram拍攝一張美麗照片的10大技巧。

I have my mess of a makeup desk here and i'm just going to pick out a couple of key ingredients.

我這裡有我亂七八糟的化妝臺，我只想挑出幾個關鍵的成分。

So the first thing that we're going to use to take pictures....

所以，我們首先要用的是拍照......。

My kawaii senses are tingling.

我的卡哇伊感覺都快被刺痛了。

What do we want?

我們想要什麼？

This.

這個

Not that....

不是說....

THIS!

這！

Japanese makeup.

日本的化妝。

Cute Tony Moly panda thing.

可愛的託尼-莫利熊貓的事情。

Some cute...

一些可愛的...

I don't know.. what are you...

我不知道... 你是什麼...

Hello, you are "petite bunny glossy bar".

您好，您是 "嬌小的兔子光鮮吧"。

Yep, you'll do.

是的，你會做。

Sailor Moon eyeliner.

水手月眼線筆。

Cute.

可愛的。

I have some cute blending sponges that I haven't used yet, so that'll do.

我有一些可愛的混合海綿，我還沒有用過，所以就可以了。

That's... hmm.. actually... no.

這是... ... 嗯... ... 其實... ... 不。

Oops!

糟了

Bye bye.

再見了

This... oh no, it's dirty!

這個... 哦，不，它是骯髒的！

Here, this, that's cute.

這個，這個，真可愛。

Yep.

是的。

OOH, there's a bird feather on it!

哦，上面有一根鳥毛！

That's very cute.

那是非常可愛的。

Blushes...

臉紅...

Chuck that in there.

在那裡查克。

What about some of this EOS lipbalm.

這個EOS潤脣膏怎麼樣。

Cute, cute, cute, one more just for safe measure.

可愛，可愛，可愛，為了安全起見，再來一個。

Cute.

可愛的。

What else do we want?

我們還想要什麼？

Um...

嗯...

I know.

我知道，我知道

How about we do Pusheen!

我們來做普賢吧！

How about we do you, because you're really really cute.

我們做你怎麼樣，因為你真的非常非常可愛。

We'll add him, and we'll add.. hmmm..

我們會把他加進去，然後再加... 嗯...

Ooh, waterbottle!

哦，水壺！

Yaaas.

Yaaas。

Very cute.

非常可愛。

Yes.

是的，我知道

When ever I do my flat lays, I try to have a nice assortment of things that people can

當我做我的平鋪時，我嘗試有一個很好的各種各樣的東西，人們可以。

look at and admire from a distance, so i'm going to use makeup, I think I might do a

遠遠地看著，欣賞著，所以我要用化妝，我想我可能會做一個。

phone case, I might do a cute purse, i'm doing the Pusheen mugs..

手機殼，我可能會做一個可愛的錢包， 我做的Pusheen杯... ...

Um..

嗯...

I feel like a key to a good photo is to create a lot of interest, you know, create some cute

我覺得一張好照片的關鍵是創造很多興趣，你知道，創造一些可愛的。

little exciting things.

小激動人心的事情。

Not just makeup, I mean yes, you can do just makeup in a picture but I like to do things

不僅僅是化妝，我的意思是，是的，你可以只在照片上化妝，但我喜歡做的事情。

that everyone will find interesting.

大家會覺得有趣的。

Maybe not everyone is interested in makeup, but everyone is interested in Pusheen, am

也許不是每個人都對化妝感興趣，但每個人都對普賢感興趣，阿

I right?

我說的對嗎？

I've got my little drawer.. oh don't look!

我有我的小抽屜... 哦，別看！

Don't look!

別看！

It's too messy.

太亂了。

Um... cute... purse.. purse.. purse..

嗯... 可愛的... 錢包... 錢包... 錢包。

I know i've got one in here.

我知道我已經得到了一個在這裡。

Uhhh.

呃...

Where are you?

你在哪裡？

Oh, here.

哦，在這裡。

Hidden under here.

藏在這下面。

These are cute.

這些都是可愛的。

Sparkles!

火花！

Now, alright guys, i'm going to give you three seconds to work out what the common factor

現在，好了，夥計們，我要給你們三秒鐘的時間來找出共同的因素是什麼。

is in all of these things that i'm gathering.

是在所有這些事情，我收集。

Ok, just take a look.

好吧，就看一下。

Actually, you don't meet the common factor so you're going.

其實，你不符合共同因素，所以你要。

That might be a good hint.

這可能是一個很好的提示。

What is the common factor?

共同的因素是什麼？

It's the colour palette!

是調色板!

That's right, i'm going with pink, blue, purple and white.

沒錯，我要用粉色、藍色、紫色和白色。

That is my colour palette for this particular photo and I highly highly recommend that when

這就是我為這張特別的照片所做的調色板，我強烈建議，當我在拍攝時，可以用這種調色板。

ever you take a photo for Instagram, you stick to a colour palette.

當你為Instagram拍攝照片時，你要堅持一個調色板。

Choose your theme and stick with it - none of this nonsense with different colours here

選擇你的主題，並堅持下去--不要在這裡用不同的顏色來胡說八道。

and there (unless your theme is rainbow, in which case that is perfectly fine.)

並有（除非你的主題是彩虹，在這種情況下，這是完全正常的。

That's all of our things, so we're going to gather it up and then i'm going to show you

這就是我們所有的東西，所以我們要把它收集起來，然後我要告訴你們

a backdrop to use.

用的背景板。

Alright guys, I am notorious for collecting blankets and the reason that I do that is

好了，夥計們，我是出了名的收集毯子，我這樣做的原因是：

because I can buy blankets in many many different pastel shades and I use them as backdrops.

因為我可以買到很多很多不同粉色調的毯子，我把它們當做背景。

None of this fancy pants photographic backdrop nonsense.

沒有這種花哨的攝影背景的廢話。

Blankets are fine!

毯子也行！

Fuzzy blankets, fluffy blankets, woven blankets, scratchy blankets, I don't care what sort

毛茸茸的毯子，毛茸茸的毯子，編織的毯子，撓癢癢的毯子，我不在乎什麼類型的。

of blanket.

或毯子。

If it is a blanket with a cute colour, buy it!

如果是顏色可愛的毯子，就買吧!

Some of these I bought from Target, some of them are from the baby section in Target,

這些東西有些是我從Target買的，有些是Target的嬰兒區買的。

really the paler the better.

真的是越白越好。

If it's pale blue, pale pink, pale yellow, I don't care.

如果是淡藍色、淡粉色、淡黃色，我都不在乎。

Just buy a bunch of them and use them as backdrops.

就買一堆，當做背景。

I have a white fluffy blanket - i'm just going to shoot on my bed because I have a window

我有一條白色的毛茸茸的毯子 - 我只是要在我的床上拍攝，因為我有一個窗口。

there and a bed here so there's a lot of nice light.

那裡有一張床，這裡有一張床，所以有很多好的光線。

Yes, that's right friends, (((peekaboo!!!)))

是的，沒錯，朋友們，((((偷看！)))

You need good lighting to take a photo.

拍照需要良好的光線。

It doesn't matter what sort of camera you use, whether you're using an iPhone X or you're

無論你使用什麼樣的相機，無論你使用的是iPhone X，還是你在使用iPhone X，都無關緊要。

using your ex boyfriends cracked iPhone 5 (yes, that's right, I live with my ex boyfriend,

使用你的前男友破解的iPhone 5（是的，這是正確的，我和我的前男友住在一起。

deal with it).

處理）。)

Or you're using an iPhone 7, or you're using an android, it doesn't matter.

或者你用的是iPhone7，或者你用的是安卓，這都無所謂。

You can use a phone and take a good photo, as long as you have good light.

只要光線好，用手機也能拍出好照片。

We're going to arrange all of our cute little things.

我們要把我們可愛的小東西都安排好。

We're going to get our three purses, and lay them like that.

我們去拿我們的三個錢包，然後像這樣擺放。

That's totally fine.

這完全可以。

I don't even need to do anything else to that.

我甚至不需要做任何其他的事情。

That looks nice.

看起來不錯

Let's get this.. and we're going to put that.. there for now.

我們把這個... 我們要把這個... 暫時放在那裡。

I'm sure that the order of this (((weeeoooweee good boy!!!)

我敢肯定，這個順序(((weeeoooweee好孩子!!!)

Yes Archie, you're a good boy, I know.

是的，阿奇，你是個好孩子，我知道。

I'm sure that the order of this is going to change, but for now we're going to talk our

我相信這個順序是會改變的，但現在我們要談談我們的。

lip balms..

脣膏...

Now, here's a pro tip for you guys.

現在，給你們一個專業的建議。

Always shoot in uneven numbers!

總是在不均勻的數量中拍攝!

I have 4 EOS lip balms here and i'm only going to use three, because 3 photographs a lot

我這裡有4個EOS潤脣膏，我只打算用三個，因為3個照片很多。

nicer than 4, did you know?

比4好，你知道嗎？

One, two and that one, because that one isn't quite the right blue.

一，二，還有那張，因為那張不是很合適的藍色。

I'm going to put one two three.

我要把一二三。

Blushes!

臉紅！

Now remember what I said, photograph in uneven numbers.

現在還記得我說過的話嗎，拍攝數量不均。

I only have two blushes there, so instead of using three blushes (which is overkill)

我那裡只有兩支腮紅，所以不用三支腮紅（太誇張了）。

i'm just going to use one.

我只是要用一個。

So let's go with that one.

所以我們就用那個吧。

That's fine.

那就好

And then we'll use our blending brush, blending... boop... what ever you call that.

然後我們會用我們的調色刷，調色... ...boop... ...隨便你怎麼說。

And then we'll use these!

然後我們就用這些！

Yes.

是的，我知道

And Pusheen!

還有Pusheen!

Yep.

是的。

And Pusheen.

還有Pusheen。

Alright, that's all of our stuff.

好了，這就是我們所有的東西。

You don't need to use exactly the same sort of things, just along the same line, you know..

你不需要用完全相同的東西，只是沿著相同的路線，你知道的。

some interesting things.

一些有趣的事情。

You might want to use a cup..

你可能想用一個杯子...

OH!

哦！

That's right, I said I was going to use a phone case.

沒錯，我說過我要用手機殼。

Here.

給你

Hmm..

嗯...

Unicorn..

獨角獸

No.

不知道

Now those are for my giveaway, I still have to post them!

現在這些都是我的贈品，我還得貼出來呢!

Sorry Bayleigh and Pookie Slime.

對不起貝利和普基史萊姆。

Pastel, pastel, that one!

粉彩，粉彩，那個！

That's cute.

那是可愛的。

Yes, that's fine.

是的，這很好。

Time to do some rearranging.

是時候做一些重新安排了。

So i'm happy with those sitting where they are, because they're catching the light really

所以，我很高興與那些坐在他們的地方， 因為他們趕上了光真的。

nicely.

很好。

I'm going to take Pusheen and put him somewhere where he doesn't get a reflection on his face.

我要帶著普賢去一個不會讓他臉上有反光的地方。

There!

好了！

Yes.

是的，我知道

And, you know what's cute?

而且，你知道什麼是可愛的？

Maybe we'll make it look like the lip balms are spilling out of the Pusheen mug.

也許我們會讓它看起來像脣膏從普賢杯裡溢出來。

Yep, that's cute.

是的，這很可愛。

I'm very sorry about Archie's commentary in the background.

我很抱歉阿奇在後臺的評論。

So Pusheen is a generous God and he's spilling out lip balms for us.

所以普賢是個慷慨的神，他為我們灑出了脣膏。

This!

這個！

Now, I try not to put pink next to pink, I like to break up the colours a little bit.

現在，我儘量不把粉色放在粉色旁邊，我喜歡把顏色打散一點。

So i'm going to put that over here, because there's no pink over here.

所以我要把它放在這裡，因為這裡沒有粉紅色。

There's blue, there's no pink.

有藍色的，沒有粉色的。

So there goes the pink.

所以就有了粉紅色。

This cute little powder can go there.

這個可愛的小粉可以去那裡。

Phone case...

手機殼...

Now, you've gotta be a bit careful when you're placing these sort of items because (((AAAAA)))

現在，你在擺放這類物品的時候要小心一點，因為(((AAAA)))

Archie!

阿奇！

Alright, that's it, come on.

好了，就是這樣，來吧。

Come and join us.

快來加入我們吧。

Come join us friend.

來加入我們的朋友。

Look!

看！

Do you want to be in the picture?

你想成為照片中的一員嗎？

Wow!

哇！

Ok.

好吧，我知道了

You know what?

你知道嗎？

I don't think this needs the phone case.

我覺得這個不需要手機殼。

We're going to take that out, because to me, it was a cute idea but I feel like that's

我們要把這句話刪掉，因為對我來說，這是個可愛的想法，但我覺得這是個好主意

too boxy, and that's boxy..

盒子太大，這就是盒子... ...

You know, like that's a rectangle and that's a rectangle, so i'm going to get rid of that.

你知道，就像那是個長方形，那是個長方形，所以我要把它去掉。

Where do I want to put that...

我想把那個放在哪裡...

You know what?

你知道嗎？

Don't need that either.

也不需要這個。

Ok, we'll just put Pusheen like this, and that's it!

好吧，我們就把普賢這樣，就這樣吧!

We're ready to take our photo.

我們已經準備好拍照了。

So i'm going to use a phone, like I said.

所以我要用手機，就像我說的那樣。

I'm going to use a very old iPhone 5 with a cracked screen, which belongs to my ex boyfriend

我打算用一部很舊的iPhone5，螢幕裂了，是我前男友的。

Sam who Daniel and I live with, but that's a story for another day.

薩姆是丹尼爾和我一起住的人，但這是另一個故事。

So we're going to use this old piece of crap and we're going to take a photo of all of

所以我們要用這個舊的垃圾，我們要拍一張照片，所有的。

this stuff!

這東西

So i'm just going to get a laptop and set it up with screen recording, so you can see

所以，我只是要得到一個筆記本電腦，並設置它與螢幕記錄，所以你可以看到。

what i'm doing.

我在做什麼。

I'm going to get my laptop.

我要去拿我的筆記本電腦。

Please watch Archie for me!

請幫我看著阿奇！

It's an Archie interlude, Archie interlude, it's an Archie interlude!

這是阿奇的插曲，阿奇的插曲，這是阿奇的插曲!

Half time with Archie!!!

阿奇的半場！！！！！！！！

Archie, you've messed up my flat lay.

阿奇，你把我的平鋪搞亂了。

No!

不！

Give it back!

還給我！

That was fine where it was.

這是很好的地方，它是。

Ok, i'm going to take the photo from directly above, trying to get everything in the shot,

好吧，我打算從正上方拍照，爭取把所有東西都拍進去。

just tapping for focus.

僅僅是敲擊的重點。

Hitting "take".

點擊 "拿"。

Now i'm using the square camera.

現在我用的是方形攝像頭。

Ok!

好吧！

That's really all I need to do.

這真的是我需要做的一切。

That's it!

就是這樣！

I'm going to import the photo in to Instagram...

我要把照片導入Instagram...

Now, I took a few..

現在，我拿了一些...

Oh crap, my phone cord is in literally all of them.

糟了，我的手機線都在裡面了。

Ok, I think that's going to be the best one.