Have an Insta-worthy New Year’s 2021

New Year’s Eve can be the perfect occasion for photographs – festive countdown parties are thrown as loved ones gather in their best attire. Yet as champagne flows throughout the evening, we are often left with out-of-focus snaps of the highly anticipated evening.

With data by PastBook – a leading photo book creation company – revealing Brits are expected to capture an additional 2.75 billion festive snaps in 2021, PastBook have complied their top New Year’s Eve photography tips to ensure you perfectly capture the memorable occasion.

Timing is everything

Want to take a gram-worthy snap? Timing is everything on New Year’s Eve. So, try to take your group or couple shots earlier in the party rather than later on, ensuring you will all still be looking your best.

Go analogue

Film photography is where it all began – but the beautiful grain that film photography creates is where it’s at on New Year’s Eve. Capture your evening on a point and shoot film camera, disposable or polaroid camera to ensure all have that candid, vintage feel.

Capturing a firework display, New Year’s kiss or drunken dance moves? Use burst mode

Taking an action shot can often be challenging. Burst mode is perfect for these fleeting moments shots, taking ten photos per second. When capturing a firework display, New Year’s kiss or drunken dance moves, simply enable ‘burst mode’ on your camera phone and you will be able to capture these monumental moments with minimal effort.

Don’t forget the selfie

Selfies help to capture memorable moments and are perfect for looking back at your New Year’s Eve party highlights.

Unusual angles and perspectives

Typically, we shoot our images at eye level, yet capturing an image from an extraordinary perspective can bring uniqueness to even the most basic images. Why not experiment with a combination of eye-level, high-angle, and low-angle shots to elevate your #NEWYEARNEWME shot.