Everyone posts the tree, which is why the tree is the least interesting slide you own. The Christmas dumps that get saved are made of kitchens, wrapping paper at midnight, and the group photo taken half a second after the good one.
What to put in it
1. Lights, defocused. Tap somewhere else on the screen and let the string lights blur. Cheapest reliable holiday slide.
2. Kitchen mid-panic. Steam, trays, three people in a small room. Nobody takes this photo and everybody loves it.
3. Wrapping at midnight. Paper, tape, scissors, bad lighting. The honest pre-Christmas slide.
4. The table, three times. Set, mid-meal, destroyed. Strongest small sequence in any holiday dump.
5. Hands and gifts. Unwrapping close-ups instead of posed present-holding. Faces optional.
6. The pet in tinsel. Non-negotiable. Slide five at the latest.
7. Outside in the cold. The walk after lunch, breath in the air, coats over pyjamas. Resets the set between indoor frames.
8. Boxing Day nothing. Sofa, leftovers, a film on in the background. Ends the dump on a real note.
Posting around the pile-up
Post between the 26th and the 30th. Christmas Day itself buries you under everybody else's tree, while the quiet days after have the same audience and far less competition.
Shoot the preparation and the aftermath, not the peak. Wrapping paper, a wrecked table and a sleeping relative say Christmas louder than a styled tree does.
Keep decorations to two slides. Beyond that the set stops being about people, and people are what makes anyone swipe.
Slide counts, crop and the rest of the mechanics are on the main photo dump guide.
Captions
- christmas, unedited
- mostly kitchen footage
- tinsel and leftovers
- the annual photo dump
- warm rooms, loud people
- merry everything from this camera roll
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FAQ
When should I post a Christmas dump?
Between the 26th and the 30th. Posting on the day itself buries you under everyone else's tree, while the quiet days after have far less competition and the same audience.
How do I make holiday photos look less staged?
Shoot the preparation and the aftermath rather than the peak. Wrapping paper, a wrecked table and a sleeping relative say Christmas louder than a styled tree.
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Then post it
Two slides of decorations, ten of people. Post it in the quiet week after the 25th.
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