Short ones
Wet, pretty, over quickly. Three words will do it.
Funny
For a month that rains on every plan and gets away with it.
Blossom and pastel
For the soft pink week that everyone photographs and nobody regrets.
Easter and the long weekend
For the four days of family, chocolate and questionable weather.
How to pick the photos
April dumps have one problem, and it is blossom. It photographs beautifully and it all looks the same, so a set turns into ten pink trees and nothing else. Ration it to two frames, three at the absolute most, and build the rest around water and people.
- Use the rain. Wet pavement, a reflection, an umbrella shot from underneath. April is the one month where a grey photo improves a dump instead of dragging it down.
- Alternate wet and dry. Rain frame, indoor frame, blossom frame, repeat. That rhythm is the whole trick.
- Put the Easter table in the middle, not first. Food and family photos land better once people are already swiping.
- Shoot upwards. Branches against a pale sky give you the pastel look without another close-up of petals on the ground.
- End on the walk home. Evening light is properly back by mid-April, and April evenings photograph better than April afternoons.
Questions people ask
What should I caption an April photo dump?
Play the rain against the flowers: "rain and then flowers", "damp but happy", "showers, then sunshine". April captions land best when they mention the weather.
What are good Easter photo dump captions?
"eggs hidden badly, found quickly", "the whole family, one table", "roast, walk, nap, dump". Keep it about the people and the food rather than about the holiday itself.
How do I photograph blossom without it looking like everyone else's?
Get underneath it and shoot up into the branches, or put a person in the frame. Straight-on photos of a blossom tree are interchangeable; the ones with a low angle or a face are not.
Is there an app that picks the best photos for a dump?
ShutterAI's Photo Dump curation scores shots for open eyes, sharpness and framing, hides near-duplicates and puts the set in order. It is coming to iPhone this fall, free to start.