This will allow your camera to have a nice view behind you, but not such a wide view of the room that you have to have the entire area decorated and spotless for calls. Position your desk so that you have a blank wall behind you that’s relatively close (within 10’).

Tips For Creating Beautiful (Real!) Zoom Backgrounds Take a little time to pull it together - you’ll be happy you did. There’s a time and a place for them for sure, but after today’s post, you’ll be fully equipped to create a real background.

To me, it makes it seem like you’ve got something to hide or they just don’t look very realistic and create a weird outline on your body. On a side note, I recommend avoiding virtual Zoom backgrounds when possible.

for any length of time, you know I’m all about keeping things simple, so I’m going to share a few simple general tips and then I’ve got three easy-to-follow formulas that you can use to create a professional background for your Zoom calls! If you’ve been around Mix & Match Design Co. We’re certainly in a new era with lots of folks working from home and needing a pretty background for their video calls, aren’t we? She mentioned that she liked my background (the photo above is what you’d see if you were on a call with me) and then all of a sudden she exclaimed, “You should write a blog post about this! I’m sure I’m not the only one who needs to know how to do this!” I thought that was a great idea, so here we are!

She’s started doing more and more video calls for a new business and quickly recognized the blank walls weren’t cutting it! A couple of weeks ago, I was talking to a friend and follower about her struggle with creating a pretty background in her office for Zoom calls.

Zoom background simple office