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Photography Styling Challenge #5: Bedroom
Posted by Redesigned By M on November 4, 2013
https://redesignedbym.wordpress.com/2013/11/04/photography-styling-challenge-5-bedroom/
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Namrata
/ November 4, 2013Great job M!! I love the colors.. stark blue and white make a stunning picture. I like the third one best. The leafless branch does make quite a statement. And yes! we would love to see how you stage. I could definitely use those pointers for my next challenge.
The Renegade Seamstress
/ November 4, 2013These photos are beautiful!! I’d love to see how you do it. I’m soaking up all the photography pointers I can get these days.
Beth
Anjana @ At The Corner Of Happy & Harried
/ November 4, 2013Great photos, M!
Now I know why you were drawn to the nightstand pic in my post. Haha…
Would you believe me if I said, I had initially used a vase with dried branches too? It resides in our living room right now. I tried using it in the bedroom shoot, but eventually went with the maroon eucalyptus stems.
I love how you captured the patterns and colors in the duvet in the second picture. I tried some shots like that with my red throw, but those pics didn’t come out that well.
I would love to read about how you stage and photograph the themes. Especially, how you find the different angles to work with. I love how all 3 pics are different angles/perspectives of the same styling.
PS: The little headboard peeking out in the first shot is really inspiring me!
Megan Poletti
/ November 4, 2013Looks good! I’d love to hear your staging tips.
Redesigned By M
/ November 4, 2013Since my last theme was completely void of color, I thought I’d add in a bit of it in this month’s theme. 😉 Happy to share my styling tips… will do a post in the near future. ~M.
Redesigned By M
/ November 4, 2013Thank you so much, Beth! I’ll get working on that styling tips post! ~M.
Redesigned By M
/ November 4, 2013Thanks, Megan! Happy to share how I went through this process. Look for it soon! ~M.
Redesigned By M
/ November 4, 2013Great minds think alike! I almost didn’t use the branch, but added it back in when my alternative was a blank white wall. I think the branch also lent an organic quality the set up needed. At first, I was quite focused on the first shot, thinking this would be the only way to shoot it. I must have about 80 shots of that first image in various exposures and angles (slightly higher vantage point, lower, etc). Then I remembered some of the inspiration images I looked at in a few books I thumbed through to pull this shoot together, and there was one shot from the foot of the bed that I remembered distinctly, so I aimed to try that angle (which is the 3rd image), and the second image was inspired by that same angle, but this time from the side of the bed. Ultimately, I moved around the bed a bit looking through my viewfinder to see which angles were best. I literally got down on my knees to shoot all these images… almost none were shot fully standing upright. I find that seeing things from below makes a more interesting pic sometimes. Give that a try with your future themes! ~M.
iLiveUnderaRock (@dillonkin)
/ November 4, 2013Nicely styled M. Simple and clean with nice colours. The 2nd was is my favourite simply because of how the light is exposed.
Redesigned By M
/ November 4, 2013Thanks, Dillon! I was disappointed by how dark the images looked once I uploaded them to my computer. On the tiny display screen, the whites looked very bright… almost too bright, so I didn’t think I’d have to set the camera to higher exposure. I guess I’ll have to assume the images are less bright than they seem on camera. Would you suggest the same?
iLiveUnderaRock (@dillonkin)
/ November 5, 2013I do find the images look different on the tiny camera screen compared to when you upload them to your laptop/pc. I sometimes capture the same images with different exposures to make sure I capture the right light. You can then choose the best ones on your pc.
vaish
/ November 5, 2013I love this photoshoot, M. Doesn’t look last minute at all! I love the white, one of my favorite aspect from your previous shoot too. The first shot has gotta be my most favorite, very mag-worthy! 🙂
Redesigned By M
/ November 5, 2013Thank you! I love white linens… use them almost exclusively! I’m so glad to hear you think my first shot was magazine worth – I’m definitely aiming for that quality!
Redesigned By M
/ November 5, 2013I’ll definitely be doing that from now on. Haven’t been too happy with the exposure levels of my last three shoots. Thanks for your input!
Shelli@howsitgoingeh?
/ November 5, 2013BRAVO!!!! Love the colors, textures + patterns!!! Well done, well done indeed!!! Especially with the constraints you had to work with in my crazy bedroom!!! I can’t wait for the staging reveal – your readers will be shocked to see what my bedroom REALLY looked like!!! Haha!
Redesigned By M
/ November 5, 2013Thanks for the challenge, Shelli! I feel like I graduated Styling 101 putting this vignette together. Haha
citygirlsearching
/ November 5, 2013Lovely photographs M! Clean and very pleasing on the eye. I love the first and last shots, the lines in the photograph draw you in, and the result is very appealing. I love the branch in the vase too! x Great work! CityGirl x
Trish
/ November 5, 2013Looks Love,M!
Thanks for stopping by my blog 🙂
Redesigned By M
/ November 5, 2013Thank you, Trish!
Redesigned By M
/ November 5, 2013Thanks, Roxy! Do you know I actually considered not using the branch? In the end, it had to go in so that it would fill up all the blank wall space. I’m so glad I didn’t leave it out! ~M.
Trish
/ November 6, 2013You are welcome and that was supposed to be-“Looks lovely “