It’s the first Monday!! My favorite time of the month!
I waited until the absolute last minute to do this challenge and kind of stressed out about it because this one involved so much more staging than the others had.
My friend was so kind to lend me the use of her bedroom as my photo studio, which gets a TON more natural light than any bedroom in my house does. As she had just moved into her new space, I had to work around a ton of unpacked boxes, therefore working within limited parameters. All these words just to explain why only one corner of the bedroom was shot for this theme.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy it!
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My friend quite liked the process in which I worked and seeing all the behind-the-scenes tricks of styling. She suggested I do a post exposing my secrets. Would any of you like to see how I staged this photo shoot?
Also, big shout out to my husband’s friend, who is staying with us this month. He’s a professional photographer and he’s been so kind to give me pointers on my camera. You can check out his work here. I have a better understanding of f-stops and white balance because of him. Still a long ways to go in my education, but I’m getting more and more comfortable with this photography stuff!
Your feedback is always appreciated! Lay it on me! What could have I done differently? What did you like or didn’t like?
For details about this challenge, read this post here.
It’s not too late to participate! If you have a styled shoot of a bedroom you’d like to share, feel free to link it in the comments below. If you want to officially join the challenge with us, let us know here. Stay tuned for next month’s concept: Order (Organization).
Make sure to check out the other participants of this challenge:
And welcome to our newest participants this month:
Hooked On Homes
We’ve been practicing! Find our photos on Instagram: #photostylingchallenge
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Other styled photos from this challenge:
Photography Styling Challenge #1: Food
Photography Styling Challenge #2: Table Setting
Photography Styling Challenge #3: Wall Vignette
Photography Styling Challenge #4: Morning
Photography Styling Challenge #5: Bedroom
Photography Styling Challenge #6: Order
Photography Styling Challenge #7: Chaos
Photography Styling Challenge #8: Patterns
Photography Styling Challenge #9: Fashion
Photography Styling Challenge #10: Light
Photography Styling Challenge #11: Living Room
Photography Styling Challenge #12: Personal
Great 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.
Since 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.
These 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
Thank you so much, Beth! I’ll get working on that styling tips post! ~M.
Great 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!
Great 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.
Looks good! I’d love to hear your staging tips.
Thanks, Megan! Happy to share how I went through this process. Look for it soon! ~M.
Nicely styled M. Simple and clean with nice colours. The 2nd was is my favourite simply because of how the light is exposed.
Thanks, 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?
I 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.
I’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!
I 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!
Thank 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!
BRAVO!!!! 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!
Thanks for the challenge, Shelli! I feel like I graduated Styling 101 putting this vignette together. Haha
Lovely 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
Thanks, 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.
Looks Love,M!
Thanks for stopping by my blog
Thank you, Trish!
You are welcome and that was supposed to be-“Looks lovely “