Eek! I can’t believe it’s already December! Where did the time go this year?? Annnnnnd… I can’t believe we are at the halfway mark in this challenge! I feel a little sad that this will all come to an end in another six months… you know how time just flies right by after you get over the hump! Well, for me it does anyway.
For this month’s theme, I created a sort of artist’s studio, which had evolved from the original idea of staging a giftwrapping station. Sometimes, you just have to be flexible with change based on the objects you have around the house!
I aimed to create an environment that wasn’t too static and structured. I often see beauty in collections of things displayed in an organized manner. As long as surfaces are cleared and objects are containerized, that’s “order” to me.
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This was my first pass at shooting entirely in raw. Because I couldn’t do any additional editing aside from cropping, the whites of this last image looks a bit weird. Like, those scissors look so… what’s the word? Exposed? Crazy fluorescent bright? Although, even if I could edit, I’m not sure how I could fix the problem. Any tips from the more experienced photographers and Photoshoppers out there?
For details about this challenge, read this post here.
It’s not too late to participate! If you have a styled shoot of an orderly scene 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: Chaos.
Make sure to check out the other participants of this challenge:
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
M! These photographs ate beautiful! I I’ve each and every one of them! I now realized I did a lot less styling in this shot, and focused more on capturing the reality of the situation…which is sort of not really the point of this challenge but anyway! Back to your photographs, these are beautifully captures and so we’ll composed. I love the colours and the subject matter…just beautiful. We’ll done x
Thanks, Roxy! These photos turned out better than they looked when I was staging this scene. Haha. I’m very pleased with the positive response I’m getting from them. Appreciate your feedback! ~M.
I like the calming colours of the coloured pencils.
Thank you! I like that too.
Love it, M! Leave it to you to style a theme like Order/Organization in such a pretty manner.
Love the first shot and the one with the colored pencils. Btw, I don’t get the last shot. Is it upside down? Looking from above? Or a mirror reflection? Just asking.
Can’t believe we are halfway through the challenge right? My sentiments, exactly!!
Yeah, sorry about that… I introduced a new object in the last photo that wasn’t there in the previous photos, which are the kraft paper bags. Actually, I had used it in other test shots, but decided I didn’t like it as much in the final edits. What you’re looking at is a photo of the paper bags hanging on the wall looking down at the table scene. I debated whether to use this last photo or not because of the weird highlight on the scissors and the weird white colors from shooting raw, but I just thought the angle was so interesting that I put it in anyway. Hope that clears up the confusion! Thanks for the feedback! ~M.
Wow! That is such an interesting perspective.
So glad you like it!
Hi M. very very well done! I love the overall colors in your pictures. The first one is my fav and the spools of thread are captured very well. I was confused as well about the last click… but you clarify, you took the shot from above, and the bags are looking down at the scene… explains a lot about the picture. Its actually a very good shot. Great job M!
Thank you, Namrata! It’s so interesting that you call photos “clicks”. I’ve never heard it used like that before you.
Beautiful photos M. I love how you’ve styled it and the colours you’ve chosen. The last photo looks like it was shot with a very wide aperture so there isn’t too much you can do with the scissors, in post you could select that area and change the exposure compensation and brightness/contrast which could make it less fluorescent looking.
Thanks, Dillon! I really appreciate the tips on how to post-edit! I’m gonna have a go at it and see if I can’t get those scissors to blur out with the rest of the objects.
Great work with the staging, My favourite is the close up of the pencils, really nice contrast. Seeing your work, makes me want to get my camera out and have a go!
I always like to act when I’m inspired. I love the adrenaline rush from the creative motivation, so you should definitely have a go at it! Even if there’s no staging involved and you’re just shooting random objects around the house. You’ll be surprised how you’ll start to tweak things here and there to get the right shot without thinking about it.
Love all your pics M!
Thank you, Supriti!
Pretty pretty pretty. You are a great stylist!!! And I love your camera!!!
Thanks, Shelli!
M, very pretty and very much in order. I love the pic with the pencils the best!!
The pencil photo seems to be a fan favorite! Can’t deny that I like it, too.