Tips On Styling For A Photograph Shoot (Or Only Making Things Await A Petty To A Greater Extent Than Pulled Together)

Yesterday kicked off about other circular of the One Room Challenge in which xx designers transform a room inwards simply vi weeks, too others wanting to participate are linking upwardly their rooms today.  Although I'm non participating this Fall, I tin sack sympathise amongst those who are since I've been at that topographic point myself, too I bring butterflies inwards my stomach for them!  Lots of move inwards a small amount of time, but the terminate upshot is e'er worth it.  

Thinking dorsum on my ain sense making over my Master Bedroom last Spring, I remembered that I had about tips I wanted to percentage amongst you lot then, yet neglected to practise so.  I late spilled my Top five Styling Tips, which were for rattling full general decorating, but these are a piffling to a greater extent than specific (and random).  Some of them apply to a greater extent than for those of you lot who photograph interiors often, but others are simply basic styling tips where exceptional attending has been paid to the details.

My #1 tip for photographing spaces where artwork volition live highly visible is to take the glass.  If you've never tried it, pictures amongst drinking glass inwards them are a huge hurting to photograph!  You either terminate upwardly non beingness able to run into the artwork because of a glare, or it reflects something you lot don't wishing shown.  

So all of the pictures inwards my bedroom... no drinking glass inwards the frames.  Confession- I bring yet to add together the drinking glass straightaway that I'm finished amongst the photographs!  #slacker

Another photograph tip, think almost the angle at which you're photographing.  Get upwardly high (this chandy doesn't hold off nearly every bit exceptional simply shot from standing on the terra firma amongst the photographic telly camera pointed upwardly at it), 

down low, 

or to the side.  The best photos mightiness non e'er live conduct on your subject.  Get creative amongst your angles.

If you lot pass whatsoever fourth dimension at all reading domicile blogs, you lot in all probability know this, but it's worth repeating.  Hang your curtains HIGH too WIDE.  Here's my hubby installing the drape rod, too the blinds volition hang simply below it.  See how far away he's working from the transcend of the window?  Tricking the oculus to brand your windows hold off larger volition e'er brand the room appear bigger too to a greater extent than grand.   

You tin sack say the window genuinely stops where you lot run into the low-cal coming through the shade.

Your rod should e'er live wider than the window frame every bit good thence that when the curtains are pushed dorsum you're roofing wall rather than blocking low-cal that could live streaming inwards the room.  If infinite allows, I add together every bit much every bit almost a human foot extra to the rod on each side of the window.  And yesteryear the way, that rod is a wooden pole from the cut down aisle at Home Depot.  For super long windows (I think this rod is almost 12 feet), the toll can't live shell too it tin sack live cutting to the exact size you lot want, thence finished nevertheless you lot desire.  

Speaking of blinds, I mentioned this when I shared how I added a black-out lining to the bamboo shade on the door, but inwards illustration you lot missed it I'll percentage again.  I add together a modest cup hook nether the valance of all of my bamboo blinds, thence gyre the cord on the claw thence it volition live hidden.  Keeps piffling hands away from the cords, too!

See?  No unsightly dangling cord!

Do bedskirts brand you lot wishing to trace your pilus out similar they practise me?  Finding (a ready-made) 1 that's the correct length is the get-go challenge... since our mattress is simply on a metallic bed frame, nosotros similar to purpose bed risers to add together about elevation too extra storage underneath, but gauge what?  That e'er makes the bedskirt every bit good short.  So, I cheated a piffling fleck amongst this 1 to teach inwards work.  

First, I used these twist pins to secure 1 side of the bedskirt thence it would non shift every fourth dimension nosotros alter the sheets or rotate the mattress.  I similar to identify them way dorsum from the edges thence I don't scrape my mitt across them when I'm tucking inwards the sheets on the transcend mattress.  Trust me, that hurts!

With the bedskirt inwards simply the correct spot on 1 side, it made the other side an inch or ii every bit good short.  One side too the terminate were perfect, but the dorsum side looked similar my bed had on capris.  So, I took my pair of scissors too sliced the transcend of the cloth that fits betwixt the mattresses, almost to the bottom corner (gasp!).  That allowed me to trace that side downward simply plenty for it to touching on the floor.  More twist pins secured that side when it was inwards simply the correct spot.  

So straightaway you lot know the tube of my MacGuyvered bedskirt... I promise every bit good many of you lot aren't cringing at my hack job!  I'd much rather bring a while across the transcend of my bedskirt that no 1 volition ever run into than high waters! ;)

Alright, those are a few secrets of how I got my sleeping room create for it's close-ups.  Do you lot bring a favorite photo-styling secret?

  

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