5 Advanced Composition Techniques To Boost Your Photos

5 Advanced Composition Techniques To Boost Your Photos

Composition is just as important as knowing how to use your camera. Without setting up the photo properly, you will only result in a weak photo. Shooting still life photos is different from taking travel and landscape photos, although the techniques can transfer well. Still life photography just requires a bit more arrangement and styling. If you find yourself wanting to give your photos a bit of a boost, try out these 5 composition techniques below.

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The Art Of Styling Throw Pillows

The Art Of Styling Throw Pillows

Styling throw pillows is not something they teach you in school. As an interior design student, we were taught to focus on the big pictures like the architectural treatments and use of the space. These "decorative" details were learned in the real world, and even then there was no formal training. However, there is an art to styling throw pillows. One just picks up on this art intuitively. For any budding interior stylists out there, I wanted to write this post to help take away some of the mystery.

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5 Prop Styling Hacks That Will Blow Your Mind

5 Prop Styling Hacks That Will Blow Your Mind

I'm a huge lover of hacks. I love anything that will make me see things with a new perspective and/or help me save time and money. I mean, who doesn't love finding ways to save time or money, right? Today, I'm sharing with you a few of my favorite prop styling hacks. Will they blow your mind? Well, you'll have to be the judge of that. I'm hoping that at least one will make you insane with inspiration!

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How To Be A Resourceful Prop Stylist

How To Be A Resourceful Prop Stylist

The biggest tip I can offer for anyone who wants to be a resourceful prop stylist is to plan ahead. To be resourceful, you have to have the right tools and props at the right time without costing a fortune. Today, I've got a handful of tips on how you can plan ahead so you can be a resourceful prop stylist. That way, next time someone wants to do a Christmas photo shoot in July, you'll be more than ready. AND... you'll be on budget!

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Food Styling A Dim Sum Photo Shoot (Behind The Scenes)

Food Styling A Dim Sum Photo Shoot (Behind The Scenes)

Today, I want to take you behind the scenes of a photo shoot I did for a client who owns a frozen dim sum shop. They are a small mom and pop company who has been catering to the Vancouver hotels and restaurants for many decades. Recently, they wanted to start a website and try to expand to a new market. With the new website in the works, they needed to showcase photos of their products.

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Behind The Scenes | Interior Styling Of A Blue Bedroom

Behind The Scenes | Interior Styling Of A Blue Bedroom

Part of my passion for photo styling comes from the smoke and mirrors aspect of making things appear to look perfect for camera. You get a beautiful product in the photograph, but the viewer never sees all the magic that happened behind the scenes. Today, I'm going to walk you through how I used some interior styling tricks to turn a ho-hum space into a picture-perfect bedroom scene.

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