it’s a little late, but it’s for all the mothers out there.
This photograph is from a series I took a few years ago, with my trusty Canon AE-1. And looking at this image I realise, I am missing film, just a little bit.
3:18pm: It’s afternoon tea time for me. And I’ve decided, while sipping my tea, that this image goes with this song. They both make me feel happy.
3:19pm: Tea time’s over 🙁
wow, i’m wrapped with the response from the before and after, thanks guys! And a BIG thank you to Grace for posting it. I love how the story looks on her blog (well, I love everything on her blog!), it really shines – but poor French Boy, he is a little embarrassed… I did warn him to close his eyes!
There were quite a few questions in the comments on design*sponge so I am going to try to answer them all here. I have linked to each commenter so you can easily find the answer to your question within this post. I love questions about my work, so don’t hesitate to ask more in the comments if you have them.
…an exclusive eight page story that I produced and photographed here in Paris, full of decorating tips for creating the Paris look we all crave and love, is out now in Australia, in this month’s issue of Home Beautiful. Click here to purchase online.
As you know I am on another project here in Paris and I don’t have much time to post but just wanted to let you know about this now so you can get your copy of the magazine and read it over the weekend. As soon as I get a free moment I will post the whole story for you, complete with extras! x
Next up: we are heading into the kitchen! could you tell from the above photos? you know i like to lead into things (perhaps i’m not such a scatterbrain after all!)
PS oh i just saw the wandering heart in the first image!
I am a scatterbrain. Not all the time. Just most of the time. I shift from one thing to another so quickly I forget to finish what I start, then I remember and come back to it, then move again. Sometimes I glance at the list in my diary for the day. And that scatters my thoughts even further out into the atmosphere as I realise what I still need to do in between what I am actually doing. Somehow at the end of the day I manage to tick things off the list.
Needless to say taking the following photographs were not on my to do list for the day, but I found myself creating them this afternoon, in between returning props, booking a hair appointment, buying gifts, looking for more props, sending images, et cetera et cetera. Shall we call it photo study of a scatterbrain, or as i quite like cold tea collecting thoughts, complete with captions. So here it is, a collection of props and pia paraphernalia…
I used these feathers in a shoot yesterday along with mir handmade, very happy with the results and can’t wait to show you, but for now, just these.
I have a collection of skeleton leaves that I always carry with me for shoots, just in case I can slip one into shot.
Creases. Once were out, now are in. That along with styling the napkin – a stylist’s worst nightmare, but the challenge is so rewarding, especially with linen like this.
This little guy was actually a new spool that I needed to make look old for a shoot a few months back so I stained him and his friends with tea and oil. I do love him so.
A very old and quaint Dutch apron that I bought on the weekend in one of my favourite vintage shops in Amsterdam.
A white orchid by my desk catches the flickering light from the window and makes me daydream, my thoughts scattering like butterflies.
I’m not sure what the cure is for being a scatterbrain. Do I want to be cured? that remains the question…
