Here is my first attempt at posting before and after pictures for a house I am staging in Taos, New Mexico. Forgive me as I learn. I am having issues with the photo placement. It would be good if one of you more experienced bloggers could give us some tips on making our photos standard. Or is there a place on the site to read and learn about it? Ok, here goes. This is my second try.
I must admit this was a beautiful house even vacant but now it feels much warmer and inviting!
I think it looks very nice! The details may be small but it adds warmth to the home. Great job one your first one ;)
Cheers,
Cindy
Susan, its just beautiful. You have a great eye for design, a good placement hand, and the sense of professionalism to want it all JUST RIGHT. Your photos tell the story better than many, ALREADY, but if you're open to improvement here's what helped me.
In photography, we walk into an environment, find it's heart and photograph it. You've done that effectively in both your befores and your afters. The disconnect comes because the heart changes once the staging is done. SO.....what I've forced myself to do is to walk into a room, put my back to a wall, and shoot straight across. I repeat that for as many walls as there are in the space. Then I imagine my staging, and photograph those imaginary scenarios. I finish by taking shots of key architectural elements (like those FAB beams....or windows, etc.). Depending on the room, I sometimes take additional shots of corners, doorways (into other interesting spaces), or even some artsy ones....like from out on the deck looking in....etc. This is many more shots than you'd ever actually use, but because staging is such an artful process and because digital images are virtually free, can't lose. The more befores you have, the more easily you can match one up with your best afters.
Rambling, I know. It's what I do best. Cheers, from DC!
Jaynee
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