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Styling Tips

Wondering how to set up an image to achieve a pleasing and flowing composition? Here you will find a few simple styling tips to help with that.

You might like to start with these two:
The Golden Triangle in Photography.
Bringing out the Best in a Vinyl Background

Ways to Use Herb Tags in Your Images
Styling Tips

Ways to Use Herb Tags in Your Images

There are many ways to use herb tags in your still life photography. I often use tags in flat lays but they look great when shooting “into the frame”. Shooting into the frame is sometimes…

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Photography Props
Photography Props | Styling Tips

A Few of my Most Used Photography Props

Photography props are one of my favourite things! When I look back on all the images I’ve created over the years, there seems to be a few items I always use. If I tried to…

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"Workbench" 24″ x 36″ Super Smooth 15 oz Matte Vinyl
Styling Tips

How to Style a Linen Serviette

Today I’m sharing how to style a linen serviette (with an added extra handy tip for you). For me, one of the most challenging props to style is a simple piece of fabric, as in…

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Capturing Whitewashed as a tabletop.
Editing Tips | Styling Tips

Using Whitewashed as a Tabletop

Using “Whitewashed” as a tabletop is super easy but I learned a few tricks as I was working with it and wanted to share them with you. The first image is my final image and…

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"Cora" 24″ x 36″ Super Smooth 15 oz Matte Vinyl Background
New Designs 2023 | Recipe | Styling Tips

Introducing “Cora” Vinyl Background

One of our newest vinyl background designs for February 2023, Cora is vibrant and energizing. It’s feminine, strong, and intense. Somewhere between pink and peach with strong black marbling it makes for a beautiful kitchen…

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“Espresso 2.0” NEW! Super Smooth 15 oz Matte Vinyl LARGER SIZE: 24″ x 36″ Clear, Sharp Graphics
Styling Tips

I’m Obsessed ..

My fascination with backgrounds has grown during the last few years and has become a bit of an obsession .. but, I’d rather say it’s a passion. I love to photograph/acquire, develop, name, and describe…

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Start with a Focal Point
Styling Tips

Start with a Focal Point

When composing an image, whether it’s a still life or flat lay, we usually start with a subject to use as a focal point. When you think about it, what inspires you to take a…

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Golden Triangle
Food Photography | Styling Tips

The Golden Triangle in Photography

Today I want to demonstrate how to use the “golden triangle” to help line up elements in an image to obtain a pleasing and flowing composition. I love order in an image, and I love…

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