Vincent Fournier’s “Space Project” is a beautiful collection of photographs documenting space organizations around the world: Gagarine Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia, Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, observatories in the Atacama Desert in Chile, and the Guyana Space Center in French Guiana.
A collection of recent favorites from other blogs…
Top left: I never, ever would have thought I’d love a room painted black. Lauren Bradshaw was brave enough to go there (in several rooms, I might add) with Benjamin Moore Black Iron and Witching Hour. If I ever own a light-filled house, I might have to give this a shot. via design*sponge
Top right: I’m gonna have to try this delicious summer cocktail recipe from Bless Her Heart. via wit and delight
Second row, left: Chen Karlsson’s pendant lamp lets you display your favorite collections! via madame hervé.
Second row, right: I love everything about Les Morceaux’s jewelry. Everything. An early Christmas present? via unruly things.
Third row: Beautiful typography in these Halloween wedding invitations designed by Kristan Butler. via head vs. heart.
Last row, left: Moths photographed by Joseph Scheer. via bliss.
Last row, right: Another image for my “house inspiration” folder. nikole’s herriott’s house via design*sponge.
Desfios is Babi Brasileiro’s graduation project from Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais. The project included a collection of patterns for tights, a fashion editorial, and a press kit, which you can see here.
Photographs by Bia Braz and Akemi Takenaka
Yes… remember Howdy Do It? Margot’s not here, but she’s been doing a few sporadic Howdy Do It posts of her own on Pitch. I was inspired to write this post today because I’ve been struggling a lot with my own product photography. I think I do an OK job with my West and Plum photos, but when it comes to photographing invitations for Hello Tenfold, I have a hard time getting an end product I’m proud of. I’d like to hire a photographer/stylist at some point, but right now it’s just not in the budget.
I started out with wood backgrounds, mostly because… well, we had just gotten married and there were a few fresh cutting boards lying around. The wood flattered some pieces, but not all of them, and I want consistency in my photos. After looking through a lot of invitation photography that I admired, I realized that many people photograph their work on top of fabric backgrounds. I’d tried this but I always had two big problems: (1) I don’t like ironing, and (2) I don’t have any great upholstered furniture, or even the right fabric scraps to make it work.
So, last week I went to a cheap fabric store and picked up half yards of five neutral linen fabrics. I ironed them and attached them to cardboard in the same way you’d stretch a canvas. I used 13×19″ cardboard cake boards for the base because I had them lying around, but you could also do this with wood and a staple gun. In case you haven’t stretched a canvas before, here are a few steps:
• stretch fabric across the longest side first
• put a staple in one side, then pull fabric taut and put another staple on the exact opposite end
• pull fabric taut and staple the third side
• pull tight (really tight!) and staple the fourth side
• once you have the first four staples, you just start going around and adding more staples. each time you add a staple, move across to the other side, pull taut, and add another staple. In other words, you should have an even number of staples. The more the better, I say! For the purposes of this project, nice and neat corners don’t matter so much. But if you have to have them and aren’t sure how to get them, I’d recommend watching this video.
Now I’ve got five neutrals to photograph with! I think I’ve finally figured out the best spot in the house and time of day to photograph with natural light, and my plan is to get some simple flowers to make the operation look more styled. Wish me luck! Here are some photos from the first attempt:
I think they look much better…
+ photography by Lesley A. Sico (above)
+ my dream bathroom
+ internet radio based on your mood
+ For those of you following Jag Nagra’s Alice in Wonderland invitations (here and here), Jag threw her party last weekend and has photos of the actual event on her blog.
+ chalk drawing murals via Black Eiffel
+ love this building, via Color Collective
+ make your own mango sorbet!
+ LOCAL STUFF: The “Best of the Triangle” Indy party is tonight at Golden Belt. Food samples/local bands/cash bar/free entry/6pm. // Movies in the park: “Hollywood History and Household Hints”, 8:45pm, free, Durham Central Park // Mandolin Orange plays tonight // Thao & Mirah play tonight // Color Balance: Paintings by Felrath Hines and Alma Thomas opened this week at the Nasher
Happy Father’s Day & have a great weekend!
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