Prop Photography with Capture by Lucy {Blog on Cymru}

Yesterday I left the country crossing the border to attend Blog on Cymru where I spent an informative and fun hour, in the company of Lucy {Capture by Lucy}, honing my photography skills through the use of props and backgrounds.

Following some guidance regarding staging in triangles, working with odd amounts of subjects - with two being the exception to the rule, the rules of thirds and aperture settings we were free to play with the props.

Backgrounds came from a wealth of boards, trays, paper and card stock and props were plentiful; postcards, letters, numbers, flowers, spoons, straws, bottles, cups. You name it I think Lucy probably has it somewhere.
There was no sunflower, however, but I thought about me and my blog for my #flatlay challenge  - the hashtag to use on Instagram for such styled photography.
I experimented with shooting on my DSLR in landscape as well as thinking about the square image required to fill the frame for Instagram.

I returned to the treasure trove and experimented with other props.

Back home today I had a look around for my own backgrounds and props. My wooden chopping board has been well used in the past for photography and I blew the dust from my 11 years old wedding roses. A quick rummage through the Blog On Cymru goody bag and I put the Bananagrams tiles to a different use.

Now I'm going to be making lists and keeping my eye open for other backgrounds; scrapbooking paper, tissue paper, wallpaper offcuts, tiles. The list is endless and not always obvious.

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