AWARDS!!! This week we found out that 4 recent Sequined Asphault Studio client shoots have earned their respective designers the position of finalist in the Connecticut Cottages and Gardens Magazine Innovation in Design Awards! Wow, that was a mouthful. Awesome. The big winners are announced later this month at a fancy schmansy shindig. Fingers crossed.

For the next few weeks, our Which One? feature will be a regular corner seat at the bar kind of post. For those of you who are new here, these Which One? posts are pretty straight forward – your input helps me determine which photo I’m using for whatever’s going on at the moment. [...]]]>

For the next few weeks, our Which One? feature will be a regular corner seat at the bar kind of post. For those of you who are new here, these Which One? posts are pretty straight forward – your input helps me determine which photo I’m using for whatever’s going on at the moment. You pick which you like better (and maybe even tell me why).

En este momento, we here at Sequined Asphault Studio are toiling furiously over our new web/portfolio site for our architectural and interiors photography. I know that we are toiling furiously because the Crystal Head Vodka bottle is dangerously empty and Don Eduardo is nowhere to be found. That jerk. Anywhoo, decisions are starting to get overwhelming so I’d be obliged if you could make some for me.

Here we have 3 photos, ta da.  But the choice is between the first, or the second as a group. So you pick 1 or 2. Unless you just hate one of the bottom grouping and love the other, then you’ll have to make up your own rules.

Soooo. Which one?

I can clutter up a surface in 2 second flat. Yet, somehow, I never tire of greedily perusing images from design magazines. The textures, colors, and organization of the spaces soothe me, so it makes sense that I’m so passionate about creating interior images. My neurosis about clear surfaces, even hidden, private surfaces, explains why [...]]]>

I can clutter up a surface in 2 second flat. Yet, somehow, I never tire of greedily perusing images from design magazines. The textures, colors, and organization of the spaces soothe me, so it makes sense that I’m so passionate about creating interior images. My neurosis about clear surfaces, even hidden, private surfaces, explains why these are a couple of my favorite photos {that no one but you are likely ever going to see, because who publishes a pantry?} from a recent kitchen shoot of mine with the lovely and talented Yvonne Ferris of Yvonne Ferris Interiors.

I’d love to show you the rest of this sumptuous kitchen, but you’re going to have to accept these as a sneak peek… They were taken at the end of the day as I was thinking about wrapping things up. With so many moments of inspiration in that room, I just couldn’t put away my equipment.

It’s the styling and organization of that pantry that gets me. It’s so compelling, right down to the color and packaging of the products. The next day I set up my fridge in the same meticulous manner with our new groceries. And that lasted a hot minute before my husband swooped in and wrecked it. *sigh* To his credit, he mostly allows me to retain my OCD kitchen cabinet organization, and without too much grousing, even though I’m sure he thinks I’m certifiable. But we don’t have a pantry.

Which brings me back to my envy of this pantry.  There I am, setting up the first shot, fully immersed in my process and enjoying every moment in the well-designed, clean, gorgeous space I’m inhabiting, if only for that day, when a trap door slams open right there in the floor, the stool goes flying, and a workman shouts ‘hello!’ scaring the shit out of me. Go ahead. Look.  There’s the trap door.  Right there.

Boo! This is not your kitchen, little one!  Could you die?  Yah.  I almost did.

Interior shoots with Yvonne are always fun, as well as inspiring for my personal projects. Glad to see some of our images making the rounds.  Check out more of Yvonne’s work.  She’s creating an amazing portfolio and I am honored to be a part of it.

As photographers, we may review hundreds of images in a given day.  Editing shots for clients and promotional use can sometimes be daunting.  At times, you look and the choice seems completely clear.  Other times, like this one, there is a bit of back and forth.

Which image do you find more compelling on [...]]]>

As photographers, we may review hundreds of images in a given day.  Editing shots for clients and promotional use can sometimes be daunting.  At times, you look and the choice seems completely clear.  Other times, like this one, there is a bit of back and forth.

Which image do you find more compelling on first glance?