Recently I got a surprising email. An online mail order shop specialising in traditional home and garden products emailed me. They said they had stumbled on my blog and would I be interested in working on a project with them. The plan was / is that they send me items for sale on the site and I photograph them in our home to act as lifestyle shots on the site.
I am not a professional photographer and I am also living in half-finished home so I was a bit unsure but I thought the idea sounded fun and was keen to give it a go. Plus they are happy for me to work at my own pace (presumably within reason).
And so I took delivery of the first batch of items and I am probably a quarter of the way through. I got a few more items than I had bargained for straight away including some things for the garden it’s just been too bleak to think about starting with. But I have taken a few shots here and a couple in my friend’s house when I ran out of reasonably finished rooms. I have begun with some of the smaller and I therefore hoped easier items.
Here are a selection.
I still have quite a few things to go. So once I have a batch together I will post some more.
klaus and heidi 
I love that first image….what is that black pear? Whatever it is…looks great.
I think you are supposed to use it as a book end or door stop – but I am not totally certain. But I agree it’s nice, whatever it is for…
I’m a sucker for all those eclectic home & garden mail-order companies & websites – and on the basis of your wonderful photos & styling I would be totally torn between buying those keys, that lantern and the twine. Gorgeous!
[…] Photography project part two I’ve posted about some photography I have been asked to do for an online shop that specialises in traditional home and garden products on here before. Some of the first pictures I took are here. […]
Loving the door stopper with the shoes in the background. Great shot. I also agree that the pears look really expensive and classy.
What’s the name of the website who sent you these lovely things?
Pulleymaid (that’s the name of the clothes airer which is their main product – I have one, they’re brilliant)