Behind the Scenes: Anatomy of a Dinner Party

When I put together this dinner party shoot last month, I had Sarah snap some pictures of me setting everything upward besides. And so I could share some behind the scenes photos with you today.

And in the truthful spirit of Backside the Scenes, I have an embarrassing image or two in the mix to remind us all that things aren't always as they seem.

I mean, it's basically a hot mess around hither, at times. But information technology's my hot mess and I like it.

So check out this post to see the concluding shots of my recent dinner party shoot and then head back here, so we can jump into the behind the scenes stuff.

First up, garlands…

To get the knotted garlands at the correct summit for the photographs, I had to tape them to the window on one side and then the reverse wall. Usually, I would hang them from the ceiling, but the swoop I wanted but wouldn't accept worked if I hung them that loftier. Plus, it'due south super official this way, right? With painter's record and everything. Very chic. Ha.

Aaaand you can also see that I never fully painted the wall backside me (which I've since fixed, but it was like this for way longer than I care to mention). We cropped it out of all of the photos, so no one was the wiser. Well, until at present.

Hither'due south how the finished garlands turned out…

Let's talk flowers… I changed the centerpiece a couple of times during the shoot because it wasn't feeling right.

I tried one floral centerpiece. Then added a couple more than equally a 2nd option. And so removed the flowers all together to go with something much more minimal (which I ended up scrapping).

Information technology was good to have options, simply in the end, I decided on multiple floral centerpieces for the colors and the variety of heights, to fill the frame for certain photos that I knew I wanted Sarah to be able to capture.

On to the food prep…

I don't accept a honey dipper, so I used the handle of a spoon instead, to drip honey over the goat cheese and fig crostinis. It worked merely as well, so I ended up including the idea in the hacks for the original mail service.

But initially, information technology was just a behind the scenes affair, that I hadn't planned on sharing.

At the end of the day, things started looking a lot like this (above). Piles of nutrient and other random goodies. Falling garlands. All of that.

Merely naught a few slices of block couldn't cure. Correct? Cake makes everything ameliorate.

Photography by Sarah Eddy

Have your own backside the scenes moments to share? Id beloved to hear how you arroyo styled shoots. Or fifty-fifty just a funny or embarrassing moment yous have to share.

Get out a reply

coxpostard.blogspot.com

Source: https://www.papernstitchblog.com/behind-the-scenes-dinner-party-shoot/

Share this post