hey guys! welcome back to my Channel.
today we're going to be talking about
this -styling boards!! I think I put it in
a couple different videos that i use
styling boards and i've gotten lots of
questions - lots of inquiries from you
guys and I'm excited that you guys are
interested in learning more about these.
I'm going to answer them today I'm going
to share with you how I make them. I do
make them myself. and a couple different
options that you have for making them. so
let's dive in! so I have two different kinds
of styling boards... one of them is a
canvas. alright the first styling board
that I made is a are actually wrapped
around a half inch canvas so this is an
art canvas you can get this at any art supply
store and that's really how I started. so
I wrapped the fabric around them and I
just stapled the edges so I pulled and
stapled the whole way around so you can
do that this way. I have another one so
here's another example of a white
styling board. I actually wrapped it in a
fabric. the reason I use fabrics even if
it's going to be a white styling board
is that I want the texture to be fabric.
I bought the fabric at a fabric store
like an arts and crafts type store so you
can wrap it around and you can do it
with staples or you can i've seen people
do like a spray adhesive so you just lay
it flat spray the board with adhesive and
then just lay your fabric and smooth it
and let it dry. and that's easier so if
you don't have an industrial stapler
(because you need like a heavy duty
stapler) you can definitely use spray adhesive
so I actually have a can of that here
and i'm going to try that in the future
for my next my next board. so I have some
fabrics here there are more of like a
mid-tone like neutral oatmeal kind of
color and I'm going to make a styling
board out of this one net so let you
know if that one works out. but in my
experience the stapling is super
effective. this is another option that
I've created so this is kind of a marble
pattern my brand texture is actually
this marble so like in my brand colors
my patterns are this. for all of my own
branding shoots I just use this so I
don't always you guys have seen on my
Instagram I actually
use this to create stock photography for
my own brand and this is just on
construction paper it was very flat I
mean it's like ...there's nothing to it so
this is just another option. it wouldn't
hold up as well if I was traveling a lot
with it but it works perfectly because
I'm in the office with this all the time
and I don't take it anywhere! now this is
actually drawer liner and i'll link it
ill show you. I Think I got it on amazon it
is like desk drawer liner and it's
sticky so it comes in a roll and i just
rolled it out like across this paper and
it is a little bit shiny so you have to
be careful if you want it to look like
real marble it's not the most realistic
but for the seven dollars that i paid it
creates a really cool alternate
background so this is one of your
options you can use cloth and you can
wrap it around or you can use attack
instead another option that you have for
creating a styling board would be to use
foam core board and that's what this is
you can get this at an office supply
store or an art supply and it just has
foam between two layers so it's a lot
more sturdy than the construction paper
like we used with the marble so you could
actually put adhesive on this and
roll out your fabric directly on top but
i just wanted to show you guys what this
looks like before you make it into a
styling board so it's just a canvas so
it's just from an art supply this is the
20 x 24 inch next i'm going to show you how
i use a style board and how i use
fabrics to shoot lay flats and how you
can really elevate your images in your
detail with a styling board what you're
trying to do is create either a vertical
or horizontal lay flat and then what you
would do is you shoot straight above
down onto your subjects. on an actual wedding
day i would position this board close to
a window I like to do is I like to have
all of the extra little styling aids nearby
but I have some options for some
maybe the stationary a little dish some
vintage stamps, ribbon, on an actual
wedding day you probably would have
fresh flowers so then after arranging
you come up and you decide okay this is
going to be a vertical and then what you
do is you shoot
straight down. If you guys want to keep
learning and growing as photographers
I'd love to have you as a part of this
community so subscribe and be sure to
head over to my website I have more
resources just like this at a
joyMichellephotography.com/education
let me know if you guys make
your own styling boards I would love to
see them and hear about your experience
if you guys have more questions or
videos you'd like to cover about
photography I'm up for suggestions leave
them in the comment section below and
I'll see you guys next week. bye guys!
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