Simone is the creator of a fashion line that melds Afro-Caribbean color with American retro shapes, and she wanted catalog images that had vintage character, but didn’t fade the bold colors. She chose antique furniture from my own house to match the style of her mannequin, and I gave the photos a treatment to match, but resisted grain and color toning for best fabric representation.

It’s Alive Designs Lamp Series

Shawn came by with a load of lamps made with repurposed materials. A dark background with some broad bounce light shows off the drama of the fixtures and the glow of the bulbs. It won’t come as any surprise when I say the camera lamp is my favorite.