interiors Archives – Studio Laguna Photography

Studio Laguna has started to work with LifeStyle Interiors to photograph Sarah’s lovely interior design work. You may remember Sarah from such blog posts as this one of her professional headshots…wouldn’t you want someone THIS awesome designing your spaces?!?!?!

I went to school for interior design, so I LOVE gigs like this. I get to see beautiful spaces and photograph them to show off both the details and the overall view of the room. Photographing architecture isn’t just about lining things up and shooting wide angle, it is about drawing the viewer in and letting them get the vibe of the space. We had a great time driving to two of Sarah’s recent jobs in the countryside as the snow fell in HUGE flakes (and coffee was involved, always a plus!)

The first stop was a guest bedroom and bath in beautiful shades of neutrals, grays and blues with some pops of orange as well. It felt like a plush high end hotel.

The next stop was another bathroom, this one more formal with some whimsical details as well.

I love tile so much! I react to it like most women react to jewelry =) This tile was so awesome!

So, here are some of my favorite details of the spaces! Images like this with high impact and a little bit of ambiguity can really draw a potential client in. Check out LifeStyle Interior’s facebook page to keep up to date with her work. Sarah’s blog is informative and a really fun read as well!

Today, I traveled to Spicer Castle to photograph their venue for future advertising and web images. It is a well-known landmark on Green Lake, a bed and breakfast and restaurant still owned by the original family. Since the exterior is photographed so much, I concentrated on interior images that showed the quirkiness of the spaces and the overall design of the property. I also photographed some of the restaurant’s favorite dishes and exterior details. Since it was such a scorcher of a day and the home is huge with four cottages as well as the rooms (and I got to go on the roof!) I was sweating like crazy by the end, but excited at all the fun images I was able to take!

The castle is quite a favorite vacation spot and also has fun activities like dinner cruises and mystery dinner theater and supports local artists. I loved that every nook and corner of the property has something interesting to look at.

Besides the every day operations, the castle is also a wedding venue. Couples can either have their wedding and reception in the castle for a small group, or use a tent in the garden for a larger guest count. Renting out the entire property creates a fabulous wedding weekend where family and friends can really spend time with each other. And the rustic shabby chic look of the space is really fun to play with for a wedding design aesthetic.

And those of you who know me, know I’m all about the food! And I fully enjoyed the variety of dishes on their menu as well as the slight tweaks to standard fare so nothing seemed ordinary, and everything I tasted was delish!

And on the way home (thankfully in air conditioning!) I stumbled across this =)