Vintage Props

I read an article recently by Marius Vieth titled ” The Photography Gene – Do You Have It?

It had me thinking about the love I have for the smallest details in my vintage props.

At the time I was searching for handmade items and it was in that moment…the moment of working with someone to create what I wanted…that I realized how much the details matter to me.

I had never thought about how I looked at things and was blaming myself for not liking something until I read Marius Vieth’s article.

He talks about whether a photographer sees a car or they see the detail in the old steering wheel, the stitching, the ashes in the ashtray….the story!

I look for the story in the torn and tattered but, it doesn’t stop there!

The smallest details have me purchasing or not purchasing a vintage prop.

Like this antique crock.

It’s the timeworn beauty that adds character and charm.

If a book is aged…how is it aged…is it torn just right with just the right amount of aged paper.

Creating something with someone else made me realize a few things.

What looked the same to them didn’t look the same to me at all.

How about you…do you notice the details or the big picture?

Kindly, xo

Jane

p.s. new print collection launched…notecards & the storyteller journal