A Chair Affair

If you’re not on Instagram, you probably should be :-).  It’s my preferred place to share photos.  So anyway, Instagram posts a Weekend Hashtag Project.  The idea being to post photos with a particular theme, and tag them with the appropriate hashtag so others can find them.  For this weekend, it was #WHPchairaffair.  From their post, “The goal this weekend is to capture beautiful and creative photos of an everyday object: chairs. Some tips to get you started: Chairs come in all shapes and sizes. Look for a unique chair or a chair you find particularly beautiful and photograph it in a way that emphasizes its lines and shape. Think about the significance of an empty chair and the story you want your photo to tell. A single chair on its own can be inviting or lonely. You can also arrange a group of chairs to imply a different kind of story. Finally, setting can be very important for this project. A simple or solid-color background will emphasize the shape of the chair. The chair’s natural setting (a home, restaurant or office for example) can help tell its story, but don’t be afraid to take a chair to an unlikely setting to create a surprising scene.”

I’ve rarely done these, but we were hunting for some furniture for Ellen’s apartment next year at W&M, and I found a few that I liked.  I only moved a couple of these.  Most were photographed exactly as I found them.

And, I LOVE this last one for some reason….