Decorating with Personal Photographs

A-Z Home Design: Personal Photographs

If you watch many TV design programs, then you know that personal photographs are frowned upon by real estate agents and home stagers. For people not selling their homes however, personal photographs used in design have been taken to a new level. A wall full of school pictures may be boring, but artistic photographs of family members make a house a home. Here are some ideas you can use to fill your home with personal photographs in a fun and stylish way.

Purchase a decent digital camera. You do not need a professional or top of the line camera if you do not have one. A point and click camera in the $150-$300 price range like the Kodak Easy Share or Cannon Power Shot will do just fine.

Bring your camera with you everywhere taking as many pictures as possible. You never know when you will get the opportunity to take that perfect picture. You could find a lovely background and get someone to snap a picture of you. You can find your child in a pensive moment, or in the throes of pure fun. These are great times to pull out your camera.

Evaluate your pictures and choose the ones that show personality and spontaneity. The more pictures you take, the better chance you will have of getting photos that really catch your breath. The great part of taking spontaneous photos with a digital camera is that you can view pictures without processing them, and take more if you need to.

Have your favorite photos printed. Have some blown up to a large size. Have others printed in black and white. Be creative, experiment with cropping and color. There are several online services you can use to have your picture taken. Shutterfly.com is known for printing great enlargements of your snapshots. Photowow.com will turn your photographs into work of art. Art styles available through photowow.com include pop art, collages, and fantasy hand tinted pieces. Art.com also allows you to have your photographs recreated as a pencil portrait, in sepia tone, or on canvas. Another option is to have your works of art recreated by an artist.

Credits: Decorating with Personal Photographs - Associated Content

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