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Sticker Collage aesthetic photography reference
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Sticker Collage

Build it on a table, shoot it from directly above, and leave the crooked bits crooked

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SET

The setup

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Sticker Collage

01 LightSoft, even daylight from one side, close to what a bedroom actually looks like. Keep enough angle that tape edges and lifted corners throw a small shadow, because those shadows are what say this was assembled rather than laid out.
02 WardrobeIf people appear, it is in the snapshots rather than the shoot: whatever they were actually wearing. Keep styling out of it.
03 LocationA table by a window
04 Palette
DIR

Director's note

Make the board for real and photograph the board. Overlap things, let corners lift, leave one sticker crooked and one caption misspelt. The moment everything is aligned and evenly spaced it becomes a campaign again, and the whole reason this works is that it does not look like one. Keep the logo tiny, or leave it off.

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Sticker Collage reference frame
Standby50mmf/5.6 · 1/125 · ISO 400

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KeyThe light that makes the pictureSoft, farEye level
FillHow far into shadow you can seeSoft, farEye level
BackRound at the front, where it is just another fillOffEye level
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CS

Contact sheet

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SEQ

Shot list

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A full board of overlapping snapshots, tickets and star stickers on orange card, shot flat from abovesetup50mm
A corner detail: one photograph held by a strip of tape over a foil stardetail100mm
A hand pressing a sticker onto card with the board half finishedsetup50mm
The board on a wall at an angle, with the room's light falling across itenvironment35mm
A macro on a creased ticket stub and a handwritten captiondetail100mm
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LOC

Locations

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A table by a windowA bedroom wall or a locker doorA rehearsal room or a backstage corridorA studio floor with the board laid flat
REF

Explore the aesthetic

Style guideColor palette
DOC

About this brief

How do I photograph the Sticker Collage aesthetic?

Build it on a table, shoot it from directly above, and leave the crooked bits crooked.

Make the board for real and photograph the board. Overlap things, let corners lift, leave one sticker crooked and one caption misspelt. The moment everything is aligned and evenly spaced it becomes a campaign again, and the whole reason this works is that it does not look like one. Keep the logo tiny, or leave it off.

Director's note

What shots should I get for a Sticker Collage photo shoot?

Leave with every frame on this list.

Shot list

  1. A full board of overlapping snapshots, tickets and star stickers on orange card, shot flat from above
  2. A corner detail: one photograph held by a strip of tape over a foil star
  3. A hand pressing a sticker onto card with the board half finished
  4. The board on a wall at an angle, with the room's light falling across it
  5. A macro on a creased ticket stub and a handwritten caption
What lighting works for Sticker Collage photography?

Soft, even daylight from one side, close to what a bedroom actually looks like. Keep enough angle that tape edges and lifted corners throw a small shadow, because those shadows are what say this was assembled rather than laid out.

Light

Where should I shoot Sticker Collage photography?

Scout these before anything else.

Locations

  1. A table by a window
  2. A bedroom wall or a locker door
  3. A rehearsal room or a backstage corridor
  4. A studio floor with the board laid flat
What wardrobe works for Sticker Collage photography?

If people appear, it is in the snapshots rather than the shoot: whatever they were actually wearing. Keep styling out of it.

Wardrobe

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