by James Balston | Nov 21, 2018 | Bedrooms, Colour, Decoration
With shooting, as with designing, kid’s rooms generally come quite low down in the list of priorities. Understandably most parents don’t spend as much on the interiors of the junior members of the family, not least because tastes are likely to change the... 
by James Balston | Mar 3, 2017 | Bedrooms, Colour, Decoration
Shooting show apartments constitutes a large chunk of my work. Always sleek and sophisticated, often colour is used cautiously, understandably so as not to alienate potential buyers, and palates of silver, grey, oyster, and champagne predominate. They are of... 
by James Balston | Apr 20, 2016 | Bedrooms, Decoration
I’ve often said to clients that you don’t need to show a whole bed to know that you’re in a bedroom. Particularly when shooting a small room, trying to get the whole bed into frame, often makes for a very uncomfortable composition. While there may... 
by James Balston | Mar 10, 2014 | Bathrooms, Bedrooms, Designers & Architects, Homes, Kitchens, Lighting
If you pick up the April issue (out now) of Homes & Gardens, you’ll see the Terraced Home feature I shot, called ‘Time to Reflect’. Elegant and restrained with a few pops of colour, the home was designed by Juliette Byrne. Meanwhile, here is a... 
by James Balston | Jun 28, 2013 | Bathrooms, Bedrooms, Designers & Architects, Homes
Congratulations to my client, Sally Dernie who is celebrating 10 years running her own design business. I think I shot her first jobs way back in 2004, so it’s great to have followed her career ever since. A few have featured on the blog, first there was a...