Pink and Silver Mantel for Valentine's Day

My Valentine mantel gets my full attention today. I have one tablescape done, a couple of vignettes done, and now I wanted to devote my time to concentrating my mantel. Pink and silver are the colors I want to emphasize on it.

Wish I had read Susan at BTOP's blog post before I took my first 45 pictures but did not. Her post was 9 Tips for Better Blog Pictures and after I read the post, I decided to retake my pictures and follow her suggestions in #3 Never Use the Build-In Flash on Your Camera, #6 Go For A Surprise View and #7 Use the Cheater Bar.

I am fortunate that I have a lot of natural light in my living room with full length windows across the room so lighting isn't a big issue for me.

My walls are very light so I new working with pink could be a problem. The large wreath on the wall has several pastel colors of flowers so I thought it would work with my pink and silver colors.

I used the small wreath behind the silver candlesticks simply to give it a little more color and keep the silver and pink from fading into the wall.

In Susan's tip #7 Use The Cheater Bar, she suggested setting your camera on manual and using the cheater bar so I switched my camera setting to manual then moved the camera around so that the cheater bar was balanced in the middle. WA la, I think my pictures do look much better and lots more detail in them.

Thanks Susan for your camera tips just in time for my Valentine's Day Mantel.

Thanks for stopping by to see my pink and silver Valentine's Day mantel - Judy.

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