Quiet Luxury Photography Brief: Shot List, Lighting and Locations

Q: What shots should I get for a Quiet Luxury photo shoot?

For a Quiet Luxury shoot, capture: The room in soft side light, sofa, stone and plaster in one frame; Close-up of linen, cashmere and boucle against stone; A single antique chair or table against a plaster wall; A bathroom in honed stone with one brass fitting; A table set with linen and simple tableware.

Q: Where should I shoot Quiet Luxury photography?

Good locations for Quiet Luxury photography include: Belgian or Parisian apartment with plaster walls, Country house with stone floors, Members' club lounge, Boutique hotel suite.

SET

The setup

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Brief Int(quiet-luxury.BRF)
✎Quiet Luxury
01 LightSoft, indirect daylight and warm lamps. Nothing glossy, no hard shadows.
02 WardrobeCashmere knits, camel coats, tailored trousers, no logos.
03 LocationBelgian or Parisian apartment with plaster walls
04 Palette
SetupNoteFinderShotsLightSave

DIR

Director's note

Remove anything shiny or branded. Quiet luxury is judged by what you can touch, not what you can see from across the room.

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Viewfinder

Live

Four controls on the brief's own plate · the meter is real, so you can blow a frame

Standby50mmf/5.6 · 1/125 · ISO 400

Aperturef/5.6Shutter1/125ISO400White balance5200K

Use your own photo

Running the list sets the camera for every shot in turn. Load your own photo to light and expose a frame you actually shot.

LGT

Light the set

3 lamps

Drag a lamp and watch the frame above change. The brief's own note is the preset

KeyThe light that makes the pictureMediumEye level

FillHow far into shadow you can seeSoft, farEye level

BackRound at the front, where it is just another fillOffEye level

On the brief

Contact sheet

00 / 12

Nothing on the sheet yet. Set the camera, then take a frame.

SEQ

Shot list

00 / 05

Tap a pad to mark the frame shot · saved on this device

The room in soft side light, sofa, stone and plaster in one frameenvironment35mm

Close-up of linen, cashmere and boucle against stonedetail100mm

A single antique chair or table against a plaster wallsetup50mm

A bathroom in honed stone with one brass fittingenvironment35mm

A table set with linen and simple tablewaresetup50mm

Rolling

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LOC

Locations

Belgian or Parisian apartment with plaster wallsCountry house with stone floorsMembers' club loungeBoutique hotel suite

REF

Explore the aesthetic

Style guide Color palette

DOC

About this brief

How do I photograph the Quiet Luxury aesthetic?

Let the materials do all the talking.

Remove anything shiny or branded. Quiet luxury is judged by what you can touch, not what you can see from across the room.

Director's note

What shots should I get for a Quiet Luxury photo shoot?

Leave with every frame on this list.

Shot list

The room in soft side light, sofa, stone and plaster in one frame
Close-up of linen, cashmere and boucle against stone
A single antique chair or table against a plaster wall
A bathroom in honed stone with one brass fitting
A table set with linen and simple tableware

What lighting works for Quiet Luxury photography?

Soft, indirect daylight and warm lamps. Nothing glossy, no hard shadows.

Light

Where should I shoot Quiet Luxury photography?

Scout these before anything else.

Locations

Belgian or Parisian apartment with plaster walls
Country house with stone floors
Members' club lounge
Boutique hotel suite

What wardrobe works for Quiet Luxury photography?

Cashmere knits, camel coats, tailored trousers, no logos.

Wardrobe

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