The first time I encountered Wendy was when I heard her talking about the Ugly Chair Challenge she hosts- not knowing anything about her or the Chair Whimsy brand, I immediately decided that I liked her! And then when I had the chance to meet her in person last Spring and see how creative and colorful and kind she is, I *knew* we were going to be friends!

Wendy is the brains behind Chair Whimsy, a chair designer and stylist based in Round Rock, TX. She has this incredible gift for pairing unexpected patterns together (seriously- wait til you see these photos!), and her ability to stop you in your tracks with a bold, audacious chair design is truly unparalleled! In addition to designing, Wendy also teaches her signature course DIY Upholstery (which I am totally going to enroll in) for those who want to try their own hand at getting creative, so as we focused on the stories we wanted to tell about Wendy’s brand through her photoghraphs, the educational side was a significant component of our plan.

It was so inspiring to be with Wendy in her space this past September as we shot these brand photographs- her studio, greenhouse, camper, and home are a riot of color and joy, which made it REALLY hard to stick to the schedule we initially came up with. Every new room we stepped into brought with it a dozen new ideas!

Wendy, it was such a gift to come out for your session- I left feeling so creatively full, and I cannot WAIT for Round 2 in just a few weeks!

Vendor team:
Wardrobe + on-set styling- Katherine Bignon
Assistant- Dennah Renée (one of my Brand Photography Academy alum!)

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Brand shoot for Chair Whimsy | Round Rock, TX

January 19, 2022

  1. Karen Field says:

    Wow! I loved her color choices! They challenged me as a quilter to think outside of my usual box! Great photography, Abby!

  2. […] One of Wendy’s favorite design houses is France Valentine (the red dress she wore in our first shoot is from FV!) and they’d reached out to her about doing a special run of their Spring 2022 […]

  3. […] be incredible. One of Wendy’s favorite design houses is France Valentine (the red dress she wore in our first shoot is from FV!) and they’d reached out to her about doing a special run of their Spring 2022 […]

  4. […] book incorporates photographs from all three of Wendy’s shoot- her initial full-day session in September 2021, the half-day session to document her collaboration with Frances Valentine, and […]

  5. […] e book incorporates pictures from all three of Wendy’s shoot- her initial full-day session in September 2021, the half-day session to doc her collaboration with Frances Valentine, after […]

  6. […] let me re-shoot this scene while we were planning for our third brand shoot in September 2022 (see shoot 1 here and shoot 2 here!), but this time with a *kiss* of help from my Profoto + small […]

  7. […] book incorporates photographs from all three of Wendy’s shoot- her initial full-day session in September 2021, the half-day session to document her collaboration with Frances Valentine, and […]

  8. […] first shoot was what I call “a clean slate session,” where we dream up and create a library […]

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