How to Bring Nature into Your Studio Photoshoot
While outdoor photoshoots offer scenic backdrops, there's something uniquely powerful about bringing nature into the studio.
In our Perth studio, we craft intimate, nature-inspired spaces where light, texture, and greenery come together in harmony. By blending the organic beauty of plants and flowers with the precision of studio lighting and styling, we create portraits that feel like modern fairytales ranging from earthy and grounded to whimsical, bohemian, or enchantingly surreal.
Bringing nature into a studio session is more than a design choice, it’s a statement. It symbolizes growth, resilience, softness, and strength.
“Nature doesn’t ask for permission to grow AND neither should you."
Some women arrive with cuttings fresh from their garden, fragrant rosemary sprigs, trailing ivy, olive branches, or blooming camellias. Others make a stop at their favourite local florist, curating a bouquet that speaks to their spirit, mood, or message.
And then there are those who take a beautifully DIY approach:
They craft flowers from fabric, dried leaves, or hand-painted paper, turning the studio into an artful expression of creativity. We've seen handmade floral crowns, vine-wrapped hoops, even pressed flowers sewn into veils or layered onto gowns. It's inspiring, meaningful, and incredibly unique.
Floral & Foliage Elements We Love to Use
Soft floral blooms: Roses, peonies, baby’s breath, and other delicate flowers create a romantic, timeless look that feels both ethereal and feminine.
Branches and twigs: Textured and minimalist, perfect for bold, editorial style portraits.
Trailing vines and ivy: With their organic lines and flowing form, they add softness and movement, wrapping around the subject like nature’s own adornment
Potted greenery & houseplants: From snake plants to pothos vines these bring a lived-in, soulful presence to the studio, perfect for earthy, nurturing portraits that feel deeply personal.
Floral crowns and botanical backdrops: Ideal for goddess like portraits that celebrate feminine power.
Nature has long been a powerful symbol of femininity, grounded, nurturing, ever transforming. In portraiture, incorporating natural elements like flowers, leaves, or branches can speak to deeper themes of growth, renewal, and inner strength.
Just as plants evolve through seasons, women too move through cycles of change, resilience, and blooming. Earthy textures and organic forms remind us of our roots, our connection to the land, to stillness, and to the quiet strength that comes from within.
Inspired to create your own nature infused portrait session? We would love to bring your vision to life. Whether you come with ideas or want us to guide the concept, we’re here to make sure your portraits are as vibrant and alive as you are.
Keep blooming,
Jessica, Zest photographer
If you are interested in booking a Zest Photography family, couple, modern glamour, boudoir or nude portrait photography experience, call 0862453150 or email us at info@zestphotography.com.au.