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"San Francisco-based interior designer Grant K. Gibson has mastered the art of Instagram. Follow his eponymous handle @GrantKGibson and prepare yourself for a visual feast of design. Below, he explains the technique behind his double-tap-inducing interior shots.          Loving this combination A photo posted by Grant K. Gibson (@grantkgibson) on Jan 8, 2014 at 7:58am PST     Photograph What Naturally Catches Your Eye It&amp;#039;s not like I wake up in the morning and think, &amp;#039;I need to post my breakfast&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;today, I need to post a project I am working on.&amp;#039; Try to not make it seem contrived. Not every moment is an Instagram moment.          Finding inspiration on a visit to the doctor this morning. #flushoot #ouch A photo posted by Grant K. Gibson (@grantkgibson) on Jan 24, 2014 at 11:28am PST      Actually Take The Photos It&amp;#039;s actually me taking the photos verses somebody in my office. If it&amp;#039;s your account, it should be your point of view. Whether it&amp;#039;s a shot of food or travel or inspiration for a project, it&amp;#039;s what&amp;#039;s going on in my head.         After dinner cocktails with the lovely @tobifairley-Hours of laughs! Thank you @thecavaliersf for a wonderful night. A photo posted by Grant K. Gibson (@grantkgibson) on Oct 25, 2013 at 9:08pm PDT     Avoid Styling or Staging Take pictures of what you are seeing naturally throughout the day. I catch myself if I am fussing with a shot too much. If I&amp;#039;m taking a picture of my bedside table and I put a book there, this there, and I&amp;#039;m adding things then it&amp;#039;s not the real image. You know people who go out to dinner and are like &amp;#039;Oh, wait don&amp;#039;t touch the food and are like moving the silverware a quarter of an inch this way\u2026&amp;#039; Im like, &amp;#039;Do you want to eat already!&amp;#039; If it turns into that type of scenario, it&amp;#039;s too forced for me.          Loving this clients wood ceiling and new light fixture. A photo posted by Grant K. Gibson (@grantkgibson) on Jun 28, 2013 at 12:29pm PDT     Take Lots Until You Have The Perfect Shot I take so many pictures everyday of projects for clients. My phone is filled with thousands of pictures\u2014I&amp;#039;m sure my poor iPhone will break any day. I take shot after shot after shot of a thing and it&amp;#039;s guaranteed that most of the pictures aren&amp;#039;t good looking. If it&amp;#039;s a really bad shot, keep shooting.         Yellow makes me smile. A photo posted by Grant K. Gibson (@grantkgibson) on Apr 16, 2013 at 4:56pm PDT     Edit Down I take pictures all day long. When I first started Instagram I was putting a lot up, but now I am little bit more edited.          Quite possibly my favorite corner of my living room with two prized possessions. #sergemouille #alberthadleysketch A photo posted by Grant K. Gibson (@grantkgibson) on Apr 12, 2013 at 8:24pm PDT     Frame, Don&amp;#039;t Filter I don&amp;#039;t filter things. The only thing that I do like to use is an app called Squaready that gives images a frame with a white border.         Saturday morning A photo posted by Grant K. Gibson (@grantkgibson) on Jan 11, 2014 at 10:14am PST     It&amp;#039;s Not A Popularity Contest Post for you, not for likes. Some people post particular photos because they think, &amp;#039;I want to put this picture up because I want to have a lot of likes and people comment on it.&amp;#039; I take that out of the equation and think, &amp;#039;this is a beautiful flower from the flower market&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;this is pretty breakfast&amp;#039;\u2026 not &amp;#039;how many likes am I going to get?&amp;#039; For example, if you do put a flower on Instagram it&amp;#039;s always popular, but then you could put a pillow up that you might think &amp;#039;oh my gosh that&amp;#039;s the prettiest pillow ever&amp;#039; and everyone is going to like it and it&amp;#039;s one of your lowest liked photos.          Swooning over my new (to me) vintage bedside lamp. Giacometti for Jean Michel Frank. #designerdreamcometrue A photo posted by Grant K. Gibson (@grantkgibson) on Aug 16, 2013 at 2:30pm PDT     Plus see what else is new on ELLEDECOR.com this week: The Apartment That Comes With A Bergdorf&amp;#039;s Personal Shopper Inside The Home Of Moda Operandi&amp;#039;s Indre Rockefeller From Instagram Star To Runway Designer The Fashion Retailer That&amp;#039;s Getting Major Attention For Its Store D\u00E9cor "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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