Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Portfolio Photos

Yesterday I had several free hours before I went to work, so instead of sewing, I set up an impromptu photo-shoot on the balcony of my apartment.

I meant to take photos of the actual set up, and then forgot. The picture of Julia I have here is the best demonstration. I removed the screen door from it's track, wrapped it in a sheet and a set of sheers, then put it back in the window. With a few more sheers on the patio floor I set up my dress form and began taking photos. I've said it before, and it still is true, my dress-form is about one size bigger than me, and when we're dealing with form fitting garments, it's pretty much impossible to get them on the form without breaking something. That dampened the activity a bit, because I was unable to take pictures of Aurora, Belle, Sailor Moon, my Renaissance Garb, or my strawberry dress.

My mom laughed when I told her my predicament. She was heartily sympathetic, but terribly amused. And I have to admit, it is sort of funny. I need to look into getting a children's dress form (I would assume someone makes such a thing). The average misses size form being to small, a typical 14/16 sized girls form would be about right.

We decided that it would probably would be best for me to take my stuff up to her place and take photos one afternoon. It's a good plan, but I'm worried about ti's implementation. The next time I'll be going home is for my brother's reception/open house.  Granted, he and his wife won't be sticking around on the day after, but I'm not sure we'll get around to photos anyway. I guess we'll play it by ear.

I was able to photograph some outfits though, and now that they have been formatted properly, I've uploaded them to the Cosplay Conspiracy Portfolio.

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