2 Turtle Doves, probably the one look I least time preparing for, actually turned out to be one of my more popular cards of the collection!
Very simplistic with a black back drop, the colors made a nice change from a more traditional palette, and is one of my favor color choices-black, white and hot pink. The outfit was brought together simply by going through my selection of old pieces, though I fixed up the bonnet. Erika in this look reminded me of a Victorian girl shopping for christmas after dark.
3 French Hens, on the other hand, was another shoot from last year that I wasn’t satisfied with for the final selection. The image was warmness in the winter, using soft hues of red, orange and gold for a farm yard setting with a girl collection eggs from the hens. I hated the fact that in the original picture, you can clearly see the doll stand between Jaime’s legs!
So the second try of the shoot, I buffed up the set with a fake tree I had to get, since it was the perfect size (I know I’ll be using it for future shoots). The background was a forest scene printed onto a sheet of wrapping paper. The hen coops were actually small boxes I saved when working in a boutique 2 years ago, the packaging used for christmas ornaments. The straw and eggs were crumpled up pieces of paper and oval shaped white zhine stones. The outfit itself was tweaked up when I added more layers of crimson fabric to the skirt.
Despite my efforts in creating the set, though, I was heart broken that when uploading the image to be printed, it kept trimming it down so you missed a lot of the details. It just didn’t do the look justice in the final photo! I’ve got to remember to not be so afraid of catching details that weren’t part of the set into the photo, and stick to cropping it on the laptop.
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