With all the winter drabness we've had lately in all its current
muddy meltiness, I decided to share some sunny and fun photos from the
photo-shoot we did this past summer. A busy fall full of projects and
adventures delayed the editing, and other photo-shoots soon took precedence.
This photo was actually quite painful to accomplish as I had
sprained my left ankle playing Ultimate Frisbee (a truly splendid game! :) ) a
few weeks before, which delayed the photo-shoot by several weeks and left me
with a still somewhat sore and weak ankle for the shoot.
We've had this old blue bicycle for years and I've always loved
it. After seeing a few vintage photos that included bikes, I knew I had to do a
photo-shoot in a 1950's dress riding it, and what better choice than a
dress that matched perfectly and fairly shouts "summer holiday"
in every aspect. I had such a hard time narrowing down the photos, and deciding
which to do in nostalgic black and white, and which in vivid color.
I had way too much fun playing with filters to make photos look vintage! :D
I really enjoyed experimenting with subtle complementary
fabric trim for this project, and though it's several years old it still holds
its place as one of my favorite 1950's dresses and has become my traditional
Easter Sunday dress.
Photo credit goes to my obliging and talented brother.
