A few days before I had to leave for the show in Winston Salem, I got my hair cut and the salon is in this cute little section of my town that's built for the well-off retirees that live in that area. Nice shops, good restaurants and this spiffy salon. I spent too much but it was close by and I had a million things to take care of before I left. 

One of the to-dos was to take some pictures of my new pieces so I could get postcards and business cards printed. It got pushed to the last minute, mostly because I couldn't think of anyone to model for me - I make jackets for the body I used to have, not exactly the body that most post-M women have, unfortunately. The day before I had to leave, I realized that the shampoo girl at the salon was a good candidate, and even better, that little area of town was a good location. So I went and begged her to stand out in the rain in my jackets and let me take some shots.

They are blurry - mostly because of the rain and the cheap camera - but for what i needed, they were fine. And, I managed to get a hint of real life mystery so they don't look too posed and stiff. It took about a half an hour to shoot, then I rushed home, chose the shots and processed them in Photoshop, laid out the cards and emailed them to Kinkos, all within an hour. I didn't take any time to color correct them at all, but at least they were close enough to the actual colors, thank god. I had to pick them up late that night and trim them out with a cheap craft trimmer, but at least I had them at the show. 

my favorite new jacket, very blurry photo, but it has some atmosphere 

These are both of the same jacket and I liked them both, didn't take the time to choose one and then just used both. This was the jacket I got so many orders for at the last show.  The poor girl was freezing in the first shot, but I like the background.

This is my exhibit jacket, with a front and back view. I didn't really like the front view and didn't use it in the end. The back view worked better, I thought, with that framing. This jacket sold at the Winston Salem show and I took a picture of the woman who bought it - she just rocked the jacket - and I'll include that in my next post.