Potluck Fashion: Angela

Angela's back for another installment of potluck fashion that features a lot work done cleaning up the background. Once again, the image size wasn't very big, but I was still able to do some work on. So if you want to participate but are hesitating because you don't think your photos are high res enough, here's an example to show you it doesn't always matter!

Angela modeling for Potluck Fashion (raw photo)

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Potluck Fashion: Ashley

Here's another post featuring Ashley, who I'm still trying to get a hold of for more work!

Ashley modeling again for Potluck Fashion

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Potluck Fashion: Rachel

Rachel's back for another post about Potluck Fashion!

Rachel models for Potluck Fashion (raw photo from Dupris Photography - https://www.facebook.com/DuprisPhotography)

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I'd like to note that Rachel has recently been signed with a modeling agency, and she was kind enough to inform me that she had submitted some of the photos I had edited for her when she applied. It's great news for Rachel, but probably not as great of news for me since I won't be working with her as often. Oh well, congrats to her!

I still have more photos from Rachel, so expect to see more of her again.

Potluck Fashion: Maria

I'm posting a flurry of photos to play catch up for being gone for a week. Although looking at my blog stats and the lack of a single comment, it looks like there's no one to miss me yet :)

If you are reading this and enjoy my blog, please let me some comments!

Here's another (and probably the last) photo from Maria. She had a special request for me to do a color isolation on this photo like I did for the last one she sent me.

Maria modeling for Potluck Fashion (raw photo)

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Potluck Fashion: Rachel

Here's another photo from Rachel. Her submissions have been pretty good quality in general, so the touchups I've done have been pretty subtle. Hopefully you can tell that a good amount work still went into them!

raw photo (Photographer: Dupris Photography - https://www.facebook.com/DuprisPhotography)

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Potluck Fashion: Ashley

As I mentioned in my last post about Ashley, I am planning to do more work with her. While waiting for another batch of photos from her, I thought I would share another of hers I worked on for this blog.

Ashley modeling some formalwear (raw photo)

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Potluck Fashion: Rachel

Here's another photo from Rachel.

raw photo (Photographer: Dupris Photography - https://www.facebook.com/DuprisPhotography)

Retouched version (J Sanders Photography)

The raw photo was pretty dark, so I balanced the contrast and did a pretty routine stray hair removal. I actually kind of liked the dark brick background but opted to get rid of most of it.

Potluck Fashion: Angela

Angela is an aspiring model from California. She enjoys performing arts as a whole and is looking to break into modeling, dancing, or acting, as long as she can participate in the industry.

The photos she sent me for potluck fashion were lower resolution, but I was still able to clean them up.

Angela models for Potluck Fashion (raw photo)

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I prefer working with higher resolution photos, but as I said in a previous post, sometimes a lower resolution offers a good challenge. I haven't worked on anything new for Angela for a while but am hoping to in the future (there are one or two other photos I worked on for her I may post later).

Potluck Fashion: Samantha

Samantha is another Minnesota model I worked with for Potluck Fashion. She is an actress and sometimes model. The photos she submitted were already decent quality, so I took a more artistic approach editing them.

Samantha all dressed up (raw photo)

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The model was very please with the work I did, and I did a couple other similar edits per her request.

Among her other talents are guitar, piano, gymnastics, and singing. I only did limited work with Samantha and as such only have one or two more pics of her, none of which are quite as glamorous as the one above.

Project Hosiery: Calvin Klein Cool Sheer

This next model, Kristina, did a bit of a crossover between Project Hosiery and Potluck Fashion. While we connected during the first project, her submissions probably fit better into the second project as she did her own modeling with her own wardrobe. One of the products she modeled was Calvin Klein Cool Sheer.

Kristina modeling Calvin Klein Cool Sheer (raw photo)

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 The down side of working remotely was that the submitted photos were lower resolution compared to other models. Still, it presented a fun challenge to do a touch-up to lower resolution photos.

As far as the product, Kristina was very impressed with Cool Sheer. She said she loved the appearance, and while the midsection support was firm, she could barely tell she was wearing hosiery otherwise.

Durability was good, and overall likelihood to wear/purchase was high. Out of a possible score of 10, Kristina gave these a 9. And at $10 a pair, that's a great deal considering the quality.

 Unfortunately, it would appear that this product may be discontinued. I was unable to find a product page for it, and even third party vendors appear to be out of stock. That's the way the cookie crumbles sometimes!

Potluck Fashion: Ashley

Ashley is another model I've worked with from Minnesota. She may just getting started in modeling, but she's had a passion for it for a long time.

Ashley strikes a pose (raw photo)

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I have several more photos from Ashley and hopefully will be working more with her in the future, so stay tuned!

Potluck Fashion: Maria

Maria is an all-around performing artist from California. Beyond modeling, she has also taught dance lessons, is attending a performing arts academy, and loves cosmetology and anything about fashion.

Maria submitted multiple photos for Potluck Fashion, and not to stroke her ego, but I was very impressed by her fashion sense!

Maria poses for Potluck (High) Fashion (Raw photo)

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 The red in this photo really caught my eye, so I decided to a black/white/red photo too.

Black/White/Red

 I'll be the first to admit it's a little cliche, but I still like it, and so did Maria. It really highlighted her cool feather earrings and killer kicks.

Is your fashion sense like Maria's? Consider modeling for Potluck Fashion!

Potluck Fashion: Rachel

Stephanie, the model from my last post, was one of the first models I worked with. This post's model, Rachel, is one of the most recent.

Rachel is a graduate student from the Twin Cities. She is also a model/actress who participated in my Potluck Fashion project!

Photographer: Dupris Photography (https://www.facebook.com/DuprisPhotography)

 

Retouched version (J Sanders Photography)

This touchup involved centering the model in the photo as well as increasing the brightness and balancing the color saturation. I also did some skin-smoothing and covered up an earring hole.

Rachel has been actively participating in the Potluck Fashion project, so expect to see more of her (and even her husband, Garret).

Interested in participating in Potluck Fashion? Let me know!