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jainaOn Sunday, I met up with the wonderful ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
miana_dude in Balboa Park for a real, honest-to-goodness photoshoot of my Padme rainbow dress! I'd never done a photoshoot before; all my pictures of all my costumes have come from cons and other events. aviendiora was also awesome and came along as a wrangler, or as we re-dubbed her, my handmaiden Jeneé. We got some pretty funny reactions from other people in the park-- one guy said the subject line of this post, one asked if my costume was Grecian, one offered advice on where I should stand ("the light only on half your face!"), and several took pictures. :)
In anticipation of the photoshoot, I updated and fixed quite a few things (with Jen's invaluable help), based on the information we've gotten since I made the dress in 2003-- there will be another, much more detailed post about that later. The most obvious is that I finally got a wig and did the "real" hairstyle. A local shop styled the wig, and I made the hairbands.
The main purpose of the shoot was to recreate the pose used in Jason Palmer's Padme costume print, so I could submit it for the Rebel Legion's Padme Project. We tackled that one first, so I spent awhile walking around and around in circles while Rachel tried to capture the perfect moment where I was turned properly and my dress was billowing just so. Once that was done, we just started taking pictures! We went to a couple different locations in the park that looked relatively Naboo-like. Rachel got some absolutely amaaaaazing photos! Here are a few of my favorites:
Some outtakes:
A glimpse of the elusive Jeneé!
Twirling: a series
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Twirling: the aftermath
And finally, the best shot we could get to match the one in the Palmer print, and a comparison to both the print and Kristin's picture from the NYC fashion show that was the basis for the one in the print:
I'm so happy with these pictures I could just about burst, y'all. :D
miana_dude in Balboa Park for a real, honest-to-goodness photoshoot of my Padme rainbow dress! I'd never done a photoshoot before; all my pictures of all my costumes have come from cons and other events. aviendiora was also awesome and came along as a wrangler, or as we re-dubbed her, my handmaiden Jeneé. We got some pretty funny reactions from other people in the park-- one guy said the subject line of this post, one asked if my costume was Grecian, one offered advice on where I should stand ("the light only on half your face!"), and several took pictures. :)In anticipation of the photoshoot, I updated and fixed quite a few things (with Jen's invaluable help), based on the information we've gotten since I made the dress in 2003-- there will be another, much more detailed post about that later. The most obvious is that I finally got a wig and did the "real" hairstyle. A local shop styled the wig, and I made the hairbands.
The main purpose of the shoot was to recreate the pose used in Jason Palmer's Padme costume print, so I could submit it for the Rebel Legion's Padme Project. We tackled that one first, so I spent awhile walking around and around in circles while Rachel tried to capture the perfect moment where I was turned properly and my dress was billowing just so. Once that was done, we just started taking pictures! We went to a couple different locations in the park that looked relatively Naboo-like. Rachel got some absolutely amaaaaazing photos! Here are a few of my favorites:
Some outtakes:
A glimpse of the elusive Jeneé!
Twirling: a series
. . . Twirling: the aftermath
And finally, the best shot we could get to match the one in the Palmer print, and a comparison to both the print and Kristin's picture from the NYC fashion show that was the basis for the one in the print:
I'm so happy with these pictures I could just about burst, y'all. :D
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Date: 2010-06-23 12:49 pm (UTC)And the best version I've seen of this costume...evah. :D!
I want to take pics at this location too o_o omggeeee!!
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Date: 2010-06-23 01:05 pm (UTC)You look stunning!
I especially like that whole pointing pose thingy there. :)
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Date: 2010-06-23 01:06 pm (UTC)Also - when was that fashion show? Did they have a runway show of her costumes? Weird!
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Date: 2010-06-23 02:07 pm (UTC)I think you nailed the Palmer print too!
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Date: 2010-06-23 02:27 pm (UTC)What's the Padme Project?
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Date: 2010-06-23 03:44 pm (UTC)And of course, props to Rachel for some ace photography!
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Date: 2010-06-23 04:34 pm (UTC)Parts of it turned into political dumbness, but overall it was a neat idea.
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