Prairie Dress
A few years ago I made matching prairie dresses for my granddaughters, then bought matching bonnets from a friend who made them locally. The dresses were made from pink eyelet with a white eyelet underskirt and trimmed with a white grosgrain ribbon sash. Naturally we had to do a photo shoot in the historical area where we lived and catch our prairie beauties out in the open air. This shot was one of my favorites from the day, so today I played with it in my editing program. First I added a vignette frame like the old daguerreotypes used, then turned the color to sepia. But not all the way. The Picnik program allowed me to choose how much of the original color turned brown, which I thought made a really neat effect. As a result, this photo has a slight green tint to the grass still, as well as a soft pink tint to the dress and bonnet. I love how it looks! Of course the expression on my granddaughter's face was perfect to begin with and didn't require any editing from me! *grin*
A few years ago I made matching prairie dresses for my granddaughters, then bought matching bonnets from a friend who made them locally. The dresses were made from pink eyelet with a white eyelet underskirt and trimmed with a white grosgrain ribbon sash. Naturally we had to do a photo shoot in the historical area where we lived and catch our prairie beauties out in the open air. This shot was one of my favorites from the day, so today I played with it in my editing program. First I added a vignette frame like the old daguerreotypes used, then turned the color to sepia. But not all the way. The Picnik program allowed me to choose how much of the original color turned brown, which I thought made a really neat effect. As a result, this photo has a slight green tint to the grass still, as well as a soft pink tint to the dress and bonnet. I love how it looks! Of course the expression on my granddaughter's face was perfect to begin with and didn't require any editing from me! *grin*