Last week was both exciting and dismal. We had incredible weather – real summer weather – in San Francisco, and I produced my best self-photo shoot to-date. All great things. And then my computer died. Like, DIED. It was crashing on a regular basis so I took it to the IT experts at work who discovered that my hard drive was failing. My last back up was nine months prior, so I stood to lose a lot of files. And the photo shoot I was so excited about.
Miracle of miracles, the good folks in IT were able to transfer all of my files off the dead hard drive to a new computer. I lost a few meetings on my calendar, but it could have been so much worse! And so without further ado, here is the photo shoot that I almost lost.
I’m very excited that I finally figured out how to do self-shots outside.
You wouldn’t know it from most of the photos, but it was a bit of a blustery day. While setting up the shots my dress kept getting swept up to… inappropriate heights, yet every time I got in the frame the wind died down. Except for once.
The nicer the weather, the more difficult I find to exhibit “style”. For me, summer is all about sundresses and sandals; things like jackets, layers, and even excessive jewelry ruin the vibe for me. My challenge is personalizing the look with just a few key accessories. I received a lot of compliments on this outfit, so I guess I did ok!
I’m also really excited to be going in this new direction with my photos; having a tripod just gets better and better.
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Dress – Plenty by Tracy Reese
Espadrilles – J. Crew
Blue bangle – Bloomingdale’s
White bangle – Kate Spade
Ring – Banana Republic
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