Outfit: Going in a New Direction

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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6 responses to “Outfit: Going in a New Direction”

  1. emily Avatar
    emily

    great photo shoot and fabulous dress!

  2. ami Avatar

    im loving your dress! its so pretty

  3. Annie Avatar

    This is awesome! These really don’t look like self-shots, but rather an actual photo shoot with a photographer. The first and the last ones are my favourites! My own self-shots are so posed and lame; now that I’ve moved house though, I have a whole new backdrop to play with!

  4. Shop Sweet Things with Jeanne Avatar

    I love the third photo.. I know it’s posed but also looks candid.. that’s the hard part of self shoot. I think you did a great job!

  5. Eclectic A Avatar

    Love the dress. You can’t go wrong with Tracy Reese.

  6. Elisabeth Avatar

    Looove the dress on you. I tried it on at Anthro and it looked terrible on me. Hoooray for awesome IT folks!

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