Hot in Texas (swimsuits)

sweet caroline

My friend wanted a few pics for her husband:) I truly enjoy working with people I know.

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She has such a great smile. She's always smiling in real life.
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I have a few more to add later. And I'm not kidding. It's super hot in Texas. My van told me it was 108 on the road today. I've missed everyone here. I'll try not to be a stranger anymore! Oh, and critique is always welcome.

-Caroline

Bryce Wilson

Nice set...

Number 4 is awesome! Really love the light! Was there some off camera flash added there?

sweet caroline

Thanks. Yep, 1-4 have OCF. 5-7 are natural light.

Agnieszka

Nice set, Caroline! #4 is def my favorite!! Just love the light in that one and the blue against the green ....

#3 is beautiful also, but I don't like the fizzy hair

And I'm sure he's gonna love #2 .. the processing is a bit harsh in my eyes, but I'm sure it's gonna be one of his favorites from the set

sweet caroline

Thanks, Angie. I also have a more traditionally processed version of that image.


And the black and white

FlyNavy

Very nice!

zoomer

1 4 and 7 for me. You hit the lighting just right on 4. Very pretty lady.

Hackbone

Except for the frizzy hair I relaly like the concept of #3. #2 also catches my eye. The rest seem to be posed awkardy for my taste. The lighitng in #4 is totally awesome. Nice work.

divamum

CAROLINE!! I've missed you.

I LOVE this series and ((always the contrarian ) my absolute favorite is #2 as you originally posted it. I LOVE the "1950s bathing beauty" look (what IS that processing - care to share? I'm completely in love with it!)

The whole series is really good and I'm sure her husband will love it!

Scootersbabygirl

You've got some hot friends! . I love them all - except something seems off with the coloring on 5. Other than that, great set!

sweet caroline

There's all kinds of stuff going on in #2, Diva! I can't even remember the recipe. I bumped up the contrast, used a light beige sepia filter very lightly, added some grain, enhanced the eyes, burned the top left corner and lower right corner.... I basically just played with it until I got the look I wanted.

Thanks for the love, babygirl. #5 I tried a semi polaroid kind of processing. I generally lean toward more true-to-nature processing, but I like to change it up a bit when the image seems like it would do well with something different. Anyway, perhaps it doesn't work for you, which is okay;)

I'll post a few more from the end of our session in a bit.

sweet caroline

Okay, here they are.

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