Vintage Val Summer 2015

I always look forward to my Vintage Val season portrait shoots.

For Summer of 2015

I found a vintage red and white polka dot 50's bikini on Ebay

and styled the shoot around that.

I had fun collecting all the props from

thrift stores and a few from Target.

We did the shoot at my neighbor's pool about 6pm

in mid-July.

I loved using my fun props!

I wanted a red label vintage bottle of Coke 

and was delighted to find it in my grocery store.

Coke started selling in the famed bottles again in 2010.

I think Val should be in a Coca Cola ad!

When Val was on vacation in New Orleans in June,

she bought this pretty parasol just for this shoot!

I love her parasol!!!

My neighbor Ginny has a Tiki Bar by her pool!

Ginny's son Trent was cutting the grass while we were shooting,

so we asked if he could be Val's 'Cabana Boy' .

What a hunk!

I found this great hat and red heart sunglasses on Ebay.

Finally, it was time

to venture into the pool.

The one problem I had with editing is the

bathing suit photographed as hot pink.

You can see the difference between the hat 

and suit color in this photo.

I had to turn the suit and float to red in Photoshop

for every photo because I want the suit to be RED.

Watch my video tutorial to learn how to

change or adjust the color of an object.

After these 'dry' shots....

we took the PLUNGE and

 shot a series of UNDERWATER portraits!

CLICK HERE to see the underwater shots and learn how

to shoot underwater.

Bring your camera to the pool and get some fun summer shots!