The punchline for this project was; photograph a corn seller, but make it high fashion 😁.
Black Widow(unofficial name) was a project I worked on last year. For some unknown reasons, I stalled on editing and publishing the photos. It took the persistence of my stylist for me to finally edit the photos.
While I claim that I don't know the reason for delaying the editing, I quite know what my problem was. For major projects(that I properly plan), I love the execution to be somewhat perfect. However, on the day of the shoot, there were a few mishaps. First was the outfit; it wasn't her proper size. The second issue was time. Consequently, we had to improvise with the outfit, and create under a short period of time.
The results however rushed, came out pretty nice but, it didn't satisfy me. I love the photos that I create to satisfy me. For this project, I knew we could have gotten better. "I'm beginning to sound like a perfectionist".
Few days ago, my stylist hits me up with a text, like Yo! Whatever way the results were, she'd take them. I had wanted to send her the unedited files, but I knew that wasn't a good thing to do. So I slaved through the night working out colors for the photos. I knew I had to make the photos satisfy me in some way. If it wasn't satisfaction from the general concept, it had to be the colors.
After working on Lightroom for a few minutes, voila! I hit the jackpot with the colors I created. And yes, I loved the photos afterwards. Loved them so much that I posted them on Instagram immediately. My Instagram blew up with engagements. Felt like people were waiting for stuff like that.
Moral of my story: it's crazy how beauty can come out from perceived imperfect things.
Check out the photos;
Too many frames, I'm sorry 😬. Every photo looked good after I applied colors. Plus Ada served looks and killed it, so enjoy. Let me know in the comment section which frame's your favorite.
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Great concept and excellent outcome!
Frame #6 speaks a lot, just an opinion!
It's funny how sometimes things that we create that we're not happy with, end up turning out awesome after all!
Speaking of awesome, I took a peek at your IG and I can see how much everyone loved this. Which also reminded me to take a peek to see if your profile had been verified yet, and it hasn't - when you have a moment, could you add the word "Hive" to your IG bio and let me know it's there so I can submit the verification form? That way in the future, other curators can look you up on the verification list if they wonder if these excellent photos are really your own.
Thanks Kode! 😊
Exactly. I didn't think I was ever going to like the photos. I'm glad I did.
For the verification thingy, of course my stuff is mine. Been here since Steemit. But sure, I understand the need for verification. As soon as I'm verified I can revert to my original bio yea?
@traciyork
Oh yes, most definitely you can change it back (although you might attract some Hiveans over there on IG to come check out your profile if they see it...😄) And while you might have been here since Steemit, your join date shows just over a year, so some curators might go looking. Figured it couldn't hurt to get it done now, to avoid possible questions later.
Done! You can check out my profile again
Https://Instagram.com/kodeblacc
Awesome! I'll shout out shortly after I get it submitted. 😄
Yea, I thought Hive was different, so I opened a new account.
Ahh, that makes sense. And I submitted the form, but I don't know if anyone's around at the moment to check it out. I'll shout out as soon as I know, so you can change your bio back (if you really want to... 😂).
Great photo my friend! The color tone is really nice.
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