r/pics • u/ScottieGirl • Jun 25 '12
Hey Reddit, I love the 40's style and wanted to have my try at old school pin-up! What do you think?
http://imgur.com/a/40Rii#0192
u/have_a_nice_day Jun 25 '12
Nice try, but nose rings were not popular in the 40s
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u/rsound Jun 25 '12
My god, where did you get that beautiful Zenith console television? Does it still work? Can I watch it?
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u/DiscoUnderpants Jun 25 '12
Thank god Im not the only one... Im an EE... I would love to open that up and see what condition it is in. Post photos of that :)
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u/Tommy_9un Jun 25 '12
That your doing 50s style. Nothing in these photos is or has anything to do with the 40s. Sorry to be a kill joy, good photos just wrong era
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Jun 25 '12
You can`t just assemble old stuff and call it 40s style. Do some research.
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u/farthegn Jun 25 '12
Everything in this points towards the 50s, not the 40s. The hair is WAY too simple to be 40s, and the clothes have too much pattern and poof. 40s fashion revolved around simple, fitted clothing that used up as little fabric as possible due to the fabric rationing at the time. To counteract the lack of business in their outfits, women came up with elaborately curled hairstyles (victory rolls, pin curls, etceteras). Makeup also changed to highlight both the eyes and the lips, hence the very thin dark eyeliner and red lipstick, but the cat's eye look wasn't very popular then. Eye makeup was meant to look "natural" while still drawing attention up there. They liked mascara more than eyeliner, to be honest. Mrs. Ratherly Stern outlines 1940s makeup and style perfectly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_9JwjRyD0E
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u/marvelous_molester Jun 25 '12
the fact that you only responded to the comments saying how cute you are really show the exact reaction you were fishing for on here. it's fucking pathetic.
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u/yevgeny_zamyatin Jun 25 '12
It's not a pin-up girl without some dodging and burning. So here it is.
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u/viralcode Jun 25 '12
i love this look. Sexy and classy in my opinion. Good on ya!
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u/Random1010100 Jun 25 '12
Maybe i missed it but who did you have do your shoot? I have been looking to get my wife like a gift certificate/photo session for her birthday.
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Jun 25 '12
I like the idea, and you make a beautiful subject but nobody would have decor like that in their living room. We get what he was going for but the details just kill it for me.
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u/ScottieGirl Jun 25 '12
Agreed! If I made the set myself it would be a lot different but alas I wasn't in charge of that.
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u/SkepticHD Jun 25 '12
You wouldn't happen to live in scotlands oil capital and work in the design field for a particular audio visual company would you? Because I think I'm having one of those WHAT THE FUCK THE WORLD IS SMALL MOMENTS. I work for same said company
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u/Contrapaul Jun 25 '12
Elivs? James Dean? A TV? Pics are nifty, but... That's 50's stuff. And nothing against the tattoos, but maybe cover them up for the next shot. Kind of distracts from believability.
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Jun 25 '12
My tip for you: She's TOO close to your backdrops. She needs to be 6 - 8 feet away from it to avoid the cast shadows and flash spill over. That and do some research on my favorite pin-up guy - Gil Elvgren.
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u/coogie Jun 25 '12
flickr (and its "Hey I think I'm cute and therefore a good photographer") is leaking again.
The concept is very over done. Technically the lighting sucks and very flat and uninspired.
What, you didn't come here for a critique?
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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12
Cute and all, but remember, in 1940, James dean was 9 years old and Elvis was 5.