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How to do a Pin Up Style Photo-shoot at Homeby CreativeCate on August 22, 2011

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How to do a Pin Up Style Photo-shoot at Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Intro:   How to do a Pin Up Style Photo-shoot at Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Step 1:   Vintage Calendar Girl Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Step 2:   February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Step 3:   March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Step 4:   April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Step 5:   May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Step 6:   June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Step 7:   July . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Step 8:   August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Step 9:   September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Step 10:   OOops! Missed October! On to November! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Step 11:   December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Step 12:   Now GO DO IT YOURSELF! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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Intro:  How to do a Pin Up Style Photo-shoot at HomeHey everyone! I’ve been getting a lot of questions and requests for more info on how to take and edit your own pin-up and vintage style photos so I decided to get ittogether and do another pin-up photoshoot with some friends and let you all get to see how its done! I made a video of the shoot so you can really see how I do all this inmy own house. We had SO much fun and I am THRILLED with the results! Check out the video (its a bit long I know, but I wanted you to be able to really see how it allworks so you can feel confident enough to try it yourself), and some of my previous pin up posts and invite some friends over and get crackin! Seriously guys, this is NOThard and you CAN do it yourself. And your guys are going to LOVE it!

Thank you so much Sabrina (who by the way is the dark-haired brunette and the mother of THREE!), Vanessa, and Melissa for being my models! You guys didFABULOUSLY!

This photo shoot was a very PG shoot (due to the fact that I knew I’d be posting it online for all to see) but feel free to spice it up as much as you’d like for your specialValentine!

FYI: All the outfits and props were things from my own closet. A lot of the things in the pics are from thrift stores (its safe to say that at least 70% of my entire wardrobeconsists of thrift store finds) and I highly recommend hitting up your local thrift stores before your shoot for some awesome vintage (or vintage-inspired) threads.

Step 1: Vintage Calendar Girl StyleI really wanted to do a calendar tutorial just to show the range of outfits, props, and poses you can use so I will also now give you a list of my calendar themes month bymonth.

January: Think snow, ice, sledding, etc. You could also do a little cocktail dress and hat with a noise maker and confetti for a New Years theme. Sabrina dressed infishnets, a black pleated skirt, a fur collar, a red hat, and teal cardigan, with a gold belt and red shoes. *TIP* Keep the clothes fun and colorful to make the pictures pop.We had her pretend to be chilly.

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Step 2: FebruaryFebruary: This ones easy! Think Valentine’s Day of course! You can do a cupid thing with wings and a bow and arrow, or just get real sexy in a little number, or go withour theme like Sabrina and cut out hearts from construction paper. We put Sabrina in my vintage red and white polka dot dress, black thigh highs (got them at Target),and peep toes, and took pics while she cut out hearts. I’m in LOVE!

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Step 3: MarchMarch: You could do something more inkeeping with the holidays like a St. Patrick’s Day theme, but we wanted to get more “housewifey” stuff in there (because likemyself Sabrina is a housewife) so we had her hanging laundry on a clothesline. She wore her mom’s old vintage skirt and my yellow thrift store cardigan with pearls ofcourse. We also turned on a fan and pointed it at the clothes so they looked like they were blowing in the wind a bit.

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Step 4: AprilApril: Think rain! ”April showers bring May flowers” right! You could also do an April Fools theme and have a little prankster thing going. We went the rain route becauseI happen to have an adorable polka dot umbrella and kahki trench coat. Melissa is an actress and it shows! She had the CUTEST facial expressions!

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Step 5: MayMay: Think SPRING! We took Sabrina, stuck a vintage floral dress on her, put an oversized flower in her hair, and gave her a basket full of tulips. And look whatloveliness happened… Also, I think flying a kite would look ADORABLE or chasing butterflies…there are so many ways you could work it.

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Step 6: JuneJune: Summer summer summer. There are TONS of things you could do with this! I knew I was using a bathing suit shot for August so I wanted to do something that hadto do with travel. I happened to have an old red suitcase that I had to buy at Goodwill in Idaho to haul home a bunch of baby clothes last time I went to visit my family. Itworked great for these next shots.

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Step 7: JulyJuly: We went for a 4th of July “all american” theme. There are tons of things you could do with this theme, especially if you happen to have an American flag or anactual sparkler or something. I, sadly, did not, but we did good despite lacking those things.

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Step 8: AugustAugust: This is where Vanessa donned my vintage inspired floral bathing suit and struck some real pin up poses for us. She looks AMAZING I must say.

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Step 9: SeptemberSeptember: Its beginning to feel like fall! And the kids are headed back to school! YAY! We went with a school teacher theme here and put Sabrina in a pencil skirt,belted cardigan, fishnets, and cat eye glasses (from the Dollar Store). I love love love how cute these turned out!

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Step 10: OOops! Missed October! On to November!October: We actually FORGOT October. I know. LAME. But heres some ideas for you: Think pumpkin carving, halloween costumes, apple picking, or playing in leaves.Those will all be adorable.

November: Think COOKING and Thanksgiving. We went for another housewife look with my apron and kitchen and cleaning stuff. (I’ll have to post more pics of thesesoon) but for now… (I love Vanessa’s face in this…this is exactly how I feel about dusting.)

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Step 11: DecemberDecember: CHRISTMAS of course. Think presents, decorating a tree, baking cookies, making gingerbread houses, mistletoe, or just put on a hot red dress and a santahat and call it good! Sabrina looks DIVINE in this one don’t you think!

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Step 12: Now GO DO IT YOURSELF!And there you go! I have given you plenty of ideas and inspiration to go do your own! No excuses now! Go be cute and have fun.

P.S. I did all the editing of these photos on Picnik. Visit See Cate Create for more great tutorials including Pin Up photo editing tutorials and posing/prop ideas.

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 Kiteman says:  Aug 23, 2011. 10:30 AM  REPLYNext you need to show us how you turned modern digital images into vintage-looking snaps.