Regency Photos and The Doll Wardrobe's Time Warp Photo Contest

Hi everyone!  The Doll Wardrobe is hosting a "Time Warp" photo contest, where the contestants take pictures of either a historical event or just dolls dressed historically. 

In the middle of a rainy spell last week, I snagged an opportunity during a brief period of overcast but dry weather to snap a few photos.  I didn't really have the right outfits to do an actual historical event...at least no events that I could think of. :}  So instead, I decided to take some pics of Emma and Charlie in their Regency dresses.  I had a lot of fun...aside from dropping Emma face down in the moist dirt and shooing away an overly-friendly neighbor's cat who kept coming over and investigating my photo shoot! ;) 

This is the photo I ended up entering.  I went on Picnik.com and brightened the color just a tad.  Then I added a vignette to give more definition to the edges.  I'm really pleased with how it turned out. :)

The next three were the other pictures I considered entering:

This is another picture with a vignette and color boost.  I really like this photo too, but I decided that I liked the more artistic pose from behind instead.

These next two pics are the same with different effects.  The above picture had no color change, and I added a matte finish instead of a vignette.  I liked the brightness and the black edge of the other photos better. 

This time I tried the vignette and color boost.  While I liked this picture too, ultimately I decided the pose where Charlie and Emma were closer was my favorite.  Hopefully I made the right decision. :}

I took a TON of pictures to try to get the best shot possible. :)  Here are some of my other favorites.

Oops...this one had my neighbor's chain link fence in the background!  Not very historically accurate. ;)

I had a lot of fun, as you can probably tell. :)  The funny thing is, about an hour after this photo shoot, it started pouring down rain.  The very spot where Emma and Charlie had been standing was a soaking wet puddle.  Talk about perfect timing!  I'm so glad I got these pictures when I did. :)

Here is the cute but pesky kitty who wouldn't leave me alone during my photo shoot.  Sure, he looks all innocent now, but I think that's part of his evil plot. ;)  He kept coming up and sniffing the dolls (knocking them down in the process).  I didn't get any pictures of him with the dolls because I was too busy trying to shoo him away and keep them from falling over!  The other funny story about this kitty is that he started getting really frisky partway through the shoot.  For about half of the photos I took, the entire hedge behind the dolls was shaking from "Crazy Kitty" darting through the hedge, batting at the branches. :)

There are twelve entries for the contest.  Be sure to go by The Doll Wardrobe and see all the great photos.  I really enjoyed looking through them.  We all came up with different ideas, which makes it really fun. :)  I was originally hoping for another $20 towards Hayden, but I was too impatient to wait for the contest to be over, especially since I had enough for her anyway. :}  I don't mind, though.  It was still lots of fun being involved.  

Hope everyone is having a great weekend! :)