Santa Baby!
For Christmas this year, a very dear friend of mine in America sent me a big package of fun and fabulous Christmas gifts, including four pairs of Christmas and holiday themed socks. The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 13th of January is “socks”, which at first did not particularly enamour me, until I remembered my newly gifted Christmas socks. Over the last two years, I have been exploring a new avenue in my photographic creativity, that of portraiture photography. I have used a somewhat illusive sitter for several “looking Close on Friday” and “Smile on Saturday” themes over that time. He has kindly returned, and this time he has removed his trousers (he’s such a good sport) to show us this fun side, by donning the Christmas socks I was given, which he has accessorised in a slightly cheeky and risqué way with his own French crushed red velvet couture jacket that he had made about two decades ago for a Christmas ball he attended. The socks and his jacket looked so lovely and bright that I had to make them the stars of the shown in a selective colour image.
For many people, socks are a rather utilitarian part of their wardrobe – a necessity rather than a thing of beauty, or as in this case fun, because you seldom see them, or much of them. Yet when my model put on my socks, he has shown that even if not seen often, they can still be a fun article of clothing, even if only to amuse yourself.
Although this is far from my usual subject for my photography, I hope that you like my choice of this week’s theme, and that it makes you smile!
Santa Baby!
For Christmas this year, a very dear friend of mine in America sent me a big package of fun and fabulous Christmas gifts, including four pairs of Christmas and holiday themed socks. The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 13th of January is “socks”, which at first did not particularly enamour me, until I remembered my newly gifted Christmas socks. Over the last two years, I have been exploring a new avenue in my photographic creativity, that of portraiture photography. I have used a somewhat illusive sitter for several “looking Close on Friday” and “Smile on Saturday” themes over that time. He has kindly returned, and this time he has removed his trousers (he’s such a good sport) to show us this fun side, by donning the Christmas socks I was given, which he has accessorised in a slightly cheeky and risqué way with his own French crushed red velvet couture jacket that he had made about two decades ago for a Christmas ball he attended. The socks and his jacket looked so lovely and bright that I had to make them the stars of the shown in a selective colour image.
For many people, socks are a rather utilitarian part of their wardrobe – a necessity rather than a thing of beauty, or as in this case fun, because you seldom see them, or much of them. Yet when my model put on my socks, he has shown that even if not seen often, they can still be a fun article of clothing, even if only to amuse yourself.
Although this is far from my usual subject for my photography, I hope that you like my choice of this week’s theme, and that it makes you smile!