For the annual law school charity auction, I teamed up with two friends to create a gallery of photos of our professors. We visited the university's theater department to borrow several crazy hats and glasses and convinced Will to borrow two big bags of hats from the high school theater department. We set up a makeshift studio at the law school and took a set of dazzling, jovial headshots of the professors in fake mustaches, top hats, feather boas, glittered masks, and other regalia. The end result was fabulous, far better than I expected, and the twenty framed 5x7 photos brought in nearly $900 for charity (three or four times our expected profits!).
I can't share the professor photos with you--we advertised them as ultra-exclusive and it would defeat the exclusivity if people could just print them right off the Internet. Plus, because the series was so popular, we have a plan in the works to print little books for student's to purchase.
But, I can share with you some jems. Before the professors arrived, I used my lovely friends to test the lighting, costumes, and camera settings (and, even after the testing had concluded, just to have some fun).

Our first model, Mary, sporting top hat, feather boa, and mustache.

Shannon posing in a gorgeous vintage feathered hat (that I SO wanted to keep) and a bowler.

Michelle, glittered.
Jennifer, our photo shoot stylist, testing the giant sombrero. Olé! She expertly styled the professors in getups that were fabulously amusing without being (too) humiliating.
Katie, our photo shoot director, joined Mary for some adorable shots. Katie was the impetus behind the whole series. She convinced me that we had to do this, communicated with the professors and theater department, showed up with an awesome playlist of photo shoot tunes, and adeptly put out every fire that arose so that Jen and I could focus on our creative vision.
{Side note: I SO need a life director. Somebody to direct my affairs so I can focus on my creative life vision.}

And, finally, yours truly, the series photographer. I got out from behind the camera for two minutes to have my photo taken. I was wearing a black turtleneck, of course, which created this floating head effect.
Our fun advertising campaign is after the jump.
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