Girl with a Pearl Earring

I've mentioned before that we like to play with cameras. We also like old posters and paintings and such. Whenever possible, we like to combine the two. {grin} Last night was cold and sleeting, we had nothing exciting to do, and we'd been wanting to re-create Johannes Vermeer's famous painting, Girl with a Pearl Earring. I've played model in the ones we've done before, but Lindsey was a much better fit for the girl in the painting, and she was eager to do an oldie re-creation since she loves the others we've done. Ken used it for his photo of the day, and he did a fantastic job of lighting. Vermeer was a master of lighting, so that was quite a challenge. See Ken's very lightly edited version here.

I wanted to play with adding a bit of vintage effect and texture to make it more like the original, so here is my more-edited version:

I scavenged around the house to come with the parts to make this outfit. The turban wrap is a scarf and a tank top, held precariously together with rubber bands. We borrowed the earring from my mom, and I used my cozy wrap as the dress, with a white-collared shirt underneath. We had Lindsey wash off all her make-up and I just added a touch of red lipstick and gloss.  I have a fun re-creation in mind for my mom soon, too, for an actress from the 1930's/40's, but that's all I'm saying for now!