Such a poser!

A few weeks ago I found this bag of party-favors from last christmas.

I was going to throw them out. Then I had the idea that they might come in handy for a dark winter day like this one, when you don't wan't to go out but you don't have any other ideas what to shoot.

I made it like a comment on people trying a little too hard and not really pulling it off. When it starts too look more like dress-up than your own personal style. You stop wearing the clothes and accessories and they start wearing you. :)

It was NOT easy! First I had to get the light right, then I needed to somehow get the glasses in the right position to match the eyes, then needed to find the button on the smartphone remote trigger (that i had balanced on one knee) without looking (if I moved my head the glasses were out of alignment) and then I had ten seconds to get the pipe in place. Phew!

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