Reply #7: It was some of both.

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I worked for a photographer who had me chase down that blue dress (very vintage) for a shot of an older, "vaguely hispanic looking grandmotherly" type, of all things (it was for a cooking oil product).

After the shoot, I kept the dress and decided to use it with a model. In fact, I had the idea to do a series of images with the same dress and different models, but so far haven't done so.

The actual shoot just happened to be on a stormy day, and thankfully the model was willing to "go with it" when it began raining. When I get a chance, I'll show the forum the other shot that I thought about using for the contest - which was in some ways more appropriate for the "storms" theme, but wouldn't have done as well in voting. lol, I definitely should have used it. ;)