Today's photo

Back in 2013, I took a whole series of white background, holiday photos with my models.

Although pretty basic by future standards, I was really proud of those pictures.

So much so, in fact, I completely overlooked how pitiful my Christmas tree was.

I pulled it out a couple years later to take some updated photos, and I was kind of shocked by its badness.

So I bought another, bigger tree, but that one needed work, too. Like the original, it had a much-too-big base. I removed that and replaced it with a 3D printed Christmas tree stand that Ryan made for me.

Then, I trimmed all the "needles" to make them look a little more in scale. That was messy and time consuming. Finally, I added a lot of new, trimmed branches using some "Christmas tree garland" I found at a local hobby shop.

This resulted in a much fuller, less Charlie Brown looking tree.

That's a good glow up. The story should end there, but lol, the joke's on me. As soon as finished the second tree, I found a much nicer one, with in scale needles and everything. 

The only problem? It needs a few upgrades. Here we go again!

Today's prompt for the Yuletide Cheer Photo Chaos Challenge is Charlie Brown Christmas: Your best model glow-up.

While not my best hobby glow-up, but I think the Braymere Christmas trees fit the spirit of this one perfectly!