Hijacking An Art Exhibit For Engagement Photos
August 7th, 2007 @ 3:31 pm by Mrs. Lollipop
As you can probably tell by now, we tend to do things our own way. And that way tends to be the cheapskate way. So, instead of hiring someone to pose us on the Monongahela Overlook, we decided to take advantage of one of our favorite places in Pittsburgh, the Mattress Factory Art Museum and do it ourselves.
The art museum was built out of (as you might have guessed) a defunct mattress factory. It’s a highly interactive museum for one geared towards adults; most of the exhibits are ‘experienced’ rather than viewed. One of the permanent installations is a set of two rooms with polka dot floors and mirrors on all the walls and the ceiling.
We spent a Saturday morning last December laying on the floor of one of the exhibits trying to get something we could send out with our Christmas cards. Since we weren’t planning on sending our photos to the newspaper for an announcement, we decided that we could afford to be a little unconventional. I made the dress in the photo myself, adapting a shirt pattern into a full length shirt dress.
We sent a few different versions to friends and family:
This one is my favorite, but I screwed up the exposure timing and not even Photoshop could save it from the resulting weird coloring:
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13 Responses to “Hijacking An Art Exhibit For Engagement Photos”
I love it! The museum looks pretty cool too!
If I ever go to Pittsburgh, I’ll have to check it out!
Great pictures! I love the way you two are doing things. It is fun reading your posts.
they turned out great and they’re so much fun!! i can’t believe you took them yourself with a camera and a mirror. and you made the dress!!! madness! 
i love the way these turned out!!! they are so cute and fun and i love it! even though we’re married maybe we’ll try something like this
What photoshop did you use? CS3/Bridge may be able to save it Or you may be able to use a filter and/or action on the last pic.
oooh, i like how the 3rd one turned out! much more artsy!
that’s so cool! and so what if the colour in the last one isn’t true? it looks neat
Great photos, I love the matress factory! You should do some at the andy warhol museum with the floating silver balloon pillows.
One of the most creative bees ever.
Those are so great and so different! Love it when you can see a couples personality shine through like this. We see a lot of the same stuff on weddingbee and the knot–this is so fun and creative!
I really enjoy your posts. You are an inspiration! Thanks for the great ideas.
Those are truly awesome! I want to go there!
Mrs. Lollipop, Pittsburgh
Age and Occupation: 26, Computational Linguist
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Project Manager
Engagement Date: August 2, 2006
Wedding Date: September 2, 2007
Blogging Since: July 17, 2007
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About Me: I'm a Pittsburgh transplant who grew up in the deep south. I have a weakness for exotic alphabets, DIY projects, mobster movies and international travel. My fiance and I are both non-native Japanese speakers and we have a bullfrog named Skinny.
totally cute! I like the last one…colors and all