Author smalllifestories_0jjajj
10 days ago, Rat and Cosette were well on their way to a waffle. Rat had read the recipe, and Cosette was breaking an egg. And then . . . everything just stopped, when the picture in my mind utterly… Continue Reading →
Sharing my steps to get a good shot of Rat and Cosette getting that first cup of coffee in the morning. I start off with Rat alone, hanging onto a coffee pot. I’m dealing with that fluorescent kitchen light again,… Continue Reading →
Sharing a series of shots I took to illustrate the Underfoot episode I’m working on. The idea was that I’d follow two of the characters through their day, starting with a shower. I thought I’d take a picture of the… Continue Reading →
The Betwixt characters seem to spend more time out and about then any of my other dolls, so I’m forever figuring out ways to make them part of the scene. Marta and Marcelo joined the crowd in the subway in… Continue Reading →
Sometimes I get a really clear picture in my head of what I want to capture, and then realize that there’s simply no way to achieve it. That’s when I resort to brute force posing. I had that happen today… Continue Reading →
In answer to the question in the title, a ton. I’m not a great photographer, but I’m a pretty good experimenter and I can (mostly) recognize a good photograph when I see it. What I can’t do is reliably create… Continue Reading →
As a follow up to my previous post, I finished the shots I’d been taking with the disco ball, and they turned out pretty well. I didn’t manage to get my camera settings right for capturing the disco ball lighting… Continue Reading →
One of the big advantages of photographing inanimate subjects is that you play around with all kinds of dim lighting. Light a scene by LED tea candle? Done that. Set a scene by using a dim mini flashlight to cast… Continue Reading →
Has a real person ever created a crazy wall? Or does that only happen in films? In any case, if ever I saw a doll who might create a crazy wall, it’s Marcelo (Granado Udell). And, after the last episode,… Continue Reading →