Category Aimeraidoll Jinjur – “Mathilde”
Sharing a few shots from last night, when the cast of Underfoot was all cozied up in their beds watching Incredible Journey. I tried out a few angles and light sources: And ended up using this shot, with a mixture… Continue Reading →
My experiment with the tablet-as-a-viewfinder and the flexible tripod has been wildly successful, IMO. My sense is that most of the success is due to using a larger viewfinder. A digression: Because I spend so much time setting up my… Continue Reading →
And it’s the “old” part of this that really drove me to the new tricks. In the last Underfoot episode, the pack found a safe place under a bed. So, that’s where I need to photograph them – under the… Continue Reading →
I’ve spent more hours than I’d care to guess trying to prop up my figures for motion shots. For my fashion dolls – all four of the My Doll Adventure figures – I rely on some kind of stand. For… Continue Reading →
I entered doll adventure land through a side door – somewhere between play and play therapy – so many of the building blocks of photography, miniatures, and writing are unfamiliar to me. Because I could see their effects in every… Continue Reading →
or how many 1/6 scale bulldogs does it take to fill a diorama? I’m generally pretty thrifty in my doll and diorama purchases. With the exception of the main character dolls, I get almost everything else on the way cheap… Continue Reading →
Without moving to a new home, I seem to have set off a cascade of smaller changes which resulted in every single object in my home being moved to another location within my home. Add to that that this morning… Continue Reading →
The third member of my Underfoot cast arrived this week. She is Ester, from Maskcat dolls. In size, at 21cm she stands slightly taller than Buu (19cm). In shape, she’s most similar to the slender Rosie (who’s about 2cm taller)…. Continue Reading →
Today I’m going to do a brief comparison between Daisy – my Wildflower doll on a made-to-move Barbie body – and Jinjur – a 1/6 scale ball joint doll from Aimerai dolls. These two (and Lily, who’s on the same… Continue Reading →