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 →
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 →
I realize I could have added a little more detail in my last post about how to create a painted wall for a roombox, but I’d gotten pretty far through the post before I realized I should write about it,… Continue Reading →
My 1/6 scale dolls all have sets, although some of them are in pieces currently. Daisy has her room with the pale pink wainscotting, bookcases, and the window seat. Rosie has her blue room with the casement windows that let… Continue Reading →
At almost two years into learning to create photo stories, and reshooting the Among the Flowers storyline, I can start to see what I’ve learned over these years. It started with Camellia’s episode, which launched the series. Although I left… Continue Reading →
In our last episode with Daisy, she was starting to dimly recall memories of her early childhood – a day taking pictures at the lake and a dark shadow falling over her. We join her again a few weeks later…. Continue Reading →
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