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Wherein the weight of a small world rests on some extremely tiny shoulders. I made about 30 different attempts of creating the first episode of this story. While I always had these two main dolls (Kestrel – “The Keeper” is… Continue Reading →
I mostly go into Photoshop to play around with my photographs, and just use Lightroom for its automatic adjustments. But, I’ve recently learned how to get more out of Lightroom, and am using it more often to adjust my shots…. Continue Reading →
Lighting a shot is always a series of experiments. I have some very rough idea of what I want, and then I start playing around with placement and lighting. Sometimes sometimes everything looks great, and sometimes everything looks awful. I… Continue Reading →
The very best thing about photographing inanimate objects is that they don’t move. So, no matter how oddly you light them up, they won’t suddenly shift and blur the shot. There’s a ton of things you can do with that… Continue Reading →
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 →
Most of my ball-joint dolls are standard resin, hooks, and string ball joint dolls. They’re made of an almost indestructible resin, and, if any piece falls off or if the string gets too loose, you can just take them apart… 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 →
Now that I’ve figured out how to take on the ground shots without lying on the ground myself, I had to figure out how to stabilize the camera. I have a few tripods (necessary for taking non-blurry shots with 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’m a few weeks into a new Underfoot episode. Right now, I’m trying to get all of the dolls settled into the house, and then show them on their first morning. I expect at least a few more weeks of… Continue Reading →