Behind the Scenes
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Finally getting my posse of neighborhood kids
On just letting my characters be kids for awhile, or the start of an endless summer.
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Casting elves for In the Forest
While I always had these two main dolls (Kestrel and Wren) I had several other elf-like BJDs on the quest when I first started
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Improving Old Shots with Lightroom
I’ve recently learned how to get more out of Lightroom, and am using it more often to adjust my shots.
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More shooting in the dark
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 try to do more of whatever made the shot look great, but it’s a pretty rough art.
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Shadow play: Playing with flashlights in the dark
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 stillness, and I’ve done a ton of them – scenes lit with candles, or disco balls, or other dim light. But one thing I haven’t done is photograph shadows.
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Shooting under the bed with candlelight
Sharing a few shots from last night, when the cast of Underfoot was all cozied up in their beds watching Incredible Journey.
