Finally getting my posse of neighborhood kids
On just letting my characters be kids for awhile, or the start of an endless summer.
Behind the scenes
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
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.
Alternate BJDs or Sad news for Mr. Rat
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 and restring them. A few, though are made of delicate material and are highly destructible.
Some under-the-bed shots
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.
Behind the scenes
What I’m working on
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 work before this episode is ready.
Waylaid by Waffles, or how I got totally stuck trying to take a simple shot
It turned out to be ridiculously hard to get one breakfast plate on one rat’s head
That first cup of coffee: Capturing the right shot for a photo story
When you’re smaller than a teapot, it’s hard to get that first cup of coffee in the morning.
Rat takes a bath: Behind the scenes on a single shot from a photographic novel
It turns out lighting is doing about 90% of the work in these shots
Brute force doll posing: Photographing impossible poses
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.