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.
Technique
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.
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.
Make your doll part of the crowd: Using Photoshop to add your doll to a scene
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.
Unusual lighting for doll photographs: Using a disco ball to light a scene
One of the big advantages of photographing inanimate subjects is that you play around with all kinds of dim lighting.
Faking a painted wall for a roombox: Using Photoshop to paint a wall
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, so I saved it for later.
Building rooms for dolls: A place for my 1/3 scale Dollmore Manuier doll
Creating an adventure with 1/3 scale dolls means dragging home much bigger pieces of materails.
Suggesting Motion with Still Life: Photographing Dolls
One of the hardest parts of creating an action adventure with dolls is that they’re, by nature, immobile. And, often, somewhat difficult to pose. So, how do you get them to look like they’re moving?