Waylaid by Waffles, or how I got totally stuck trying to take a simple shot
10 days ago, Rat and Cosette were well on their way to a waffle. Rat had read the recipe, and […]
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That first cup of coffee: Capturing the right shot for a photo story
Sharing my steps to get a good shot of Rat and Cosette getting that first cup of coffee in the
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Rat takes a bath: Behind the scenes on a single shot from a photographic novel
Sharing a series of shots I took to illustrate the Underfoot episode I’m working on. The idea was that I’d
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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
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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
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Backstage at Small Life Stories: How many photographs does it take to make a photographic novel?
In answer to the question in the title, a ton. I’m not a great photographer, but I’m a pretty good
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Unusual lighting with a disco ball light, finishing up
As a follow up to my previous post, I finished the shots I’d been taking with the disco ball, and
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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.
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When dolls go mad: Building a crazy wall for Marcelo
Has a real person ever created a crazy wall? Or does that only happen in films? In any case, if