Today we start taking a look at the behind the scenes photos from Baron and Naomi's wedding. The entire process took almost an entire year, from first starting work on the costumes, until the story was finally posted. There's a lot of behind the scenes photos taken throughout the year - too many for a single post - so this post is only the first in a series, with photos presented in the order they were taken.
In the Scillas
I had made Naomi's wedding gown, and Baron's wedding suit in the early months of 2022, fully expecting their wedding to take place in the summer. The very first photos taken for their story were taken in the end of April in the field of scillas along the town line. It was going to be the final scene in the wedding story when she tells him that she's pregnant.
It was actually the morning of my birthday when we went to take the photos. I set up the dolls in the flowers...
It was actually the morning of my birthday when we went to take the photos. I set up the dolls in the flowers...
...then sat down on the ground to take the photos... at their eye level...
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Hunting for a 'Cathedral'
In 2021 I had created a 'hall' of some sort on my dining room table for Lawrence's coronation, but I really wanted something far more grand this time. After our son invited me to bring some of my dolls to his movie studio back on Mother's Day 2022, and being very impressed with the results, I got the idea that maybe we could shoot the wedding there. He was game.
I spent much of the summer getting things ready, and then it was time to look for backgrounds.
We looked through hundreds of royalty free stock photos...
I spent much of the summer getting things ready, and then it was time to look for backgrounds.
We looked through hundreds of royalty free stock photos...
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....but none were quite right.
Plus, I really needed more than just the one view of an interior.
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Then Jess, Immersion Room's 3D artist, found this 3D Fantasy Gothic Interior set. It was perfect, so they purchased it. That way we'd have legal rights to any photos taken with it.
What exactly is a 3D set, you ask? Well, it's a digital program where one can move around in the 'interior space' just like it was a real place. I suppose it's much like being inside a computer game. Any of the interior walls can be rotated to be the background, and all the elements can be changed, including the lighting. There's also an entire furniture package of elements which can be added or removed, like thrones, pews, candle stands, etc.
There's also a lot more to the package than just this one great hall. Jess ran the demo which had a little man running through the set, through the Great Hall, out a door, down a hallway, up some stairs to balconies overlooking the Great Hall, then down some more hallways to musty abandoned bedrooms. Then he ran down the stairs to the dungeons underneath. Each and every one could be the background for a movie or set of photos.
There's also a lot more to the package than just this one great hall. Jess ran the demo which had a little man running through the set, through the Great Hall, out a door, down a hallway, up some stairs to balconies overlooking the Great Hall, then down some more hallways to musty abandoned bedrooms. Then he ran down the stairs to the dungeons underneath. Each and every one could be the background for a movie or set of photos.
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