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Behind the Scenes

7/30/2017

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Before moving on the better weather days, I thought I'd share some behind the scenes shots from the soggy campsite. The photos taken in town, in the previous post, were actually taken in the rain, but setting up a camping scene was impossible in the pouring rain, so we did it the next day.

The pictures of the soggy campsite were taken the day after all the heavy rain - when it was actually sunny out. With lots of big puffy white clouds. I did the basic set up, then sat on a bench on the opposite side of this particular flooded area - with the telephoto lens on my camera - and I directed Jan to make any small adjustments.......... and then we'd wait for a big cloud to pass in front of the sun and cast everything in shade......so it would look like a proper rainy day.
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He insisted on building a proper campfire in the water.....while I sat and waited.....
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Then he decided we needed wet tarps for 'realism', so began sprinkling water everywhere.....
And since I had nothing to do but sit and wait, I thought I'd just take pictures of him doing it.
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Then after taking photos and cleaning everything up, Byuri needed a good foot washing...
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8 Comments
marianne
7/30/2017 12:26:37 pm

Good for Jan. It's all in the details :-)

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Martha
7/31/2017 08:10:26 am

He's been helping me long enough now, that he will often think of additional things that I didn't

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mica
7/31/2017 06:08:15 am

omg that is SO CUTE ! He looks like Gulliver ( Gulliver's Travels)
I can't stand how cute these photos are!!!! :D

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Martha
7/31/2017 08:11:10 am

Just goes to show how small the dolls really are.

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Jane
7/31/2017 06:48:42 am

I love that Jan is as particular about the details as you are. And you know how much I love these behind the scenes shots.
It is all so easy to fall into the 'trap' of thinking the dolls make the photos themselves! LOL! These glimpses into 'how it was made' just underline how much time and effort goes into your wonderful photos.
Thank you!

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Martha
7/31/2017 08:14:51 am

I don't take that many 'behind the scenes' shots - usually only while I'm stuck sitting down on the ground (or little bench) waiting for something to be adjusted - then I remember people would get a hoot out of them.

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Donna
7/31/2017 08:06:12 am

Your behind the scenes photos are as much fun as the doll photos themselves. They illustrate how great you two are at creating such "in scale" photos that it is always amazing to see just how small the dolls really are (even though I own many myself!).
That final shot of Byuri standing in a cereal bowl full of soapy water is priceless.

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Martha
7/31/2017 08:20:58 am

The dolls really are very small, and that's what makes it so challenging to make them look like they belong in the setting. And that usually means me having to get flat down on the ground to take the pictures at their eye level. Well, it was WAY too wet, so the other alternative is to sit on a short bench (the wooden step into the RV) at some distance, and use the telephoto lens. Then it's roughly the same effect as laying flat on the ground right in front of the scene.

Well, yes, Byuri needed a good wash after having stood in that dirty water for a while. I washed outside and insides, dried with paper towels, and propped her feet joints open so they could air dry more.

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