Way back in 1987, my sister Marianne wanted to make a Fantasy photo story using three of my children, and two nieces, as the main characters. She would take the kids out on location, dressed in outfits put together from my dress-up closet. Since it was way before the days of digital cameras, all the special effects had to be done manually by cutting the kids out of the photos and gluing them into other scenes, and then taking a new photograph.
I wrote the story, based on Marianne's ideas and photos, and together we made four books, hand colouring all the borders on all the pages.
At that time I was still making cloth dolls, and I decided to make a series representing the main characters dressed in costumes, based on what the kids actually wore, but more elaborate in the way I envisioned they could have been.
The dolls have been on display in my doll case for over 30 years, and after debating about making some room for years now, I finally decided to give the entire set away to my daughter-in-law. But before doing so, I first wanted to take some photos of the dolls in settings similar to ones in the book.
First, the three main characters....Eric, Flint, and Galan.....
I wrote the story, based on Marianne's ideas and photos, and together we made four books, hand colouring all the borders on all the pages.
At that time I was still making cloth dolls, and I decided to make a series representing the main characters dressed in costumes, based on what the kids actually wore, but more elaborate in the way I envisioned they could have been.
The dolls have been on display in my doll case for over 30 years, and after debating about making some room for years now, I finally decided to give the entire set away to my daughter-in-law. But before doing so, I first wanted to take some photos of the dolls in settings similar to ones in the book.
First, the three main characters....Eric, Flint, and Galan.....
Eric, who was one of a set of twins separated at birth, was played by my son Nick, who was almost 8 at the time.
His companion was a magical 'ladybug-like' creature called Fizzbizz....
Eric met Galan, a brave Knight...
...played by my son Chris, who was 9 at the time
The third companion was Flint, an Elf....
She was played by my niece Kelly, and my daughter Mary would be her stand in for back views when Kelly wasn't available. Both girls were almost 5 at the time.
The dolls have never been properly photographed, and I thought it might be fun to take some photos of them in various scenes out of the book. So I took them along this week on a little drive up into the country.
One of my favourite photos from the book has always been the one of Eric starting out on his adventure, heading through a cornfield....
One of my favourite photos from the book has always been the one of Eric starting out on his adventure, heading through a cornfield....
So we stopped beside a cornfield to take some photos....
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