Trip Group Test Portraits

I thought I was done, but there's nothing like taking a photo to point out what isn't working. How things look in real life may not be how the camera sees it at all. Which it proving very true here. Leona, Bonnie and Efreet are fine, even though I know there's going to be a lot of extra post-processing because Bonnie is so light so she gets blown out.  Even this photo needed it, so I'm pretty much guaranteed every photo I take on our trip will need it too. 

The other two dolls are proving extremely challenging. Wigs being a major concern. I tried every wig I own on Peach and Owen, and though none seem perfect, in the end it comes down to which looks best from what I have available. Owen ended up with Maya's wig, and in real life it actually looks pretty good on him.  I like the style on him, but the camera turns the colour into a brilliant orange (my camera has 'orange issues'), and I'm not liking that very much. I momentarily thought about dying it, but it's Maya's wig, so I can't change the colour. Does that mean I have to try make a new wig from scratch?  It's so much work, and the result is always far from a sure thing, and I'm seriously running out of time.

Leona's sweater turned out nice, but I'm not happy with the way the dark brown rows and front placket seem to accent her bust line. Or is that just me being picky?  I borrowed Narin's shirt and Maya's sweater for Owen, then spent all day yesterday sewing him a pair of jeans.

Efreet's sweater turned out very nice, but it took making two new turtleneck T-shirts before I had one that didn't make his skin look green. After looking at Fabricland for light blue jersey, and at Walmart for T-shirts the right colour, I actually ended up cutting the bottom couple of inches off my nightgown, since it was the perfect light blue. Efreet also has his old wig back, so the colour doesn't make him look as 'Asian', and it better matches Leona's.

Peach looked best as a blonde, but I'm thinking I may just have to go with the wavy blonde mohair after all. The straight blonde just seems too 'straight' in the photos. I had thought her 'denim' jumper might work, but from the photos I see she really needs some jeans too. Sigh. And I'm not even sure she works with the others. She seems to have a smaller face, or maybe she just doesn't have the full rounded cheeks everyone else has?  I better try make her some jeans, and switch her wig, and then see what I think. Maybe I have to switch her for one of my other KIDs after all. But the whole point of including her was because I've always had a difficult time bonding with her, and I was hoping this would be the opportunity to really get to like her.

I don't know. Everything seems to be so difficult right now. Nothing seems to be working out how I envisioned it, and I'm wasting so much time having to redo stuff, and I'm seriously running out of time. Maybe it's time to give up on a 'family group' and just go back to what I always bring - replace Owen with Kyle, and replace Peach with one of the other two girls. But then I still have to make several more pairs of jeans. There's still a few days left, so I'll see what I can do so I'm happier with things.