Photos for Books
A collection of new photos taken to supplement the older photos in books
Toilet Paper Book Cover
Marianne and I were working on a new book - the Toilet Paper Chronicles - and it wasn't going to be a very big book, so we really didn't want to use any of the photos in the book for the cover. We had decided that I'd put together a new 'shopping' scene. But the white background blended in too much with the rolls of toilet paper, so I taped some gray and beige construction paper onto the upper walls. That worked much better.
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Then I also had the idea to photograph Coco in a pile of toilet paper rolls, since he was featured in the first few photos in the book...
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Mr. Ropuha, a Toad's Life
We were working on another new book, and the wedding ceremony page didn't have any front views of Tiana coming down the aisle. So, I dressed her in her wedding gown, cut some pink 'carpeting' for the picnic table, and added some flowers to recreate the scene.
Ryung in Orange
We were working on the Fantasy Fashions book, but there wasn't a very good photo of Ryung in her orange Saffron gown, and since she was still wearing it after all these years, I was able to do a brand new photo shoot.
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Three Guys
Between everything else going on I'm continuing to try taking photos of the missing costumes for my Fantasy Fashions book. Even though Maya and Narin, who are two of my oldest guys, have appeared in many stories over the years, there were never any good full length photos showing their costumes. So I had to take some. First I tried Maya in the castle interior set...
He's a Doll Leaves 'M', and was a gift from the company twelve years ago.
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Then there's Narin, who was purchased eleven years ago during the D'Storic 'Goodbye Bimong' Event, when their contract with him expired. Narin never had a nice outfit until last year when he came to the castle and became the King's secretary.
That's when I made him a new wig and outfit....
And then because the two of them would be on a two-page spread with Kyle, my very first Iplehouse JID guy who arrived eleven years ago, I took a photo of the three of them together....
But the verdict was that they blended into the background too much, so I went back to my initial idea of taking the guys to the lake. So, when it was dry and cloudy first thing this morning, I packed them up and we went down to the beach. It was really beautiful down there.
I didn't feel like laying down on the wet sand, so we brought along our projector stand. No sooner were we set up, than the sun came out from behind the clouds into a bright blue sky. Good thing I had remembered to bring my big white umbrella to shade the dolls...
And that's a wrap. Time to head home and see what's next on my To-Do list....
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