Rosie Before & After

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35mm, D700, delicate, doll, fairy, florabella textures, little girl, Muse Actions, porcelain, portrait, Pure Milk, SB-600, softbox, textured portrait, White Linen

How to change your granddaughter into a wax doll.

I used a softbox for this one, Camera Left, with an SB-600 inside + a little window light from the same side. Still not quite enough, hence an added ‘sun flare’ via Florabella. You can always add light afterwards, if you haven’t used enough to begin with.

For processing, I used Color Efex Pro – tonal effect filter, initially. Then I overlay the shot with some wallpaper I found on the net afterwards, rubbing out the model with a 7% eraser. Then I added some Florabella textures (Pure White and White Linen) and tried a few Muse actions until l found something I liked. Et Voila. (Half the people who see this say they prefer the original. I’m an unsung prophet.)

Camera Nikon D700
Exposure 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture f/6.3
Focal Length 35 mm
ISO Speed 400

Rosie May

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35mm, chair, chiaroscuro, child, direct stare, freckles, granddaughter, light and shadow, little girl, Nikon D700, PowerSnoot, rustic chair, Snoot, SpeedLight, stare, strobe

More fun with the Gary Fong PowerSnoot. My sweet granddaughter perched on a rustic chair.

This shot was initially posted in a critique group and they found a lot of faults, so here’s the new and improved version. The main issues that were highlighted first time around were: ie I should darken the background, put her legs in shadow and lighten her face. Mission accomplished.

One hand-held snooted SpeedLight and a patient model.

Camera Nikon D700
Exposure 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture f/16.0
Focal Length 35 mm
ISO Speed 200

They’re here!

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24mm, doll's house, Gary Fong PowerSnoot, little girl, magic, Nikon D700, poltergeist, PowerSnoot, SB-600, Snoot, strobe, they're here

One SB-600 inside a doll’s house, one willing model and hey presto – magic is afoot.

Camera Nikon D700
Exposure 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture f/14.0
Focal Length 24 mm
ISO Speed 200