Some random single photos I haven’t posted here yet. :3
Category: Soom
Preview: Seere & the winter
I took Seere out the other day because the weather seemed nice. However, it got cloudy and started snowing as soon as I got outside, so I will be re-doing this shoot, and I’ll have someone else with her too. I also have plans for a wintery Sigrun shoot. I’ll be doing both once the weather gets cold again and we get some new snow. Right now all the snow has fallen off the trees and the snow is full of holes and stuff that’s fallen off the trees.
I hope to be able to re-do this soon. x3
Gorgeous
That’s what Seere is. :3
I was only supposed to take a few snowy portraits of her but I ended up snapping 140 shots. Obviously I thinned them down. Didn’t like any of the full photos either, so it ended up as a “few portraits” in the end.
Winter Bells
I got a second pair of wings for Eris and painted them all winter like to match her default wig. Or it was supposed to be her default, but I waited for it for so long that I grew rather fond of the temp one I made for her when I got her. I guess she’ll be switching between the two now. This is perfect for the chilly winter look anyway. :3
Mirror Lake
Ohohoho, I was able to take my Siren to a lake this year afterall. The water was really cold but it was just too lovely and serene out there to not make use of the weather and location. I looove the effect from the foggy background and the mirror-surface of the lake (when I wasn’t making ripples on it myself).
I got her some leg fins and re-painted the arms since the last shoot I had with her. :3
The Stag
I got Llyr an armguard in the mail today. I would’ve gotten it on Tuesday already if customs hadn’t snatched it and demanded a HUGE 7€ ransom for it and then stalled with it for forever. The irony is strong because I also got a DC package that would’ve been worth like 5 or more times that and they let that one get through. Anyway, Llyr also has new-ish horns and a new-ish top+hood+sleeves so I thought it was about time I took at least some photos of him. Nothing amazing though, because I wasn’t really all that inspired.
Headshots only because I was too lazy to go properly into the forest to have a better background. ^^;
Poison partners
These are all similar, but I was just trying to get one good shot.
Moonlight Garden
I won an Asis from Soom’s post MD event and she arrived a few days ago. :D I’ve been working hard getting her ready since then and I’m soo happy with her. She’s the one fairy I’d been regretting not getting because she’s the perfect package for me looks wise (and white skin <3). Her wig is still in the mail, though, so this is not the final look, but a mohair wig I made quickly from some scraps I had left. But I couldn’t resist trying this shot because I’ve had it in mind for a while now. Moonlight and gardens are Eris’ “theme”.
I’m ridiculously happy with this set of photos, too. They’re kind of amateuristic as it was my second time ever shooting during night (and first time with flash). But I had so much fun and an hour just blew past. I didn’t want to stop at all. The weather was perfect too: not too cold, not to warm, no mosquitoes, no wind. I got a proper flash in my camera swap (my body for a new body + external flash) so I was finally able to try this. Well, I’d like another flash too, but as things are now, I wouldn’t be able to control it because the micro switch is really stuck good in this camera. :/ This time I did have this very fancy (not), flashlight + reflector set up too. At one point I called my dad outside to hold another reflector to direct the flash better. Haha. It was definitely interesting and I loved it and this certainly won’t be the last time I shoot at night.
Dark Siren
I made my extra Onyx head into a siren and I love her lots. She needs a name but for now she’s just “siren”. I also want to re-blush the hands+arms to match her darker colour scheme but I couldn’t wait to take at least a few photos. Too bad they didn’t come out at all how I wanted them to. The weather was really against me. It was supposed to be cloudy and rainy but nope, all the clouds strategically moved around the damn sun and the wind was horrible. I had the doll on a stand so I didn’t have to worry about her falling, but me? The waves were so strong it was really hard to stay upright and not shake the camera. Also the sun really does not compliment her at all. She’s all dark but pale and would really work with gloomy weather much better.
I got so fed up with the sun that I settled with the photos and went for dull poses and backlight. I also had this waterproof camera bag with me and I was planning on taking a low angle shot of her but the waves were too strong. I’m gonna try that shot again sometime later in the month I guess but not sure if I’ll make it for the challenge. I’ll drag mizya with me and people can call us crazy (again) for ‘swimming’ when it’s already way cold. xD
The first shots are taken with the waterproof bag, so the quality isn’t very good, then when I went to take my camera out of the bag, I also changed her wig. And at one point a strong wave knocked off her other arm finn. I’m glad I noticed before I left cause it would’ve been hard (if not impossible) to find later. When I noticed it was gone, it hadn’t moved much yet despite the strong waves. Luckily resin is pretty heavy.
Oh but hey, even though I didn’t get the kind of photos I wanted, I did get to swim a bit with the beach almost all to myself. It’s 10 degrees cooler now than it has been for like a month so people assume it’s way too cold to swim. The lakewater was really warm, though… unlike the wind.
Happy Valentine’s!
A Monsters’ Teaparty
Some Valentine’s Day themed photos in a way. It’s “friends day” in Finland, not a lovers’ holiday. So my rather unlikely pair of friends is having tea together.
I will re-do this some day when I have better furniture or a possibility for a nicer setup, because these are quite horrible.
Light path
This is something I’ll need to re-do when/IF we get more snow this winter. We probably won’t but I can always hope, right? I should also shoot RAW next time, so that I can edit them better -hopefully. I’m really not loving the colours in these. I pretty much only like the last Sigrun photo because that edited well.
Story: The Spider’s Lair
Oookay, let’s introduce Maramayami in a story. >:3 I’ve planned this ages ago already but I was waiting for a day with proper sunshine.
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The lair was dimly lit with a few scented candles burning a surprisingly flowery scent into the air.
The Spider was there and she was everything she was described as and more.
Tanith
I went and sold Tanith. I had a feeler on her on the Finnish forum because I’ve been thinking about selling her on-off for over a year now. And since the stories last year, she’s no longer needed for them, there’s nothing holding her here. I feel sad I won’t have her for Llyr anymore and I’ll miss her colour scheme and clothing style a lot (might bring her back or a similar character home some day). And now that she’s gone, I keep finding outfits that would be great on her. ^^;;;
Anyway, I couldn’t bring myself to put her up for sale officially so I had the feeler up. There were some people interested in parts of her, and then someone contacted me that they wanted the full doll and the Breccia parts. So, she left pretty quickly, I just took some photos of her first and checked her condition and fixed her up a bit. :3
It’s so strange that there’s one empty space in my doll shelf now. Except it’ll be filled when I get Lin back from mizya. :’D
No Camouflage
There are not enough words for how much I love Kilbas (both the character and the doll). Though, he’d need to be cleaned, re-coated, re-faceupped and re-strung probably but I’m lazy. I’ve had him styled as his younger self for a while and finally took some photos. Next I need to make him some new winter clothes so that I can take his regular silver-haired version outside. xD I need to restyle him mostly because I have another doll that needs these blue eyes. xD
The shoot is like super repetitive but I don’t care ’cause Kilbas is pretty. ♥
