Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Then and Now: Doll Photography

I've always had a bit of a love affair with photography. It suffered and hit rock bottom for a few years but then I managed to scrape enough money together to afford my first BJD. For the first time in five long years, I picked up my camera again. Back then I had a standard SLR. Being neglected all that time, it had become the home of a family of spiders and no longer worked. Which was a good excuse to upgrade to a DSLR. By this time, they had become more affordable.

And so, the love affair was rekindled.

I keep every photo I take so I decided it would be nice to compare the very first photo I took of a BJD to the most recent.


Photo taken 2nd April 2010. Doll arrived February 2010 (ordered in December 2009.)

My first doll (pictured above) was a Dollfamily Lyre, back in the days when people said, "Dollfamily who?" They were a relatively new and unknown company back then. He came to me pure white and practically "glowing and ethereal". And I remember thinking he was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. That very first doll, that very first box opening, nothing quite compares to that first one.

I no longer own him though. I sold him last year to a very lovely lady who adores him.


Photo taken 22nd April 2013.

Literally, the very last photo I took (yesterday after the DS body box opening). It's not hard to see my love of portraits hasn't diminished any over the past few years. I'd like to think I've improved a little since the first doll photo I took.

I do need to push myself more and experiment with different environments outside the comfort of my own home. And perhaps, get less fearful of taking full length shots of my dolls. I need to be more creative and motivate myself to come up with more ideas and photo opportunities.


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  1. Hoshi24 April 2013 at 01:42

    I just imagined a family of tiny spiders living in a camera, cute! But not in reality. Uh, I don't like spiders.

    But yes, you have improved a lot since your first bjd picture.
    And true again, you need to push yourself to get a little more creative. Use your full potential! Can't wait to see the results, since you're already skilled. :)

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    1. AlasseCarnesir24 April 2013 at 22:55

      I don't like spiders either. We have a few in our garage but they are all harmless.

      I think right now, after today's surprising events, I think the universe is trying to tell me I need to get in touch with my creative side a bit more.

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    2. Hoshi24 April 2013 at 23:20

      Oooh, surprising events? I hope it was something nice! I'm all ears.

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    3. AlasseCarnesir27 April 2013 at 23:20

      Wish it had been something nice but rather something more concerning. I mentioned in that email already I think to you.

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