Improving Your Doll Photography: Simple Method of Reflecting Light Onto Your Doll

We posted these pics yesterday on Instagram, so if you follow us there - 

you probably don't need to pay attention to this, haha.

But we wanted to show you what using a simple piece of white paper 

can do when photographing your dolls.

Yes, you can buy a reflector, or you can get a big white poster board thingy.

But let's say you don't have those things with you.

So look for - a piece of white paper! Woo!

And someone to hold it for you....

So we decided to bring Zoya with us on our holiday voyage.

Zoya ^^^ in a Caroline wig (she is an Ivy doll)

We took Zoya outside.

In a Truly Me #28 wig.

Kit's hat.

Cat ears from Seasoflavender's Etsy.

Cardigan by Clarisse's Closet.

Dress by Sylvie and Bruno.

But her face didn't have a lot of light on it.

And it just wasn't a sunny day, not even sunny with some clouds day.

Just cloudy and dull.

Sometimes cloudy is good.

But cloudy and dark is just not helpful.

So we employed/enslaved a family member 

to hold a piece of white paper under her face.

And you can see the difference in the lighting. ^^^

We had the hand move the paper around, different angles.

Some angles are better than others.

So make sure you experiment.

You can get these little shadows above the eyelashes --

but overall, we liked it better with the paper.

It gave us those catch lights in her eyes 

that we talked about in Monday's blog post.

http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2015/12/improving-your-doll-photography.html

And then we moved her over to another side 

of the porch for a different background.

Still using the piece of paper.

Still forcing a family member to help us. ;-)

So grab a piece of white paper and a family member 

this holiday season when photographing your dolls!!!

Merry Christmas Eve, friends!

And thank you for visiting us today!!!