The Munchkin's Notebook

On January 16 th , I worked with the lovely Vee the Doll . This shoot was split into two parts, the first part of the shoot used a Russian aristocracy inspired outfit, while the second part of the shoot used a silver gown and a pearl and crystal headpiece.  Because I was going for a specific glam look for this shoot, I brought in a make-up artist (MUA).  Tanvi was MUA I worked with for this shoot, and she did a wonderful job creating a glam look that worked with both outfits and really highlighted the eyes. The set for the shoot revolved around the first outfit, which was a long coat with fur trim and a large fur cowl collar. This was paired with a pill box type fur hat with a feather in it, and a fur muff. Note all the fur is fake fur. Because of the coat I went with a winter theme. Originally, I wanted to shoot this outside in the snow, however we did not have snow on the ground that day, thus I improvised by making my own snow.  I have a product called “ SnoWonder ”...

On January 24 h , I worked with the lovely Lillith Gloom . This would be the third time I shot the crystal and pearl headpiece, so I wanted to change it up just a little bit. To do that I hung plastic diamonds from strings and suspended them behind the model, which changed the theme from winter to celestial. For this shoot the model brought her own make-up artist, the very talented Scarlett Walker .  For this shoot I used: Canon 80D EF 18-200mm lens Tether Flash Trigger Black backdrop Backdrop Stand 2 Phottix strobes 30-degree grid 2 speed lights 5 light stands Grey card set Clear thread Fake diamonds Poles Snoot made from speed light wrap Technical solutions provider (i.e., my husband) Light Set Up The lighting for this shoot was simple yet difficult. The challenge was to light the diamonds to make the sparkle, which requires hard non-diffused light, without lighting up the backdrop or the model. Then having a second light that is directed on...

  On February 7 th , I worked with the lovely Miss June Bug on a Valentine’s Day inspired shoot at Lost & Found Event Rentals in Dayton.   This shoot revolved around a red flower and heart headpiece I recently made.   The headpiece was inspired by the 1940s and 1950s look of pinning flowers to one side in your hair and hats worn to the side of the head.   Since the headpiece has hearts in it, I went for a 1940/50s Valentine’s Day theme and stayed with red and white color scheme.   For this shoot I used: Canon 80D 4 Speed lights Light stands Trigger Round soft box Strip Soft box Square Soft box Red chair Red tulle Red heart chocolate box Hershey Kisses to fill the chocolate box For this shoot I used my standard 18-200mm lens. I was shooting at ISO 100, a shutter speed of 1/200s, and using an aperture of F5.6 with a few shots taken at F/8. My focal length ranged from 18mm to 80mm, with the most common focal length being 18mm foll...