The Munchkin's Notebook

On September 11, I did a fantasy moon goddess session with Emma. The inspiration for this shoot was the moon and all the fake cloud tutorials that were flooding my feed.   For these sessions I used: Photography Equipment  Props/Miscellaneous Cannon 80D Trigger 2 strobes 2 speedlights 3 c-stands Bell reflector Beauty dish 2 flags 2 gels (blue & magenta) Grid (5-degree) Backdrop stand Fuzzy white backdrop Printed backdrop A-clamps Sandbags paper mâché moon 2 pillows 8 DVD cases 5 pounds of fiber fill (aka. fluff) silver dress Ewa Jobko silver circlet This session revolved around the love of the moon, and I wanted to make sure the model had a moon to love, thus I made one.   To make the moon, I bought one of those 24-inch round balloons, blew it up, and covered in three layers of white tissue paper using a standard paper mâché technique.  When covering th...

On August 1 st , I did a double session with the lovely cosplayer Sara go Bragh , in my in-home studio space.  For this double session we did a mermaid shoot two ways, one a little unconventional and the second in a more conventional way.  For the first session I placed the lovely mermaid in a tub full of clear ball pit balls. This was a play off one of my previous sessions with some overtones of the movie “Splash”.  For the second session we got wet, in the fake pond that I made using a blow-up pool.  For these sessions I used: Canon 80D 1 Speedlight Light stand 2 C-stands 2 Strobes 2 Square Soft boxes Trigger 18-200mm lens Ladder Black backdrop Backdrop stand Pool Tarp Exercise mats Plastic tub Clear ball pit balls Fake plants/flowers Water For the first session the set up was relatively straight forward. For the first session I place the tub in the center of the space and some white towels and rubber ducks. You cannot tak...