The Munchkin's Notebook

On September 3 and 4, I did a fall regency sessions with the lovely Lilly and Adwoa .  This session was inspired by a beautiful dress I bought from Jennifer Glinzak when she did a de-stash sale.  I wanted to do something fall themed because the dress is a rich blue and burnt orange color, which I felt would work wonderfully with fall colors. This session also allowed me to use my hand painted canvas backdrop that I made earlier in the year. For this session I used: Photography Equipment Props/Miscellaneous Cannon 80D Trigger 2 strobes 2 c-stands 1 Backdrop stands White backdrop Canvas backdrop Sandbags Square Soft box Soft box grid Lastolight 3x2 reflector Bell reflector with 30-degree grid 1 light stand Peacock Chair Fake Pumpkins Fake Fall leaves Fake mums Orange pails Burlap wrapped Styrofoam blocks Canvas Backdrop I always wanted a nice hand painted backdrop, but they ...

On September 3, I did a session with the lovely Anastasia .  This session was inspired by the color pink, a peacock chair and the1950’s tiki aesthetic. For this session I used: Photography Equipment Props/Miscellaneous Cannon 80D Trigger 3 strobes 2 c-stands 1 Backdrop stands White backdrop Sandbags 52-inch Umbrella Umbrella sock 1 round soft box Soft box grid 1 light stand 1 speed light with pink gel Pink & red gels Peacock Chair Astroturf Pink flamingos Tiki & Margarita glasses Sunglasses Green foliage Styrofoam blocks   The set up To make the base for the set, I started with a plain white backdrop that I turned pink using a gelled strobe and then placed Astroturf down on the floor. From there the set revolved around a medium sized peacock chair. I really love these chairs for shoots, even if I must rent them every time.   I added some pink flowers to...