Re: Photographing Dolls

2018-10-07 Thread ann sanfedele
As long as you are getting back to it soon you are forgiven :-)  Looks like you have a good excuse though! ann On 10/7/2018 5:59 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: Thanks Ann, Bill, Larry, and P.J. for the kind comments. To (briefly) answer Ann’s question, I’m pretty much fine. Spent the last year an

Re: Photographing Dolls

2018-10-07 Thread Marco Alpert
Thanks Ann, Bill, Larry, and P.J. for the kind comments. To (briefly) answer Ann’s question, I’m pretty much fine. Spent the last year and a half doing major renovation on the house I’ve been in for the last 25 years in preparation for selling it and moving a hundred or so miles away (where my

Re: Photographing Dolls

2018-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Well that's vaguely disturbing... On 10/5/2018 3:22 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: On Oct 5, 2018, at 8:09 AM, Bill wrote: It would be cool to photograph them as portrait subjects rather than as products. I actually tried that quite a few years ago. Here’s an example (there’s a slight possibility

Re: Photographing Dolls

2018-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
ke it will be at least a week, if not two, before it will be worthwhile to hit the Blue Ridge Parkway for my annual leaf peeping I'm taking some time to do something I've never done before - I'm photographing dolls. My late mother had some "collectible" dolls ("Coll

Re: Photographing Dolls

2018-10-05 Thread lrc
Very nice On October 5, 2018 12:22:35 PM MST, Marco Alpert wrote: >> On Oct 5, 2018, at 8:09 AM, Bill wrote: >> >> It would be cool to photograph them as portrait subjects rather than >as products. > >I actually tried that quite a few years ago. Here’s an example (there’s >a slight possibility

Re: Photographing Dolls

2018-10-05 Thread ann sanfedele
I concur!  How a reya , Marco  ! ann On 10/5/2018 3:34 PM, Bill wrote: On 10/5/2018 1:22 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: On Oct 5, 2018, at 8:09 AM, Bill wrote: It would be cool to photograph them as portrait subjects rather than as products. I actually tried that quite a few years ago. Here’s an

Re: Photographing Dolls

2018-10-05 Thread Bill
On 10/5/2018 1:22 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: On Oct 5, 2018, at 8:09 AM, Bill wrote: It would be cool to photograph them as portrait subjects rather than as products. I actually tried that quite a few years ago. Here’s an example (there’s a slight possibility that this is NSFW if you’re bother

Re: Photographing Dolls

2018-10-05 Thread Marco Alpert
> On Oct 5, 2018, at 8:09 AM, Bill wrote: > > It would be cool to photograph them as portrait subjects rather than as > products. I actually tried that quite a few years ago. Here’s an example (there’s a slight possibility that this is NSFW if you’re bothered by disconnected doll parts): htt

Re: Photographing Dolls

2018-10-05 Thread lrc
They take direction great, as long as you tell them to not move. They also don't get bored as you fiddle with the lights On October 5, 2018 9:00:36 AM PDT, "Dale H. Cook" wrote: >At 11:09 AM 10/5/2018, Bill wrote: > >>It would be cool to photograph them as portrait subjects rather than >as prod

Re: Photographing Dolls

2018-10-05 Thread lrc
or my annual leaf >peeping I'm taking some time to do something I've never done before - >I'm photographing dolls. My late mother had some "collectible" dolls >("Collectible" means that a doll that she bought new for $90 35 years >ago is now worth about $20).

Re: Photographing Dolls

2018-10-05 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 11:09 AM 10/5/2018, Bill wrote: >It would be cool to photograph them as portrait subjects rather than as >products. Given their unchangeable expressions and limited mobility that might be difficult. They don't take direction well. :-) Dale H. Cook, many years as 35mm SLR photographer, now P

Re: Photographing Dolls

2018-10-05 Thread Bill
On 10/4/2018 6:23 PM, Dale H. Cook wrote: Since it looks like it will be at least a week, if not two, before it will be worthwhile to hit the Blue Ridge Parkway for my annual leaf peeping I'm taking some time to do something I've never done before - I'm photographing dolls. My

Re: Photographing Dolls

2018-10-04 Thread ann sanfedele
another suggestion -since you are going for ebay -- you might want to do BIN or best offer instead of auctionformat.. You will still want to note size as part of the item specifics for the well known ones because there is always concernabout authenticity , even with this kind of thing Ive go

Re: Photographing Dolls

2018-10-04 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 09:06 PM 10/4/2018, Ann Sanfedele wrote: >The key thing is multiple photos from different angles - I wouldn't use a >grey background. Ann - thanks for the suggestions. I've added a rear view. I used the grey background because it is what I have - I don't really have anyplace else without a

Re: Photographing Dolls

2018-10-04 Thread ann sanfedele
le H. Cook wrote: Since it looks like it will be at least a week, if not two, before it will be worthwhile to hit the Blue Ridge Parkway for my annual leaf peeping I'm taking some time to do something I've never done before - I'm photographing dolls. My late mother had some "col

Photographing Dolls

2018-10-04 Thread Dale H. Cook
Since it looks like it will be at least a week, if not two, before it will be worthwhile to hit the Blue Ridge Parkway for my annual leaf peeping I'm taking some time to do something I've never done before - I'm photographing dolls. My late mother had some "collectible&