Favorite Photos - Newest Pullip

I have more shopping photos to post, but haven't had time to post them because I was busy with Anime Boston and now I'm busy with work. (boo) But I figured I'd post something up about my newest Pullip, because I finally got her wig on her for her 'debut' at Anime Boston, and I'm really happy with the way she looks. I'm also really happy with the photos I took of her, even if those photos didn't get a lot of views/comments. A lot of times the photos I take that I myself like the best are not the ones people pay attention to. I am not exactly complaining (well, maybe a little - it's disappointing!) but it does make me wonder, because I'm always trying to take better photos, and it makes me wonder why those photos aren't getting the attention I thought they would. And that's my little lead-up to posting these two photos! I think I *also* want them to get attention because both of them felt 'risky' to me - I pushed myself to do something I was uncomfortable with to get the shot, and I was happy with myself for doing so because I liked the results.



This was my 'welcome' photo for Natsuki, she's still completely stock. I know there's not necessarily anything innovative about the pose, but what I am happy about is that a. both she and the background are lit nicely. Frequently I end up with a dark foreground (which is bad when your foreground is her face!) or an overexposed background (which is disappointing when you are on location). I can't say I did anything brilliant to get my lighting right, just realized that she was going to need to be in that patch of sun to my right. But I'm still feeling my way through figuring these sorts of things out, so I was pleased to have gotten it right for once!

And in this case, the background was important, because it was something I thought was suitably dramatic for her, and getting to that location was scary! I climbed to the top of a parking garage. I'm sort of afraid of parking garages on the best of days - they don't feel structurally sound, I don't like heights, there's all those murders in movies that happen there - plus I was on foot instead of in a car and it wasn't precisely a public parking garage. It belonged to a condo. So I was expecting to be yelled at (for trespassing or suspicion of terrorism or something - hanging out on top of a parking garage IS a bit weird) or run over (or just jumped, even tho it was 3pm on a sunday - thanks movies!). Or maybe for the garage to just pick that moment to fall down. That sort of thing usually leads to a hasty and disappointing photo, but I held it together this time and it worked out.

The second photo of Natsuki (and friends) that I wanted to post was also a case where I was pleased I held it together and actually (more or less) got the shot I wanted. I'm also, once again, pleased not to have washed out my background. I don't know if it is me or the camera, but I have a really hard time with this. (it's probably me. I just like to pretend it might be the camera) I was biking back from Anime Boston between the Charles River and downtown - there's a bike trail and a very skinny park there. It's always crowded. So i like the idea of taking photos there, but there's so many people, I always feel weird. But I really wanted a nice photo of these 3 together and I figured I'd just do it. But the sun was setting fast. I missed the really nice highlight on their faces fighting with Talia's hair, and Faraday's pose is a bit off, but otherwise I was pretty happy!



And doesn't Natsuki (in the middle) look nice with pink hair? I have 5 dolls with pink hair now tho, this is a bit absurd. Oh well. At any rate, I hope this all doesn't sound too self-promotional, I don't get to bore too many people in my real life with these sorts of stories, and isn't that sort of thing what a blog is for? ;P