Photo Compilation: August 2020

September has just started, and I think it's time for another "Photo compilation" post. Some of you seemed to enjoy my last compilation, so I thought I could keep doing this type of posts and make them a monthly thing if I have enough photos, or every other month if I have just a few. The idea is to share here some photos that I take for Instagram or even those that haven't been posted anywhere, with a little backstory about them. 

Let's start with the first photos of August. Technically, I posted 2 of these on July 30 and 31st, but I wanted to share them here all together. As I mentioned in my previous compilation, I want to get better at group photos, so I've been practicing. For these photos, I grouped some of my girls and took some photos in different poses. I tried to dress all the dolls in outfits that worked together and didn't clash, but not necessarily matched. I think it would have looked weird if all the dolls were wearing casual clothes and one was wearing a fancy dress. Here's the first pic that I got. 

Left to right: Kim, Daya, Skylar and Victoria

For the second pic, I tried to switch the poses a bit, to make them different. These photos were quite hard to take, as it's quite difficult to make all the dolls look at the camera. 

I added a chair and a few more dolls in an attempt to switch things up a bit more.

Top: Victoria, Sasha and Rosie. Bottom Kim and Lea

I also tried something different with Lea, Kim and Victoria and it looked pretty good on my phone, but when I edited the photos I found out that Lea was too out of focus and discarded the photos.

With a similar concept, I made a miniseries of photos with the teal wall you saw on my last post. This was way before I even started working on the paneling pieces. I love this color, it really suits a wide variety of colors and skin tones, plus, it looks very appropriate for summer.

Priya, Lea and Miranda

This was my favorite from all the pics. I love the way Asha is posing.

Left to right: Lea, Rosie, Victoria and Asha

I got invited again to go to the house with a pool and I managed to take more dolly pics. I didn't make a whole post about it here, but I've been sharing some on Instagram, like these photos of Victoria.

This is my favorite photo from this set. I don't know why, she just looks beautiful.

Kim also got her chance to enjoy the pool. I wasn't happy with the photos I took of her the first time, so I took a few more.  

Before going this time, I made a short list of photo ideas, so I could make the most of my time there, and Mr. Monster came up with this idea for this particular shot. 

That same day I also managed to take a few pics of my dolls in the garden, like this lovely pic of Kim. I think she looks lovely, despite the natural grass looking a bit out of proportion. 

I wanted to take a couple of pics that showed the dolls interacting between them instead of just posing. I came with this idea of having a doll taking a photo of another doll. They  were a pain to take! The dolls wouldn't stand up despite using a wooden dowel and it took me so many attempts to get one that I felt was decent enough. I still am not super happy with it, but mistakes and misses are part of the learning process.

Since Lea had the camera already on her hands, I took a photo of her holding it. It wasn't planned, but I think it turned out right and I'm quite happy with the result. For anyone curious, I used poster putty to help her hold the camera. 

I've also been joining some Instagram events, like one hosted by @barbiedreamdivas to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of her dolls, Ben and Lisa, wedding. She announced the event back in early July, but I forgot to bookmark the invitation for the event, and completely forgot what was it about or who hosted it. I found the invitation again 2 days before the event took place, and I had to take the photos in a hurry. I could have passed, but this person is always super nice to me and I felt bad not giving it a try. So, I got a few props that I had at home and took a couple of pics. It looks a bit like how new rich people decorated in the 90s, but it is what it is.

The golden frames you can see are some fancy coasters that I bought on sale at a decor store called Casa. That weird golden ball on top of the white shelf I made it out of a toilet paper roll following this tutorial. Both dresses were made by Atelierni Shasha, but sadly they are discontinued now. 

Chloe and Victoria

Sometimes I also share pics that I take while working on a post, but never make the final cut. These photos of Frankie Stein and 13 Wishes Howleen were taken for my Colorful crates post, but I didn't include them because I felt like the post was already too long.

Frankie Stein

Howleen Wolf

I also didn't include this photo of my Barbie dolls. In fact, I believe I took this pic a few days later.

And those are pretty much my pics from August. Right now, I'm not very inspired to take doll pics, but I still have some content to post on Instagram from previous photoshoots. I've been so focused making crafts these past few weeks that I haven't really been in the mood to take photos. 

My next post is going to be a craft project that I've been working on for a few days now. This might be the last craft post I get to share before college starts, since those take me the longest to write and I don't have as much spare time during the school year. I will try to keep posting as regularly as possible, but it will be other type of content. I recently got the BMR 1959 Kira doll on sale, so let me know if you would be interested in a dedicated post. 

Hope you guys enjoyed this post. I'll see you in my next one.

Monster Crafts

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