by E-Beth » Thu Jan 08, 2015 8:51 pm
Thanks - that first photo was very backlit on purpose, with a reflector bouncing some light on the face. Then I just cranked up the levels in The Gimp and got that nifty blown out effect.
I recently cleaned out my Room of Doom for the purpose of using it as a photo studio for doll stuff. Of course, it is not set up yet.
So there was a cardtable on the bed in front of the window, the chair and doll balanced on that. A piece of coroplast (political campaign sign w/ a doll-sized window cut out) in the (human) window, then the printing from the back of the coroplast was showing through, so I draped some black velveteen over that. then I needed to add a board behind the bottom of the coroplast to block out the rest of the light from showing the printing. Whew. Good thing I didn't sneeze while doing all this!