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BJD Photography Tutorial I
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Full view please[EDIT] If you make use of the tutorial let me know~ :3 I'd love to see the results!
[EDIT 2] Fixed a couple of typos~
The first of a few tutorials I plan to do.
Since people where interested in lighting and someone asked me more specifically how I did this photo: [link] I figured I'd start off with something simple that only requires natural light.
Feel free to let me know if there's something that doesn't make sense or could do with more explanation.
Other shots using his technique or very similar:
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This is very helpful for me, especially with the terms and abbreviations that I never knew what they meant until now.
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Beautifully explained and great technique, thanks for sharing.
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I tried it and it was AWESOME! Thanks for all the info!
Here are my two photos: [link] and [link]
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ooo! awesome ^^ you did a great job, they look great! :3
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Thanks! Too bad I didn't find this tutorial until after I had bought a couple of reflector lamps and a ton of fabric.
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Yay! This is super helpful, thank you!
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I did this~
I did it a week or so ago actually.
[link]
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Thank you very very much for this Tutorial (:
I think I'll try as soon as pissoble.
But one question
I think this doesn't work for normal Digicams, right?
*sigh*
I need a better one..><"
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I think it does? I did it with a normal point-and-shoot camera.
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Sorry if I'm being nosy > u <;
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hrm then I shuld try it out then (:
The Problem is that I only have the ISO Option
Shutter Speed and Aperture are missing ( okay, I have a kinda cheap Camera xD )
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Thanks so much for this! I'd going to try it out!
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This is really nice^^ Your graphic design is awesome, can I just say
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Your wonderful tutorial has been featured in our monthly Photography-based journal feature HERE
Thanks for making it!
=PhotoLust
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thank you for this tutorial! very interesting and very easy effect ^^
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in all your bjd photography you often rely on natural light? no strobes at all?
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I've got a couple of lamps that I use for indoor stuff but yeah, it's mostly natural light, sometimes supplemented with a reflector.
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that;s nice to know. I'm into photography and i love your works! in doing outdoor photography, mostly natural light also?
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That's right ^^ I occasionally use a reflector to supplement it but yup, all natural light.
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you're a great photographer and you have really adorable dolls! I envy you. i wish i can afford one.
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Thanks so much for posting this!
I can change the ISO on my camera, but not the Aperture. I'm sure this is a really obvious question, but my camera is just a plain old digital one so I need a lens to change Aperture- is that right?
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It depends, some point and shoots will let you change the aperture and some wont but yeah, if you want complete control then ideally you want an SLR with interchangeable lenses.
If you can control the exposure settings on your camera then it shouldn't matter too much that you can't change the aperture though, the idea is just to get as much light into the camera as possible to blow out the background so you might just end up using a longer shutter speed that's all.
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Thank you so much for this tutorial! It really helped me better understand how the settings on my camera work. ^_^; Once the sun comes up I'm definitely going to experiment!
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This is a great tutorial that I already see being put to use on my watch and friends lists! It's definitely not something I've tried before, and I do only have one window that the sun shines directly in at any point during the day, so I'll have to bide my time and try this out at the perfect moment. I will link back to you if my fail results are worth posting.
<3~!!
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Yay ^^ I'm glad you found it useful~ and I can't wait to see what you do :3
I should be doing the bokeh/dof one next hopefully too, just for yoooou~ <3
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Ah~ bb you know just how to make me smile~
I am sorry I haven't been around these last few days for frolicking fun, but I shall be around tonight! And my weekend starts when I get home this evenin' which is many levels of awesome (and laundry)
I am stupidly excited for BOKEH of awesome tutorial by you. *steals your lens*
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This is nice because it works for more than just dolls.
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Thank you for this. I look forward to putting it to use, and to more excellent tutorials from you.
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This is GREAT! thank you!
...it isn't helping my desperate need for a 50mm fixed lens, but. Still. Awesome tut
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Thank you! I'll definitely keep this in mind
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That's a very nice tutorial! I always struggle with my camera settings, and it just never turns out the way I want it to >_o
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Wow thank you! This is so helpful I'll have to try it sometime =]
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Oh thank you, I may try this
If I get a shot worthy of posting online, can I link back to this tutorial please??
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Okay it took me an age, but I finally managed to borrow a camera to try this.... [link]
It was really easy actually, even though I had no idea how to use the camera, the tutorial itself was great, thanks <3
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That's awesome! And well done for getting it to work so well with a point and shot, it looks great! :3
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This is wonderful; simple and yet entirely informative. I'm still very much an entry photographer, so the exact definitions and applications of things like aperture, ISO and the like are still sorta going over my head.
This helped quite a bit; thanks for taking the time to create it!
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Thanks for this! Really helpful! <3
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I really like the bit on exposures 
This is a definitely tutorial that could be used by everybody, and not just BJD photographers <3!
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Thank you very much for this! As soon as the weather gets better I'm going to try this ^0^
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This was really helpful, I will definetly try this!
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Thank you so much for it...
I tried it but I'm not sure I set my camera correctly:
[link]
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