Captured in a dark room with 2 light sources. One external flash hand held in the upper left and one on body flash with thin paper in front to diffuse the light.
The dolls were made by my grandma and were actually the cake toppers at my wedding last year. The room and clothes were made by my grandma's sisters. The doll clothes are replicas of our wedding attire. The pictures on the right wall are me and my wife.
I was kind of going for more of an institutional/societal norm message in the image.
Edits:
- Resize in Adobe PS
- Export in Adobe LR
- Vignette in Adobe LR
- Cloned out reflection on lip in Adobe PS
I apologise, I am new to this and you are "stuck" with my comments. Pls. realise that this is *my* learning curve more than yours!
I think the interpretation of the theme is good. I like that you used dolls rather than real people and still could get the "husband&wife" theme across. My eyes are drawn a lot to the background though. Especially the little boys pictures on the wall. the blue in those pics is very strong and draws my eye. Perhaps a brighter attire of the H&W or a shallower DOF would have emphasised the main charaters more. I do like the way you used the lighting.
This one is amusing; I love the little figurines, their wee outfits and the miniature furniture. I find the vignette a bit distracting though, my eye wants to go to the darkened bottom corners.
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