American Girl Doll Photoshoots

Photo Shoot: October 8th, 2018 Fall is upon us! The lighting was really good today, so I decided to do a Fall-themed photo shoot! I took all of the pictures today in one location. I used my front door as the background and took a couple of small pumpkins in front of the door. Rachael's outfit today consists of three different brands of doll clothes. I have had the shirt ever since I was 4-5, and I think my grandparents gave it to me with a bunch of other clothes. I never liked the shirt when I was younger, but I really like it now! The fur vest and the purse are both from Our Generation, and the black leggings are from Michael's. My best friend gave me this American Girl doll hair styling DVD, and I got today's hairstyle out of there. So, that is where her outfit and hairstyle came from! I took some pictures of Rachael sitting and standing. After I took some pictures, I found a pine cone on the ground and thought it might be a nice touch. Here are the pictures! ...

Photo shoot: August 31st, 2018 Sorry for the delay! I have had these photos, but never got around to editing them. All of the photos I took on this shoot were taken in the same location. The sunlight was really nice, so I went down to the woods in my backyard and took some photos in a small clearing. I posed Rachael in the first two photos against a tree. I like how they turned out. I think the angle of sunlight could of been better, but I am really happy with them overall. I took the next two pictures behind the tree Rachael is standing by in the last two pictures. I love how green the background is, and the canopy looked so pretty. The first photo is probably one of my favorites from the whole shoot. Those are the pictures from the shoot that I have edited so far. I have some more pictures, so I might edit those and add them to this post soon. I hope you enjoyed this post! Another post will be coming soon. I am thinking something Fall themed..... ~AGDP...

Photo Shoot: August 30, 2018 I purchased a new camera! Right as I got home, I did a new photo shoot. The last camera I had was a Sony DSC W810. I was planning on purchasing the Sony DSC W830, which was the first camera I had. The W810 was my second. The store I went to did not have the W830, so I ended up getting the Cannon Powershot ELPH80. I am so happy with it! I think it takes better pictures than the W810. Last week, my sister and I purchased three new doll outfits from Our Generation. I mixed and matched two of those outfits to make the outfit Rachael is wearing now. I was so excited to buy these outfits because they were on sale. I also did not have any good doll shorts, and I also did not have any doll sandals, bags, or denim shirts. The shorts she is wearing are green and grey striped with a bow on the top of them. The light blue denim shirt she is wearing has some ties on the bottom of the shirt, so I tied the shirt and the shorts together. The sandals she is wearin...

Photo shoot: August, 2018 I took this photo shoot in three different locations. The first one has sort of a nature back round, so lets take a look at that one! For this first photo, I placed Rachael against a large pine tree, and then I placed the camera on the ground and pointed it up towards Rachael. I am pleased with how this photo turned out. I think there might be too many shadows in the picture, but I am still playing around and learning how to edit pictures, so I'll figure out how to reduce shadows at some point. :-) The next picture I took was from above Rachael. I sat Rachael down against a hay bale we had next to a Crape Myrtle tree we had. I placed a doll book I had on her lap to make it look like she was reading her book and stopped and looked up. I really like this picture. I also really like how the flowers in the corner turned out.  I would rate this photo a 7/10. I only took one picture at our next location. I brought Rachael and stood her ...

Photo shoot: August, 2018 Today, I did this shoot in the woods behind my house. So, lets look at our first picture! Before we talk about the picture, I want to say two things. One, I did not use the same camera as the last shoot. I usually use a Cannon EOS Rebel T3i, but the battery is acting strange on that and won't charge. So I used my Sony Cybershot DSC W-810.  You might notice a difference in the picture quality, so I'm sorry about that. Second, like I said in my last post, I do edit my pictures a little bit on Pixlr. So without further ado, lets get started! For this shoot, I dressed Rachael in the Truly Me meet outfit. I know it is kind of generic, but I think it goes well in this picture. Other outfits could of looked good too, but this one was on her and I didn't really feel like changing her. So for this picture, I posed her next to this really small tree (Cedar?). I had to crouch down and take the picture. I am pretty pleased with how it turned out. Th...

Photo shoot 1: July Here is is the first photo I took of the photo shoot: So the photos I take are a little edited, but I'll show you a before and after shot so you can see the difference and why I edit my pictures. Before: After: So you can see there is a big difference after I edited the photo. I used Pixlr.com to edit my photos. I will make another post to show how I edit my photos. Anyway, I am really happy with the first photo. The next photo I took of Rachael was a full body shot of her by the hydrangea bush. This is my favorite photo of the shoot. I really like the outfit I dressed her in, and I think it goes really well with the whole picture. I took the final picture in front of a small green bush. The lighting is not the best here, but I still think the picture turned out good. I'll show the before and after pictures below. I am really happy with my first photoshoot overall. If you have any tips or questions,...