Comments on: Good Smile Company Tessa & Chidori

By: gordon

gordon — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:26:45 +0000

nice pics! i also do mainly outdoor shoots of my figures since i don’t have a decent setup at home for indoor shoots. >.<

early morning and late afternoon is the best time to do shoots where the sunlight is not that harsh.

btw, i have a question. is Tessa’s base buried inside the sand? if not i wonder how is she able to stand. O_O

By: Belela-san

Belela-san — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:16:35 +0000

Awesome shots, I must say you have guts to take your figures to the beach especially with all the sun and mostly… people. Since the pictures seem to have been taken in the morning the heat wasn’t a problem I suppose.

Anyway….great pics ^_^

By: Prim3

Prim3 — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:40:06 +0000

Great job! although the shadow suggests that the sun is on the wrong side and the front part of your figures becomes dark when shooting

By: Tacho

Tacho — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:32:04 +0000

Wow, very nice pictures. I wish i had a larger collection of figures, but the dusting is always a pain T_T , need to buy a nice case for them .

Anyways… awesome job!
Im a new fan of your blog now ^^ .

By: Aya Kyunik

Aya Kyunik — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:07:12 +0000

Ooooh, nice photos there XD

Full on sunlight on the front is usually bad as it creates harsh shadows. Sunlight from the back can make the figures quite dark, which is what I somewhat feel with these photos~

Have you tried a light reflector? Most of my early photos (I forget to bring it on later photoshoots…) uses it cause I found that it lacks light when you take a shot with the sun behind the figure (or above!)

I know what you mean about some people being somewhat ashamed about owning figures, but most of my friends are fine….I try to drag one or two along with me so I don’t feel left out XD

Keep up the good work, hope to see more outdoor shots :3

By: tim

tim — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:13:53 +0000

nice work, DQ; you are very skilful with a camera. I disagree with sergio on the light: full-on is OK, but I like how the shadows work, the way you shot it. and outside light is always better then indoors, unless you have a couple thousand to drop on special filters and equipment. I haven’t seen the ocean in 20 yeqars; I am envious!

By: LOL

LOL — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:38:58 +0000

It would totally be a kick in the pants if seconds after the shot a big wave comes in and takes the figure away from you hahahaha.

Nice shots.

By: Dancing Queen

Dancing Queen — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:27:04 +0000

@ ron~
if you notice the water is kinda far away, since it was low tide the water rarely came even close to us. no water got on the camera and since i wasn’t there at long and the water didn’t really touch them much no pant rubbed off.

By: ron~

ron~ — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:08:34 +0000

woah, love the shots. Good job ^^b

you did several low angle shots, did the water get into the camera? :O

I hope the salt water won’t rub the figurine paint

By: 53RG10

53RG10 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:42:08 +0000

–Yeah, I though of that after I posted it… -_-’

–Can’t wait to see how you’ll portray your other figures! ^_^