photoshoot

The other day when we had our little Labor Day adventure I did a rather cute photoshoot with my little sister Carmen, if I do say so myself. 🙂 I just love how the pictures turned out, and I can’t wait to show you guys!

When I saw all the pretty pink smartweed flowers, I knew they were just begging to be in a photoshoot. Heh heh. I asked Carmen if I could take pictures of her and after a few tries she reluctantly agreed… and then once we got started she didn’t want to stop. XD If you love photography and have siblings, especially younger siblings, a photoshoot is a really fun thing to do with them!

Ahem. And now for the pictures (and there are a LOT). XD

DSC_2101 (853x1280) — Aww, isn’t this so cute?

“Oh, Carmen, you look creepy!”

*laughs* “Yeah, I meant to.”

I took a lot of pictures with Carmen in the background because I thought the lighting and bokeh made it look lovely. 🙂

Oh my goodness, isn’t the setting perfect for these? The lighting… the flowers… ahh!

DSC_2137 (853x1280) — Yikes, better watch out for the thistles! O.o

Carmen found a hollow stump and wanted me to take pictures of her in it.

DSC_2148 (1280x853) — Her creepy face again…

DSC_2156 (1280x853) — HA HA! This one’s one of my favorites. XD She just looks so relaxed and nonchalant. I don’t think she even knew her feet were that dirty. XD

DSC_2159 (1280x853) — It looks like she’s in a wooden bathtub or something. 😛

Okay, now these next few pictures are some of my favorites from the shoot!

DSC_2175 (1280x853) — Dirt on her knee and a grin on her face. 🙂

DSC_2174 (1280x853) — I LOVE THIS ONE! Isn’t it so fun when you can capture a moment of genuine, candid laughter?

“Allison, you should take a picture of me bending down, like I’m finding something on the ground.”

Ha ha, so she wanted me to take a picture of her on that long, horizontal limb in the last picture, and I agreed. But we had quite the struggle to get her up there. XD I hung my camera on a branch and tried boosting her up, then letting her climb on top of me, and after several tries and much laughter we finally succeeded. XD

DSC_2213 (853x1280) — I love this one too!

I forget if Carmen or I had the idea for these next pictures… I think it was me. Anyway, they turned out so cute!

She was a bit uncertain of how to pose without jabbing herself on the barbed wire fence, but she figured it out. 😉

And we shall end with another of my favorites:

There we go! I hope you had as much fun looking through the pictures as I did taking them. 🙂 Which was your favorite (if you have one)? Have you ever done a photoshoot with a younger sibling? This one was quite fun and if I started to run out of ideas, Carmen gave me an ample supply. XD

Thanks for reading, my dears, and have a lovely day!

***Allison***

Hey guys! Back in this post when I first showed you the doll I made, I said I would do a photoshoot of her sometime. Well, here you are! And by the way, I named her Dorothy. 🙂 Like from Wizard of Oz, you know?

First, Dorothy stopped to smell the roses.

-Allison(doll, mystery pictures, bunnies) 052 (1024x768) — *Sniff, sniff* “Hmm, smells like water. Blech.”

-Allison(doll, mystery pictures, bunnies) 053 (1024x768) — “Ahh, this is the life. Laying upon a bed of roses. OUCH! More like a bed of thorns….”

-Allison(doll, mystery pictures, bunnies) 054 (1024x768) — “The brave explorer Dorothy attains new heights in her adventure. She can see for miles – or at least yards – from her perch.”

She’s quite the climber, Dorothy is, and before long she was climbing hither and yon up every flower stalk and tree in sight.

-Allison(doll, mystery pictures, bunnies) 059 (1024x768) — “Steady, steady ol’ girl. TOTO! Where are you when I need you?”

-Allison(doll, mystery pictures, bunnies) 062 (1024x768) — *Grunt, puff, wheeze*

She even took a short zip down the zipline, a.k.a. clothesline.

-Allison(doll, mystery pictures, bunnies) 064 (1024x768) — “I’M FLYIIIIIIIIIIING!”

I had to help her onto the swing, though. She’s not as good at jumping as she is at climbing.

-Allison(doll, mystery pictures, bunnies) 065 (1024x768) — “Yikes. Stay still, will ya’?”

-Allison(doll, mystery pictures, bunnies) 066 (1024x768) — “Ahh, the wind in my hair.”

After all the physical exertion, Dorothy needed a rest – for about 17 seconds.

-Allison(doll, mystery pictures, bunnies) 069 (1024x768) — “I am seriously exhausted. I may never get up again. Ooh, on second thought…”

Then she was up and going again. She collected several random objects, and claimed she was going to put on a hat fashion show. *Shrugs* What could I do?

-Allison(doll, mystery pictures, bunnies) 058 (1024x768) — “The fashionable Dorothy sashays down the runway, a lovely puff of rose-ness adorning her gleaming red hair.”

-Allison(doll, mystery pictures, bunnies) 068 (1024x768) — “Hey look! I’m a rabbit. A lopsided Holland Lop or something.”

-Allison(doll, mystery pictures, bunnies) 070 (1024x768) — “And hup, two, three, four. My trusty helmet and I are ready for action, Cap’n.”

-Allison(doll, mystery pictures, bunnies) 071 (1024x768) — “Dorothy the fairy flutters down the runway, tinkling merrily and sprinkling fairy dust.”

Dorothy wants to know which hat won the contest. Her personal favorite was the maple key because it gave her bunny ears. She loves bunny ears – and bunnies too.

So that was her day of exploring. I’m worn out, but she isn’t. 😀 Dolls… they never get tired, do they?

What was your favorite part of her exploration? Hmm… do you think I should make a Toto dog for her? That might be fun!

***Allison***

P. S. You’ve got to check out Aria’s amazing addition to WordCrafters 2! You’re going to have a lot of fun with this story, guys. 🙂 Oh, and Zielle, it’s your turn to write a chapter next!