Lotus Stoete now Cai Quiao - SOLD

Hi everyone!  I'm just dropping in to give a quick update with the Nursery.  I'm finally feeling better & I've been painting like crazy & finally finishing up some babies.  If you remember I started rooting the Lotus sculpt months ago.  She's just been waiting for her turn to get her eyes set & put together.  She has "porcelain" skin tones.  Which I interpret as not much mottle & very soft pale skin.  She's finally completed & is SOLD.  Her new mommy wanted a name change from Quiao Xing to Cai Quiao which I think suits her perfectly.  Here are some quick snap shots of her.  The quick photos make her appear darker than she is because the sun has been missing for the past few days but she will have a proper photoshoot soon.  I hope her new mommy loves her.

AA Bircial Ethnic Rainer Day 2 WIP

Just a quick update on Rainer Stydom. This is day 2.  If you follow me on Facebook then you know how nervous I have been regarding painting Rainer. I searched for this kit for over a year!!  The reference photo that I'm using has a filter over it so I'm making small adjustments.  I still have a long ways to go but I'm happy with her progress.  Have a wonderful Tuesday!

Combination hair (Painted & lightly rooted) completed- Pic Heavy

Happy Saturday everyone.  today is just a quick post on Quinlynn's hair progress.  I'm happy to say that   her hair is completed & I absolutely love it!  She is extremely lightly rooted.  Progress pictures below.  What do you think? Yayy or Nayy?  I'd love to hear from you.  Please follow me on Facebook for more photos.

Commitment to better photos....

Hey guys.  I know it's been a minute since I last posted but I've been sick as heck!  I'm still under the weather but I'm feeling a tad better.  This post was supposed to be up last week but it's better late than never right?  Today I'm going to talk about photography.

Have you ever seen photos of a reborn baby and just fell in love with everything about the pictures?  The pictures are perfect from the pose, to the clothing, to the lighting to the background, to the focus and exposure??? Just everything about it draws you in???  Now let's be clear.  I'm not talking about photos that have a bunch of filters or edits on them.  I'm strictly talking about just great pictures.Well, I have and I'm making a commitment to learn how to take better photos.

Step 1 was getting a better camera & I have.  I've upgraded to a Canon 60D.  And to be honest, this is probably the highest I'll go as far as a DSLR camera.  I'm not a professional photographer & this camera should do more than what I need it to once I learn how to use it.  I've had people from Facebook & ARC cheering me on & helping me thru this process & to be honest, I can really see a difference.  Thank you Kristen (the "Torch" really helped--:::::inside joke::::).  Cherie Ann & Lil Jo--I appreciate you guys so much.  There have of course been others, but these are the ladies that are constantly helping me.

Step 2 is practice, practice practice.  I was trying to practice every day just to learn the settings & see what they do but unfortunately I got sick. I'm going to get back to that as soon as possible. Anyway, I wanted to past a couple pictures of my progress.  You can checkout my Facebook for more progress photos.

As you can see, I'm getting a little better.  I'll post more of my progress later on.