Molly and Emily's Black and White Christmas

So I took some photos of Molly and Emily in front of our Christmas tree, and of course, the coloring didn't turn out all the great because our tree is always far from the window and I always take the tree pictures at night... not a good combo...  and that's the same mistake I made last year... oops.)

But anyway, I made them all black and white, much to the girl's delight, and it turns out, they look much better that way!

 Whisperings under the tree...

 Christmas mugshots *cough* head-shots! In Molly's photo, I was experimenting with a different kind of lighting. My mom picked up some rope lights from the store, and when you pull them out of the package, they're packaged in a ring shape, and have a really strong, bright glow. So I held them up above molly to try and imitate studio lights.  What do you think?

 Molly's a little excited about Christmas.... just a little. She's mostly excited for the snow. That's the main thing she asked for this year, lots and lots of snow. We'll have to see about that, since I have no control over the snow.. hmm..

 

Emily's just happy to be celebrating with friends, and to be able to enjoy their company. 

What are your Christmas plans, if you happen to celebrate Christmas?

I hope your holiday is a good one, and if I don't get around to blogging before this Thursday, 

Merry Christmas!

-Jeneca

Doll Photography Tips: Leading Lines.

Using leading lines in your photography can help create a more interesting image for your viewer. But what is a leading line? 

A leading line is, more or less, a line that lead's the viewer's eyes to your subject. It doesn't have to be a perfectly straight line like a stick or an arrow, but can be more abstract things, like I'm about to show you. 

 Take this picture of Emily from an upcoming photoshoot. This one's a little hazy, but the fence leads your eyes to the subject, Emily.

 This one is a little easier to spot. The shadows from her legs lead you to the subject, Mia.

 The drop that the girl in black is holding leads to the girl and white, and vice verus.

 The scarf draped around her shoulders is coming out in front of her and is a loose line that leads back to the subject, making the the image much more interesting than her just standing there.

 This one is a little more direct... The strings from the hammock lead to Kanani.

 The log that Mia's stepping over is a leading line, it leads you to the subject.

As well as this one. Kanani is clinging to the branch, the leading line, that leads you to the subject, Kanani. 

I don't really hear leading lines discusssed all the often, but they're really useful in the composition of your image, which we'll be talking about next time. 

So go out and shoot, with your camera of course, and try using leading lines to make your photography more interesting... because yes, Headshots with bokeh in the background are beatiful: 

But can get a little tiresome after years of seeing them. 

I'd love to see your work! Feel free to comment a link to some of your photography below. 

Jeneca

Mia's OOTD // October 19th, 2014

These pictures I'm about to share with you were once lost, but they're now found!

Heh, sorry guys. It's Mia. I'm here with another fabulous and slightly odd OOTD, featuring some Zellawear Corduroy Skinny Jeans that actually haven't been released yet. I'm here to give you a sneak peak of them before they're sold in a December Release called Chilly Days. (or something along the lines of that)

Because it's chilly. 

As you can see, things still look quite green in this post, I mean, check out those leaves back there. Green. These were taken back in October, but then I lost them. It's much less green now, trust me. It actually snowed yesterday. The only green left now are the leaves on the bushes that are slowly freezing to death. (but that's okay with me, because the cold never bothered me anyway) 

I'm getting off topic, and Jeneca is probably going to fire me now for being such a horrible post writer... oops... 

Here's the run down of ze outfit:

 Headband // Homemade

Sweater // American Girl (retired)

T-Shirt // Zellawear

Chords // Zellawear

Shoes // Release Rain on Ebay

 The lighting outside was pretty epic, too. It looked much more fall like out on the road outside the house. The dribbled golden sunshine, blurred red trees... *sigh*

 It was simply lovely. These awesome chords helped, too. They're soft, stripy and so cold-weather-season-perfect. Do you call your Corduroy pants Chords? I do, it's fun.

 Well, thanks for reading, guys! I hope I haven't bored you with these outfits I've been putting together... I've been enjoying making them! Hehe.

 Are there any other post-types you'd like to see on Vinyl Girls? Let Jeneca know down in the comments. 

Oh, and as usual, which one of these pictures is your favorite? :) 

-Mia.

Mia's OOTD // October 8th, 2014 (and a photoshoot)

Hola! It's me. Today I will be sharing my OOTD, as stated in the title above this very sentence!
This one was fun. Edgy, yes. A bit strange? Yes. Not-really-something-that-could-pass-for-normal, well yes, so am I! HA!
Anyway, let me get on with it.

T-shirt // American Girl 

Shortalls // Zellawear 

Socks // ALOF 

Shoes // ALOF 

Headband // American Girl 

 So when I saw that we had this floral shortalls, and I needed to wear them for a photoshoot, my wheels got churning.
What matches floral shortalls?

 I mean, when its summer, you can kind of get away with just wearing the shortalls... but when its 60 degrees or possibly colder?
not happening.

 So it just popped into my head. To bring out the darker colors in the fabric, and and fall trends, I've paired these shortalls with some Victorian socks (long story) and a simple black shirt.

 So yes, it may look a little strange, but I think it's quite cute.

(plus, I got to go outside and enjoy some warm temps, because now all the leaves from the trees are down on their knees, and no flowers are to be found.)

Fall is beautiful. Yours truly's birthday takes place in fall. It is a wonderful time of the year... It's the only time of year that my hair color matches the trees! :D

Plus, you get to find pretty leaves.

 

And of course, climb trees.

Here are the rest of the photos from the shoot.

So, go out a shake things up. Wear something you don't usually wear, don't be afraid to try new things!

Thanks for reading, and I'll seeee you guys soooon.
-Mia

(Here's an attractive shot of me when I feel into the wet leaves and got water and dirt on my face. Yay!)

Speical Photoshoot with Saige!

 A few months back, I was able to get some pictures of the gorgoues Saige. "You got a new doll!?" You say.
Nope, haha. I have some younger friends who are into American Girl, and when they came over for a play date/babysitting time,Y, we'll call her brought her Saige doll.

 I was very happy she let me take her on a quick photoshoot outside-- she's really pretty.

 Of course Mia came along, because two dolls is better than one ;)  (well, sometimes. if you have two dolls, you have twice as much to look after and take care of)

(okay so I would just like to add that this is my favorite shot. *.*)

 

 Hope you enjoyed! 

Which photo was your favorite? 

Oh, and do any of your friends (young or old) have dolls?

 

A 'Deep' Photostory

 So I recently took a photoshoot that told a story. Not really a photo story, to be exact, but a meaningful photoshoot, to post on Instagram. 

I only posted about 9 of the final 36 I had sorted from the original 100 shots... so here are some of those final images, with the captions on the images that I posted on IG. 

(if that paragraph above wasn't confusing, I don't know what is.)

 snared by your own desires

 suddenly embodied in the flesh

 snatched and stuck

 

 all your earthly wealth

 no longer mattering

 snared by your own desires 

embodied suddenly in the flesh 

snatched and stuck 

all your earthly wealth 

it no longer matters

 verklempt of the orphic

Enjoy! 

Which photo is your favorite?