I created 6 diorama sets for the group images. I kept getting ideas for different sets and lighting. I created my own clouds out of cotton. I made the beautiful colored skies with colored gels, placed over my lights. It was so much fun to make everything so surreal and wonderland-ish. I didn't care if anything "made sense".
My favorite was the Hot Air Balloon!
The Sets:
One Tree Hill
Hot Air Balloon
Clouds
Dark Forest
Carnival Land
Skeleton Trees
(In Part 1: I had the Fearless Spirit Model Crew make their "own little world" dioramas, using objects from my fairy gardens, diorama pieces and all the artsy and strange things that I have in the studio. After they put together their sets, I photographed them on just a white backdrop. I made them do all sorts of really strange poses...and as usual, they gave me a hard time and laughed a lot. Then, I had those images printed and we cut them out like paper dolls. I placed each of their paper dolls in their diorama set and then photographed each one.
To learn more about the Fearless Spirit Model Crew and how it helps middle school teens with their self-confidence click here: https://www.story-book-studios.com/fearless-spirit-project
See Part 1 here https://youtu.be/WcXfdMSf_XA
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