My Own Little World
Join us on a strange and wonderful journey through 10 little worlds, across magnificent cotton candy clouds and watermelon skies. Dip your toes in a stream of purple water, see an enchanted castle with 8 girls named Emma, dance with a giant bear, hang out with a frog prince and sit on a rainbow. Welcome to the brain of Casey Scalf.
I had the Fearless Spirit Model Crew make their "own little world" dioramas, using objects from my fairy gardens, miniature set pieces and all the artsy and strange things that I have in the studio. I photographed the girls on just a white backdrop. As usual, I made them do 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.
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I placed each of their paper dolls in their "own little world" diorama and then photographed each one. 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 making everything so over-the-top and colorful. I didn't care if anything "made sense".
I love the model crew sessions because I get to experiment with all the crazy ideas in my head...and the models get to be a part of the creative process.
Behind the Scenes Video of Part 1
My Own Little World Part 2
This is Part 2 of the Fearless Spirit Model Crew photo shoot called "My Own Little World". I couldn't fit all of the cool videos and photography into the Part 1 video. I kept getting ideas for different sets and lighting. I surprised the girls with all of these group images. They had no idea that I was going to make the sets for the whole group.
The Sets:
0:13: One Tree Hill
1:08: Hot Air Balloon
1:38: Clouds
2:01: Dark Forest
2:34: Carnival Land
3:02: Skeleton Trees