10.1 Down the Rabbit Hole
By: dani photography
Tags: Alice in Wonderland, Photo Illustration, Portrait, Self Portrait
Category: Photography
| Aperture: | f/5.6 |
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| Focal Length: | 18mm |
| ISO: | 200 |
| Shutter: | 1/125 sec |
| Camera: | NIKON D50 |
Okay, you got me. I’m a big Tim Burton fan. I love his style. Got to see Alice In Wonderland in 3D last night, and while it’s not about to top Nightmare Before Christmas, it could easily be in his top five movies made. It inspired me to create this scene.
The idea for this shot came to me while I was waking up this morning. I knew I had a little extra time to work on my photo this week so I wanted to make it something really creative. Also, I haven’t done any sort of photo illustration lately, so this seemed like a perfect opportunity!
I created the background first, in order to get myself pumped to take the photos. I didn’t know if I could create the whole scene in one morning, but I knew if I built an awesome background it would get me motivated. Starting from a blank yellow canvas, I added some textures from Von Glitchka‘s book Crumble. Crakle. Burn. as well as some cool vintage pattern brushes I found online.
The next step was to create the scene of “Alice” at the table. I went searching for those cool teacups my Mom gave me a few years ago, and found one of the little dishes was broken. Sad for the dish, but great for the photo. Only took about ten shots before I got the lighting just right and found an expression I liked. I used my SB-900 Flash, mounted to a tripod, shot through an umbrella, above and to camera-right. Natural light coming in through the window on camera-left created the fill light.
Getting Lunan to look cute was the easiest part of the whole morning. I didn’t even have to ask. He just turned to his good side and looked stoic. Of course I treated him to a delicious fresh carrot for being such a good little model. After I had all the pieces, it was just a matter of compiling them together, then blending.
I have to say, this was one of my favorite shoots so far! When I started, I wasn’t sure if I could pull all of this together in one morning! But I’m happy with the way this turned out, and I hope you enjoy it as well.
Thanks for looking,
dani
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as always- I LOVE your color- you have such a wonderful way about you
Awesome, it’s always fun to find fellow Tim Burton Fans. Amazing Image!
I haven’t gone to see the new Movie yet!
this is an awesome photo. it would be cool for the Alice’s adventures under ground play we’re working on in studio right now.
Great shot! When I first saw it I was thinking it was very Alice-In-Wonderland-ish. Then I read the text. Cool! (It was a great movie, wasn’t it?)
[...] Week 10: Down the Rabbit Hole This image came to me in a dream. Weird, I know. I had seen Tim Burton’s new Alice in Wonderland movie the night before, and dreamed up this silly little image. That morning, I literally sprung out of bed and spent the whole morning and afternoon crafting the image. I don’t think I stopped once until I was complete. One of my top favorites of the whole year, this image inspired my “As Yet Untitled” Wonderland series, which can be seen here. I learned to follow an idea, no matter where the inspiration came from. And that composites are amazing, especially when composited less than the viewer might think! I’ve sold one large print of this image. [...]