Rianne & Phoebe

Granddad · Dec 17, 2011

You have triplets?? They'll be fun when they get to be directable! My daughter has 2 sets of twins - unfortunately they are 6,000 miles away.

jake337 · Dec 17, 2011

Great set showing sisters doing what they do best!

Kerbouchard · Dec 17, 2011

If you ever get time between shoots, I would appreciate some info on the setup for some of these. For instance, #13 is done exceptionally well. Hair falling down, shirt falling a little. Looks like she is upside down, but I can't figure out how you did it. My only guess would be you had her lay down, arranged her hair and clothing, and then extracted her, but I don't know how you managed to get her to cooperate for that....

However you did them, fantastic work.

ainsleyyip · Dec 18, 2011

Kerbouchard said:
If you ever get time between shoots, I would appreciate some info on the setup for some of these. For instance, #13 is done exceptionally well. Hair falling down, shirt falling a little. Looks like she is upside down, but I can't figure out how you did it. My only guess would be you had her lay down, arranged her hair and clothing, and then extracted her, but I don't know how you managed to get her to cooperate for that....

However you did them, fantastic work.

Thanks Kerbouchard for liking the lil sisters' pics.

For the pic with Rianne hanging upside down with balloon (supposed to be #14, my bad. hehe), I literally hung her upside down. =) Its the only way to make it look more realistic, especially her hair that is quite diff to photoshop if done otherwise.

1st i took a background pic
2nd I took a pic with my hubby holding her ankle hanging her upside down
3rd I took another pic with my hubby holding her thigh hanging her upside down (so that I can photoshop the part of the ankle in)
then after that I do all the editing and touching up in photoshop and lightroom.

Hope it helps. =)

Kerbouchard · Dec 18, 2011

That explains it. I actually looked at her ankle to try to see evidence of somebody holding her before I asked. I didn't think about 3 different shots.

Nice work and thanks for the info.

ainsleyyip said:
Kerbouchard said:

If you ever get time between shoots, I would appreciate some info on the setup for some of these. For instance, #13 is done exceptionally well. Hair falling down, shirt falling a little. Looks like she is upside down, but I can't figure out how you did it. My only guess would be you had her lay down, arranged her hair and clothing, and then extracted her, but I don't know how you managed to get her to cooperate for that....

However you did them, fantastic work.

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Thanks Kerbouchard for liking the lil sisters' pics.

For the pic with Rianne hanging upside down with balloon (supposed to be #14, my bad. hehe), I literally hung her upside down. =) Its the only way to make it look more realistic, especially her hair that is quite diff to photoshop if done otherwise.

1st i took a background pic
2nd I took a pic with my hubby holding her ankle hanging her upside down
3rd I took another pic with my hubby holding her thigh hanging her upside down (so that I can photoshop the part of the ankle in)
then after that I do all the editing and touching up in photoshop and lightroom.

Hope it helps. =)

Dominantly · Dec 18, 2011

Awesome shots, super creative!

Buckster · Dec 18, 2011

I LOVE the creativity, and they're very well executed! Terrific series!

mishele · Dec 18, 2011

What a great set of shots!!! Thanks for sharing! They brought a big smile to my face!

ainsleyyip · Dec 22, 2011

#15 The weather is v bad today, with the super strong wind that hit my house!

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c.cloudwalker · Dec 22, 2011

Love the photos, love the blog, love the idea.

Ever thought about doing a book? I collect quality picture books (quality of the images/drawings and texts) and the good ones for kids are pretty rare even though from my personal experience with showing my collection to kids, they often get the quality thing.

I would love to see you do a whole story and get it printed. Just make sure and let us know when it comes out.

Now, of course, some of these photos could use improvement, ie the background in the "Transport for the modern witch" shot could be cleaner

ainsleyyip · Dec 22, 2011

c.cloudwalker said:
Love the photos, love the blog, love the idea.

Ever thought about doing a book? I collect quality picture books (quality of the images/drawings and texts) and the good ones for kids are pretty rare even though from my personal experience with showing my collection to kids, they often get the quality thing.

I would love to see you do a whole story and get it printed. Just make sure and let us know when it comes out.

Now, of course, some of these photos could use improvement, ie the background in the "Transport for the modern witch" shot could be cleaner

Thank u for dropping by and also your advice. I totally agree on the background for that pic. Actually I just started to explore this kind of pics not long ago so may neglect minor details. =( will take note of the background n minor details =)

I am not sure what kind of book u are referring to but i do have the intention to do up a photobook for the sisters =)

c.cloudwalker · Dec 22, 2011

Mine are in boxes but I will try and find some examples on the net to give you links when I come back later today. Some of mine are not available commercially because they are one off, art books but most are available in better bookstores

The one series that got me started with the collection is this:
Amazon.com: The Griffin & Sabine Trilogy Boxed Set: Griffin & Sabine/Sabine's Notebook/The Golden Mean (9780811806961): Nick Bantock: Books

But there are many ways of doing them. Comic book style with speech bubbles (I'm working on one right now), more traditional children's books with large images and just a line or two of text, etc.

c.cloudwalker · Dec 22, 2011

Here is one of my favorites (probably why I can remember the title

):
http://www.amazon.com/Wolves-Walls-Times-Illustrated-Awards/dp/038097827X

Beautiful beautiful illustrations, very nice off the wall story (kind of like the suggestion I'm getting from your photos), and all together nice book.

Try and look at it in a bookstore than look at some of the other children's books around. If you don't see the difference, forget what I said. If you do see the difference, then go for it.

Not to say you will get published. I have a publisher lined up for mine but... they need to see some of it before they commit. That's the way it is.

If you can shoot but can't write a screenplay, find someone to write the screenplay for you. A lot of those books are double authored for a simple reason. One is the illustration guru and the other is the story telling guru.

Worth a try though.

gopal · Dec 22, 2011

wonder after wonder....just get cheering.

Trever1t · Dec 22, 2011

these are well done children's photographs but even better is the thought and creativity you've put into them. The kids are adorable and it really looks as they enjoy themselves fully! Wonderful all around series!