EAH Raven Queen & The Edgar Allan Poe Photography Challenge

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Dear and lovely readers, here is my second entry in the Edgar Allan Poe Photography Challenge.  For the last month, I kept thinking about the phrase for theme two : "spirits moving musically to a lute's well-tuned law."  What a beautifully eerie image.

My interpretation is more on the cute side of gothic.  Raven Queen is playing her guitar, rather than a lute, and summoning some spirits with her magic.  As attentive watchers of EAH will know, Raven Queen has been seen to have excellent control of her dark magic while playing the guitar. 

Raven Queen and her guitar were both repainted by me, the spirit faces are my BJD Supia Rosy.  The mosquito bite I incurred while taking this picture is still healing.  As always, thank you for looking. :0)

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Golden [Aurora - Supia Rosy]

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Notes:  I've been ill again (and have not yet stabilized completely).  But a couple of weeks ago, I was permitted to try my father's new SLR!  I'm normally reasonably self-conscious about taking my ball-jointed dolls out for public photoshoots.  However, given the beauty of the light and the opportunity to use an SLR, I felt the need to take Aurora to slightly more interesting location than my yard or bedroom. 

So, I managed to find a bag for Aurora and trudged off to a nearby vacant lot.  At first, I thought the shoot should have perfect privacy, but within a minute or two of my settling down, a garage door opened almost across the street.  

"Oh well, they will probably get into their car and drive off without even noticing the crazy doll photographer with a conspicuous, macro-lense-less SLR," I thought.

And then, another car drove by, the occupants of which were evidently acquainted with the owners of the afore mentioned garage, because the two parties proceeded to talk in the middle of the road for at least 15 minutes, while I was about 10 feet away.  It is unfortunately difficult to go unnoticed with a 58 cm doll when one is alone in a vacant lot.

Still, I'm very happy with how these pictures turned out.  I think some of them are my favourite pictures of Aurora since the Dear Ophelia series last year.  I'll be posting some higher quality versions of the horizontal ones on my deviantart account very soon.

Thanks for looking! :0)

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Aurora peak

I have taken three sets of doll-related photographs since the last post, but I haven't yet managed to post any of them anywhere.  To try to break the spell of inertia (and to distract myself from missing this year's Uncanny Dreams), I'm posting a single picture of Aurora that I took last week.  Hopefully, there will be lots more to come.

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Dollheart Box-opening & Review

On Tuesday, I was able to pick up my order from Dollheart. Here's the box-opening and a review, partly cross-posted from DoA.

Mr. Black came to supervise the box-opening process.



Starting to open the package.



The inner box with a post-card sized print inside.



First glimpse of the outfit!



I put the hat on Mr. Black, who was affronted by its girlyness.



The accessories in the bottom of the box: stockings, corset, and neck ruffle.



Close-up of Aurora to show the dress without the neck ruffle and and corset. I actually prefer it without the ruffle, but options are always nice to have.



The full outfit. I'll have to iron it eventually, but I'm very pleased on the whole.



I'm so glad that Aurora can now have an outfit that fits her properly. For ages, she's been stuck with the robe I made her.

In this dress, she reminds me a bit of some post-impressionist character. Her face seems to emerge from the sooty colours of mourning like one of Edvard Munch's figures, only with the urban mask stripped away to reveal a uncorrupted subject.



This picture was to show how amazingly well the stockings fit around her feet. There are no floppy edges at the toe or heel. I'm not sure if it really can be see very well in this picture though.



Aurora and Mr. Black. :0)




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The Den of Angels Company Review


* What did you order?

GD000011 - Alysha

* When did you order?

March 6th, 2012

* Did you order directly from the company, or through a distributor or dealer?

Directly from the company

* How was the communication?

Really excellent! I only found out about the Dollheart.com site being hacked after I placed my order, and since that was the site I had used, this caused me a quite a bit of alarm. I emailed the Dollheart.net site in a bit of panic, asking if they had received my order, and they replied within the hour (they were actually that fast!) to reassure me that everything was fine.

* How easy was it to pay?

Almost too easy. >.<

* How long did it take to ship?

The package arrived on March 19th, 2012-- faster than I expected.

* Was the quality appropriate for the price, in your opinion?

Definitely!

* Did the item look like the sales pictures?

A little better.

* Were you satisfied with the product?

Very much. The only thing that surprised me was that the dress fabric had kind of strange, synthetic feeling to it. The zipper is a bit stubborn too, so I will have to be careful about it in the future. Otherwise, the dress is very beautiful, fits the intended doll perfectly, and can make a number of different looks with the accessories.

* If you weren't satisfied, how did the company solve your problem?

N/A

* Would you order from this company again?

I would without any hesitation.

* Would you buy this company's products second-hand?

Certainly, provided that I was accurately informed of their condition.


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March 3rd Meet-Up

Last week, I had the opportunity to go to a doll meet. It was extremely nice to have an event like this as a break from the medical lousiness I have been dealing with. There were so many lovely real and resin people, I wish I had been able to take better pictures (although I flatter myself with the hope that my meet-up pictures are slightly improving with experience >.<).

My thanks to the hosts and organizers! :0)

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