Saturday, September 15, 2012

Monster High Photoshoot

When I decided to head across the street into  the woods, it was quickly apparent which Monster High ghoul I should take with me.  Who better than a 'plant monster'!  Venus McFlytrap is billed as the daughter of 'a plant monster' and an eco-punk.  Personally I prefer to think of her as the daughter of Mother Nature herself. :-)

Now, I must be honest, I never truly intended to purchase Venus, her promo photo's didn't call to me like Rochelle Goyle and Robecca Steam did.  But when I found Robecca in a local store for a super cheap price I knew I'd be silly not to go back and grab the one Venus they had too.  I even flirted with the idea of selling her online for a bit of a profit.  But in person she intrigued me more than I figured she would and well she quickly found herself released from her box.


Our first stop was this Red Oak tree next to the playground. Venus found a nice branch quickly settled in.

I decided I wanted to kind of do a 'Senior Portrait'  type 'shoot with her.

For a doll that initially didn't intrigue me, well I must say I think she photographs really well!



We headed down the path and I caught her in this patch of sunlight.  Aside from a few stray hairs, I really like this picture.



Venus communes with a tree.



This is another of those shots that I think turned out really well.


Here is Venus perched on that fallen tree with the spiral bark I mentioned yesterday.  Normally I wouldn't have kept this shot since Venus is a bit blurred, but this was the best of the bunch and I still like it a lot!





Just relaxing in the woods



Standing tall top the look out tower.

(This shot and the others I took of her here kept me nervous as she was standing on her own atop the look out tower a good 30 feet above the ground! Thankfully the wind chose to stay still while I was shooting them!)



Glorying in the sunshine


Sometimes even a plant needs to pull up roots.




Such pretty flowers



Shall we go this way?


Hopefully no one gets offended by this or the next picture.  I found this really neat patch of moss and thought a few shots of my Nature Ghoul au naturele wouldn't be amiss.

Personally I think these are lovely  shots and I hope you do too!




Nature Ghoul au Naturele

9 comments:

  1. Oh, I love the last two best of all :) Her hair is just fab !

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  2. My favorite is "Just relaxing in the woods" - I love how she seems to be in a 1:6 scale forest.

    She does photograph well. Thanks for taking the scary photos too. Glad that nothing bad happened. Whew!

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  3. Thanks Ban! Oddly enough it was her hair that initially made me shy away from her, but in actuality it really is lovely!

    D7ana, I will admit that i think these are some of the best MH pics I have taken so far. Venus was a pleasure to photograph and I look forward to next spring to shoot her again! :-)

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  4. Her promo photo didn't excite me when Mattel released it but she's amazing in person, she's now my favorite MH doll. Your Venus photos are lovely!!

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  5. Thanks Kristi! I'm glad to know that I wasn't the only one not Wow'd by her promo pics. Glad you enjoyed the ones I took!

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  6. I love Venus ! She's cute and good on her place in the nature ^^

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  7. Thank you Krystal, I have definitely fallen in love with this ghoul! But then again I think I fall in love with each one every time I photograph them! =D

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  8. Great photos! You've given me some ideas for when Mini Jazzi comes to Birmingham for a visit. :D

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  9. So there I understand I have the same worries ^^ What a pleasure to decorations and take pictures !

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