Project 3: Tiny People ENTRY 4

After being happy with some of my photos, here are some of the selected photos, edited.

Conclusion: Overall, I'm very satisfied with the outcome of the photos. I edited the photos in such away that the vibrancy was rather high. I wanted the figures to look as if though they are actual humans, but I wanted to keep the other "real" props (like coins, snacks, etc.) artificial-looking and very energetic and quirky. Using green and brown fuzzy towels worked really well as grass and soil as well. If there were one thing I would want to change, that would be to have figures that has more action and also more props. I would definitely continue to do this project after this.

Project 2: Tiny People ENTRY 3

After digging around my house, I found 2 - 3 tiny model figures of workmen and animal. Here are some of the photos I took.

I'm honestly so happy I found these tiny figures because I had so much fun playing around with it. I tried using various other props like m&m's, coins, and beans to show that these tiny figures are actually tiny. One of the most difficult things I find in this project is to try to photograph these figures in such a way that they don't just look like toys, but they have to interact with the props around them so that they look as though they're actually living. Photo 3, 4, 5 are under the risk of looking like just toys, since they're not really interacting with anything around it, the toys are just reacting with toys alone, nothing else.

Nevertheless, I really wish I could have more of these tiny figures as the possibilities for the photos are just endless! I might actually consider buying these just to continue this project on just for fun.

Project 3: Tiny People ENTRY 2

I was still hesitant if whether I not I should purchase one of those tiny human figures off eBay but I decided not to and bought this toy clay instead. 

Clay initially sounded like a decent idea, however there are so many difficulties when it comes to replacing model figures with clay

1) It was very difficult to build tiny clay figures, especially when you're doing it alone. Since I need small figures, I tried building very small figures and it takes forever to try to be as gentle as I can not to break its arms or legs.

2) Too squishy. The fact that this clay brand in particular is very soft is a very bad thing. Once clay is combined with the heat outside, it generally gets even softer, this makes it very difficult for clay figures to stand and sometimes even sit.

3) Dirty colors. The first time when building tiny clay figures, the color turned out semi decent, white was white, black was black, and blue was blue. However, after going through the third doll, because my fingers were dirty from touching the previous color (especially if I just touched a darker color clay, touching the lighter color clay would leave my finger print in the previous color I just touched.)

4) Fingerprint. Similar to point 3, I keep on getting my finger prints on the clay's surface and it definitely look bad.

5) VERY VERY time consuming and frustrating. Making tiny clay dolls, let alone trying to make them stand, takes a very long time. It took me 2 hours just to build 4 tiny clay dolls (with the help of my other friend), and took me an hour to try to get it to stand, photograph, dust off the dirt that got engraved into the clay's surface.

6) Can't get that much facial expression. Since it's clay, I can't really get it to be as expressive as I wish.

Here are some of the photos I took:

I find these photos decent, but I'll definitely try to find a way to fix all my issues listed above. I'll try to dig around my house for tiny models, I should have them when I was little.