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DIORAMA DISCUSSION: Open Forum Day: Subtopic-The Great Outdoors

Posted by DeeinNJ on July 8, 2008, 9:16 am

Hi, Guys
Today is open forum day, so this is the place to post anything you want relating to dioramas, or ask questions or offer tips or tell about great finds.

If you need a little motivation, today's theme is the Great Outdoors.

Post pics of your dolls outdoors (real or created): Patios, porches, gardens, on the town, beaches, ski slopes, camping, gazebos, etc. You get the idea.

Here are a few from my archives to get us started... hope to see yours, but remember, you can post ANYTHING you want. This is just to help ;o)

DeeinNJ

Some Highlights from this Discussion:

Diorma - The Great Outdoors

Posted by Stinker's Stuff

I've just moved to a condo with a tiny back yard, so I'm hoping to have more actual outdoor shots in the future.

So far here's my simulated outdoors with sets:
This set has 2 large pieces of foam board as walls and the floor. Lots of fake plants, love the fake grass, it looks really neat in pictures. I rolled out brown foam contact paper for kitchen drawers to make the dirt floor, and a wallpaper sample for the tile floor. Two different sized square candle holders became my fountain. I put all my spot lights up on one wall to simulate sunlight.

Outdoor cafe night scene:

I cut out a hole in my foam board, used long wood slat pieces you get at Michaels for the window panes, then painted them black. I used the railing from the My Scene Mascarade pad to encase the patio dining, and a cute metal dining set I got cheap on eBay.

I took these photos of Laguna Beach, and took a bunch of sand back home in a cup.
I placed my models in front of a white screen on the sand, then photoshopped them into the beach scene:

The easiest way is to have a photo of the outdoors behind them, then you just have to worry about lighting:

Great Outdoors - a few pics
Posted by Amanda

Wow! Fantastic photos so far! Here are a few I have.
Barbie enjoys a summer day

Early morning with the horses

An outdoor swing I made for Josie

A day at the beach - Momoko style

Collecting shells

Thanks for looking! I can't wait to see more!

Had to think about this one....
Posted by Saucy Suwi

Outdoor pics from the archive
Posted by Kerstin

Some of my outdoor pics..
Posted by Second Glance

My best outdoor picture with 1 prop
Posted by kirabarbie

I took these on my vacation in Hawaii. Since these are just little dolls on a big beach, the key to photographing them is to shoot closeups with background details in the distance. And avoid getting real people in the shots. I had quite a few onlookers wondering what I was doing. The surfboard which I found at a local gift shop was the right scale for the dolls.

Picnic time!
Posted by Lisa N Va.

I adore this picnic table, I'm still collecting some items for a bbq scene I'd love to do. I sell these on my website & ebay store by the way- ) Buck and cowboy kickin Barbie are enjoying a game of monopoly- that's a magnet from the dollar tree and some strawberry shortcake and lemonade, courtesy of rement. lol.

What a fun idea! If the storm doesn't break maybe I can do a little photo shooting!

Lisa
King William Miniatures www.kingwilliamminiatures.us
Pumpkin Hill Studios http://tinyurl.com/yjvz65

Outdoor Room! Lots of Pics!
Posted by emjay

This photo is an overhead view of the room, so you can see how it's put together:

Welcome to Zane and Rhyanna's little Island Retreat.

Relaxing with friends... the girls are enjoying margueritas and the guys are imbibing martinis!

Some random "outdoor" photos
Posted by MaryPhoto

From my "wedding recreation project"
Poster for backdrop, model railroad grass, Unity sand container is the top of my liquid makeup, unity sand is glitter, arch is made from bulsa wood trim that I let soak in the kitchen sink so I could bend it. Flower petals obtained at JoAnn fabrics.

Backdrop is a calendar the I purchased while in Italy, last January. Perfect for Princess of Italy/Renaissance

Backdrop is "room with a view" with sky colored fabric drapped over it. A second room with a view was used to create the building which I hung barn like scrapbook paper on with magnets. Picket fence obtained at JoAnns (and painted white by Hubby). Little saddle, wagon and stable implements I got at some gift shop (don't remember exactly which one). Grass is model railroad grass. Leaves & vegatables came from JoAnns. Tree is from Michaels. I rested it against the room with a view and then secured with with magnets (on the back side). The tree was quite an engineering project.