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Some people have been asking how did you do that? Well… Most of the time I use Photoshop ver.5 for correcting lighting or taking out imperfections in the doll. Once an awhile I use something to support the doll. I can take out a Stance Modifier easier than a Doll Stand most of the time, but they have limitations on where you can hang them. Anyway I thought I would go through a difficult picture from my recent Hot Rod pictorial. Also your Photoshop version maybe different, but hopefully it has similar functions. This is not the only way you can correct a picture, for I am finding different ways to play with the picture all the time, this just happens to be the way I fixed this one 
First I start with the raw picture. This one has to much yellow from the florescent lights and blue from outside. also the modifier and blemishes on the doll need cleaning up.
To correct the lighting go to the top and select ‘image’ then drop to ‘adjust’ then click on Hue/Saturation. For this picture we want to reduce the yellow so click on the yellow, now slide the Hue left to -5, the Saturation to -50, and the brightness to +25. This will make the colors more natural looking. Play with the slides to the extreme to find the happy medium.
Next I want to remove the Stance Modifier. Start by selecting the stamp tool by clicking on the box, or typing the letter S. You also want to select the brush size. For this picture I chose 35%
Starting at the top of the picture, at the edge of the window opening with the red, put the icon on the edge and hold the ‘Alt’ button and click the mouse. Then move left about an inch and click on the edge again. Hold the mouse button down while stamping to see if it looks even, if not hit ‘Ctrl Z’ and try again. Once it looks even erase as much as you can before picking another point. Keep doing this to erase the modifier. Stop the erasing by letting go of the mouse. If it looks good, keep going . If you don’t like it hit the ‘Ctrl Z’ and try again. You only get one shot between mouse clicks, otherwise you will have to pick up from a different point. Keep doing this till the modifier is erased down to the hair.
With the hair, pick an area that closely matches the area where the modifier is. I picked near the bottom left, now like the last, pick in the bottom circle with the stamp, then click on the modifier and erase. Just erase the modifier in one shot. After go back and pick from other areas to fill where the modifier was. This way the hair will look different instead of a mirror image all the way along where the modifier was.
Moving down the back clean up the same way as the modifier. Pick from areas near that have the same color, or shading. The larger the brush the better for open areas. Narrow the brush down along edges. I took out the void on her right upper arm, the elbows, and her back operation. The arrows show where I picked and moved to. Next is the wrists.
Here are the edited wrists
I did a little work on the legs and ankles the same way as before. After you’re happy with the changes save your work. Next you need to resize for your album in the forum. For a blog you would want your picture to be 512 pixels wide. Do this by selecting ‘Image’ at the top, scrolling down to ‘Image Size’ and select 512 pixels. My album on the forum I make them a bit bigger but go by 12″ on the longest side. Since I have more room here I make them 1500 pixels on the longest side. That is what it is set for in this picture.
There you have it. That is basically how I clean up a picture. I’m sure your manual will tell you all the nifty things you can do with your version, and by all means have fun playing. But by getting the lighting correct, and the extra stuff out, this will give you a good start.
Look in my album for the big pictures.
Hey folks,
I been wanting to do this shoot for some time now. I recently finished restoring this 1951 Studebaker Starlight into an old school Hot Rod. The idea is everything is show and go under the hood, and not so much on the outside. I plan to fix this with Ceilidh, but she is only good at being the eye candy. Speaking of which, when she drops her overalls she is wearing a hot candy apple red one piece 
I thought I would start her off with answering the phone, but she was a bit shy, trouble with dolls, they don’t say much. So I put her to work installing new lights behind the grill. After revving the 354 Chrysler Hemi she was feeling a bit warm and decided to see how far that zipper would go. Fortunately for us it went all the way to the floor 
The lighting in the shop is a very yellow florescent and the natural light coming through the window is more blue. Needless to say it is tough lighting and needs to be corrected in Photoshop. I can do some correcting with the camera, but find it easier in Photoshop.
A little later this month I will do a article on how to do corrections with Photoshop. I have one picture from this shoot that needed work with the lighting, imperfections in the doll, and the modifier that holds her up. The version of Photoshop that I have is 7, but hopefully other versions are similar.
Enjoy
Hi folks,
Well Ceilidh bought a new one piece and asked if you might like to see her in it. I said why would they even care . Well after I picked myself up and put some ice on my eye (yes she can get emotional) 
I agreed to do a shoot with her in it.
I started the shoot with Ceilidh as her normal B5 self, and was using an old Olympus 4040. About this time I bought a new Nikon D200. So I put Ceilidh back in the one piece, but this time with a body two. I don’t know what you would call this clothing other than a one piece. They call it ‘club wear’, but must be a strip club, and it’s not a bathing suit. I think I bought it because it reminded me of the Vampirella comic. Ceilidh is also wearing a red Carlotta wig which is quite popular. I sell these wigs in different colors and half have been this color G130
So sit back and enjoy guys and always remember, “Never argue with a red headed woman.” 
Enjoy,
Howdy everyone,
This month was a busy one with all the photoshoots and editing. A couple months back Leonus came up with an idea to show the dolls playing instruments in peoples albums to put them together and form a band. His own Ember plays the lead guitar, and B-man’s Candy plays the base. Rachael sat in for a session on the drums, and Bianca is backing up Ember. B-man has been doing a great job on piecing together everyones pictures in the Eye Candy section on the forum.
It took me awhile but I finally got Ceilidh to belt out a few numbers. The shoot this month is the result of that band idea. I set up place in the basement, in other words I moved the junk around, so I would have a place do some shoots. I hope some day to have an actual studio in the basement, but for now you will see my setup in a couple of picts. I used a couple of spot lights to make it look like she was on stage, and a stance modifier to make her stand. The nice thing about the basement is I can use the floor joists to hook the modifier to. Some day I hope to also have some real soft boxes, but for now thin paper over the light or waving the light will have to do.
Also because it is Easter, well I have a nice treat for you. Little Tira said she would play the Easter Bunny for you AND ME 
So check her shoot out below, as usual just click on her photo.
Enjoy.
Good Day everyone.
Kharn asked a couple weeks ago if I could send him a few pictures of a Vegas type showgirl. Well I didn’t have a showy costume, but I do have plenty of lally Columns. So in these tough economic times Ceilidh needs to pay her way, and found employment at the local strip club. Maybe if she is good enough she can get a job at a Vegas club. Try to imagine the blue pole as a brass one
Enjoy,
Hey folks,
What do you think of the new Dottie? Camp asked if I could do a re-core on Dottie. She needed it badly, but it didn’t look to tough to do after I came up with a way to hang her upside down. Plus Ceilidh needs the operation too, and Camp was willing to let me experiment (insert evil laugh).
After the operation it was time to show her goods off She needed to be washed, so what better place than in the tub. No surprise I like redheads, but Dottie is a brunette. Camp bought her a corset just for the unveiling, and she tried on a new wig too. Part way through I added some powder to give the privates some color, and to hide the operation some. Hope you enjoy all the hard work
Enjoy,
Incrediwagon
P.S. you can find the recore article I did by clicking on the photo below, in the same way as you do with my photo shoots.
Hello everyone,
Camp stopped by after Christmas with some clothes for Dottie’s present. He figured he would need help putting on some very revealing leggings, but the boots were the hardest to put on. The sweater wasn’t bad either if you put on some thin socks over the hands. After we dressed her he couldn’t wait to take pictures. “Well all right, I guess we can.” So much for doing her gynecological procedure. Now she looks like she done skiing for the day and entered the ski lodge. These body 5’s can certainly pack a sweater
Enjoy,
Hello everyone,
This month Jayde is the featured model. At the beginning of November Camp and I set out to bring Jayde to her new home. We were planning to stop at Niagara Falls the first night to take pictures of the falls in the morning. We also wanted to see what difficulties we might face crossing the border. Well, all I can say is that was a bad idea. I guess we fit some profile that said time to take apart the van, because they did. Needless to say we didn’t go back to that crossing in the morning, but the other was a breeze. We thought we were doing something wrong, which I guess we did. I had to go back to the US customs to claim my camera equipment and Ceilidh’s and Dottie’s faces for the return interrogation. After that it was smooth sailing to Michaelangelo’s place. We had a small Doll Owners Group meeting there with Mahtek, Davecat, and Ceej, stopping by, and everyone took lots of pictures. Ceej was a gracious host and tour guide. We all had a great time doll clothes shopping, and eating at Moxie’s. It is a nice upscale Hooters and yes the women are hot! After saying goodbye, we headed home the next morning. All 600 miles, and yes we had an interesting time at the crossing. Surprisingly we didn’t have to open the crate. The male guards seemed uninterested except for one dick. He couldn’t believe I wasn’t doing this for money, and thought I should go to the commercial customs. Then the female agents came over and looked at the beautiful pictures that Michaelangelo took. They were oohing and aahing over the pictures saying how pretty and beautiful she is. Then the head agent told the bone head to buzz off and sent us on our way.
Well enough about that. Your more interested in Jayde right? Well she is in pristine condition. Michaelangelo got her home, took some beautiful pictures, and put her back in the crate. The reason why is because he found an other beautiful, charming, and alive real woman. The beautiful, hot, and wanting virgin Jayde will remain that way until Christmas. When we can unwrap our gifts,
Enjoy
“Lost in the Woods”
Hi everyone.
When I stared out my first intentions were to take these pictures so that I could paste them into other pictures of hiking trips I’d been on. With further reflection and the foliage all around, I thought they would be good on their own. My journey started out at Camp’s place in the mountains. He has a nice place in a great spot by a bridge. It was covered with red leaves to match Ceilidh’s clothes. I was able to use the stance modifier with a swing set that Camp had.
The first pictures are of Ceilidh starting out on the hike. She stops and finds some matching maple leaves. Then she is either feeling hot or is trying to motivate us to join her on the hike. After all that hiking it is time for lunch. When I zoomed in you could see that she was quite hot and was perspiring. So she lifted her top to cool off, I think
Afterwards she was ready to go and do some leaf peeping. We drove up a hill to see out over the mountains, and to get a picture along a country road. On the way home Ceilidh decided to be a traffic stopper looking at Mount Lafayette.
Enjoy.
The next shoot is Tira dressed up as a G-Taste maid. G-Taste is a x-rated Anime or Henti but ironically the characters have small eyes. I originally had the outfit made to fit a B5 but I had to modify it to fit the Boy Toy body. I’m impressed with the stiffness of the legs. She is able to stand by the bed without any aid, other than her hands. She could almost stand free if it wasn’t for her hime joint back. Since she was dressed up as a maid I had her make the bed. After all she did help mess it up
I did try to copy a couple of poses from the drawings. It’s a little tough to copy people sometimes, never mind drawings, but I think you can find them. I also made a few stereographs. If you don’t know how they work, focus on the pictures at the mid point. Then slowly cross your eyes till they move together. Then just focus on the center image, and
Enjoy.
