It’s been a minute since I posted anything – you know how it goes.

It’s been quite a while since I’ve seriously engaged in photography. As I’m sure I’ve already mentioned, I just got bored, and I had no new ideas or subjects to pursue. So I dropped it, for the most part, and focused on other things: rock painting, paint pouring, and knitting. But recently – and I can’t even recall why – I became interested in rebuilding my Madame Alexander doll collection, which is something I do from time to time, and in pursuing that I came across the most amaaaaazing doll photography happening all over the internet. Not MA, so much, but mostly more modern and anime-looking dolls, with which I fell in love immediately. Especially the Monster High dolls and all of their spinoff collections. There was only one thing to do. Buy the shit outta some dolls! Let’s go!

What I love about these babies is that they come attired and made up exactly like I used to do myself. Only, these bitches require no application time on my part! And I’ve never enjoyed taking pictures of other people; it’s an art form I like to engage with in solitude – which is part of the reason I started putting myself into costumes, so I’d look different each time. Well now I’ve got the perfect models to work with – they do exactly what I say, they don’t engage in small talk, and they have no ideas of their own. My dream models – where have you been all my life?

Okay, okay, I know where you’ve been. In stores. On Amazon, mostly. And I have been snatching you up! In fact, I have one more shipment coming today and then I have recognized I need to calm the hell down with all this purchasing. Fashion dolls are NOT going anywhere, and I’ve already got a backlog going. So I’m going to work through the ones I have before buying any more – but man are these tempting!

I have so much to learn – which is what has all my gears cranking again. It’s the learning curve that I enjoy; getting excited over trying new ideas, and constantly coming up with ideas of things to try. The possibilities, at the moment, feel endless.

Oh sure, I know I’ll reach an end eventually, but that usually takes me about ten years, so we’ll see how far this goes. I can already tell I’m going to have to recycle a lot of these as I do not have the space for the endless supply of new dolls I’m sure to encounter, but that’s OK. It’s all part of the process.

So here’s to a new photography hobby! Stay tuned for more doll photos! Possible very, very many doll photos.