davidd's A DOLL A DAY 2026

[davidd]

But in-camera effects are da best kine.

Oh! I figured it out! So simple!
At 4am, when I was still awake -- you know that story -- just stressin' about one thing or another, it dawned on me – the classic "olden days" method for taking "ghost" photos: a long ex-posure! Remove the figure partway through the long (and probably light-painted) ex-posure to achieve the "transparent" effect.

That shot you did with the perfect level of ghostly transparency must have taken multiple attempts... or you got really lucky on the first try!

I'm gonna have to try that. It's been so long since I tried light painting that I've completely forgotten how to do it.

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28 August - A Doll A Day 2026:

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Magic Mermaids 2026 Edition

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I first purchased a package of Magic Mermaids Sea Party back in 2013. Periodically I run across the same figures repackaged under different names. Today I found them at a grocery market in Kanab, Utah, now called My Mermaid Play Set and including a cuttlefish!

The Magic Mermaid Sea Party from a dozen years ago included plastic seaweed but no cuttlefish.