PrettyTiny Film Company -- Alliecat's crew (July 30)

[Alliecat]

Sunny among the flowers looks cute! It appears your flowers are "going to town" (as my grandparents might say) this season.
...  I simply cannot get the camera settings right to avoid "blowing out" the highlights. I've really lost my touch, it seems.

Thanks!  My parents said that too. 
Can one really say one has lost one's touch when it's a digicam that does so much on its own?  I mean, you could say that about shooting film and getting it wrong, but, this digital stuff makes so many adjustments on its own.  Sensors don't cope well with contrast.  Have you tried a "middle grey" card?

Great pictures.  My fave is the third from last where she's holding the lily.

Thank you!    It was really hard to get any kind of decent angle.

A few more pix of Natalie from a previous pic-a-week shoot.  I'm getting a bit caught up with some photos -- just not the longer-ago ones!








There were soooooo many bees!  The fireweed has done really well since I started making more of an effort to contain the seeds before they all float away, and to scatter them after I burn.  This involves wandering around bent over through the burned area patting the fluffy stems on the ground so the seeds will "stick" there    Preferably before a rain.


A new wee crew member quietly appeared in my signature a while ago, and has finally got some photos to begin her PTFCo model portfolio.  Thanks to some enabling on the FB doll group, I ended up looking at a batch of minis on Dollyteria while I was in PEI.  So instead of hunting for properties to drive by, on one night I was buying a doll instead   I'd thought Onyx was cute and that I'd grab her if I ever saw her for cheap, so... here she is!


I thought this iris made a nice colour match for her.  I don't remember buying it, nor am I sure where it came from.  I must have got it in an end-of-season sale but such is the level of distraction/disruption here that is wrecking my brain.  Anyway, it made me a flower, a nice surprise.



Some buttercups in a corner between steps & house.



My lavender didn't have a great start and was kind of scraggly for some time, but the last couple of years it's filled out and looks great.






A few days later, it bloomed, and is a perfect match for her eyes.
How many bees do you see??



It was really hard to hit focus on a handheld doll and a moving bee.












She also looks cute in this hat.


Thanks for looking! 

[Alliecat]

On top of Daesani & Petra's arrival anniversaries on the 29th & 30th, the 29th is also international Tiger Day. Yay! We love tigers. The girls celebrated with Victor & Dallas.





Dae & Dallas (well, it was close; he came from the Fort Worth Zoo).



Petra & Victor.



*smooch*