Alice in Underland - The Results

Hey Folks, so you've seen what went on behind the camera on our Alice in Underland shoot, time to see what was achieved! Here are my two favourite images from the day.

In this series of images, my goal was to tell the story of Alice and her adventures in Underland. Alice is always eating various cakes that say 'Eat Me' and potions that say 'Drink Me', these unusual concoctions change her size. Above we see Alice about to eat one of these cakes as the Mad Hatter tries to stop her. To gain the 3D effect I used shallow depth of field and ensured the focus was solely on Alice. In post, I altered levels and curves and did some dodging and burning (all in Photoshop CS3).

On the day we used only natural lighting but as it was pretty dull and the white sided reflectors didn't seem to be helping much we switched to the silver side. I had two assistants helping out (one of whom was my Mum, bless) who were holding the equipment. Again, in post I only tweaked the levels and curves and added in some highlights. However, If I remember correctly (this was 2011!) I think I enhanced her eyes using dodging and burning and possibly altered the saturation slightly.

Those cakes are making me hungry, so until the next time,
Christina