Our American Girl

American Girl is big business.  My daughter models in the fashion show each year. The details and the marketing for this line of products is amazing.  Break a doll and it's not sent back for repair it's sent to the American Girl hospital.  Tangle up the hair and you can make an appointment at the American Girl beauty shop to have it shampooed conditioned and styled.

Ok, on the photography end, I always get to the shows early and make a few test shots to check the lighting level and white balance etc.. Notice the pattern here from a previous blog this week?  I normally try and shoot shows with  kids in them without flash as it tends to spook the younger kids.  They get that deer in the headlights look which is not good.   Notice the pattern here?????  In general
almost anytime you shoot people performing, flash is a distraction so I try and avoid it when possible.