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Found two outstanding photos from yesterday's photoshoot. It's very difficult to photograph real flame/smoke because you have to constantly watch the size of the ember. Not only did I have to be careful about not setting the hair on fire, I was also busy plucking off the burned incense with a pair of scissors as I photographed. I was also constantly relighting the incense, just skating with disaster as the hair curled back from the heat--I did see it actually melt back. To relight the flame, I had to put a cardboard shield between the gorilla's hair and the flame. Lot of work to take these photos...too big and it looks like incense. Plus there is no way you could photograph outdoors if there was the slightest bit of wind, because then the smoke would not curl the way you want it to. But seeing my toys look so alive makes me so happy and it was worth the effort.
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