How I turn a book store into a labyrinth

I visited this beautiful BookXcess bookstore at REXKL recently and was impressed by how beautiful the place is.

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It also gave me the idea of coming out with something conceptual, dreamy, and fun for my kids, as books are always the inspiration of many imaginations.

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However, the idea was vague during my first visit, and I'm not very satisfied with the result.

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So, I revisited the place again, spent more time exploring the place, and then captured photos from different angles, which I think potentially could be great.

Here are the gears I used for the shooting.

📸SHOOTING GEARS:

SONY A7R4 + 1224 F2.8 GM Lens

Leofoto LC-324C Tripod

Also, to have more realistic lighting, I brought a LED moon lamp for my kids to hold while posing, which I blended in a real moon on top of it later via post-processing.

To give you a better idea of how the place is, here're a behind-the-scenes video.⁣

After going through the shots and filtering some I thought didn't match the theme, I managed to come out with a few photos for the series.⁣

All the photos are taken at BookXcess, but to make the entire place looks more surreal and grand, I have replicated the bookshelves to create a maze-like library. The concept is about my kids finding a moon and exploring the maze of books.

Also, here's a brief video on how I do the editing.

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I hope you all like the series! 😃

Grey Chow