Behind the Scenes 2

Continuing to look at how things were done

Dragons in the Crabapples

I wanted some photos of Winston and Saphira on a short trip before their eggs hatched, and thought the crabapple trees over at one of the local high schools would make for a nice setting.  So Jan held both dragons in amongst the flowers...

Then I photographed the dragons, up close....

Book Cover

Marianne and I were working on a new book - the Toilet Paper Chronicles - and it wasn't going to be a very big book, so we really didn't want to use any of the photos in the book for the cover. We had decided that I'd put together a new 'shopping' scene...

But the white background blended in too much with the rolls of toilet paper, so I taped some gray and beige construction paper onto the upper walls. That worked much better.

Then I also had the idea to photograph Coco in a pile of toilet paper rolls, since he was featured in the first few photos in the book...

So I took a couple of close-ups, and one of them ended up on the front cover.  The other 'store' photo ended up on the back.

Mr. Ropuha, A Toad's Life

We were working on another new book, and the wedding ceremony page didn't have any front views of Tiana coming down the aisle. So, I dressed her in her wedding gown, cut some pink 'carpeting' for the picnic table, and added some flowers to recreate the scene.

Then I took a close up....

Maritime Adventure

Just a few Behind the Scene photos from our Maritime Adventure.

With both of us getting older, and developing shaky hands, it's always better to support the dolls while they are standing or leaning on something.  Like the railing of the new observation deck railings at the Peggy's Cove lighthouse. ​

Then the dolls are standing straight, and the right height to each other...

I really wanted to take some photos in the little park in the St. Lawrence at St. Roche-des-Aulnais. But it was raining.  So I set up the scene inside on the RV table, so I'd know exactly how I wanted the scene set up as soon as it stopped raining outside...

I was working on a salad for our own dinner ​while we waited...

Then when it stopped raining we quickly took everything outside and I set it all up again on the picnic table and I took the photos...

I had to work fast since the next thunderstorm was already rumbling in the distance, heading our way. It was already starting to rain again as Jan gathered up the last doll and props.

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