Behind the Scene

I've been trying to remember to take 'behind the scene' shots whenever it might be interesting. The breakfast series was one of them. 

I prefer to set up my scenes on something elevated - like a picnic table - so had brought along a big, thin, sheet of wood for a base, to cover the huge gaps between the table planks, which I knew were big enough for the little critters to fall through. I needed a better 'floor'. 

With the sun just starting to burn through the fog, I needed to set up the entire scene before I put in all my little characters. Jan had taken all my doll boxes down, and put them on my bed in the back. I rummaged through the prop and furniture boxes to gather everything I'd need....

I set everything up on the end of the picnic table out on the rocks.....

Each little character had been stored in it's own colour-coded sleeping bag, that I'd made specially for this trip - at the very last minute....as a way to protect them from each other....

It was a hot, very humid morning, and got even hotter when the sun burned the fog away. And for those who assume I always have help for all my photo sessions, I quickly snapped a photo as Jan was leaving in his kayak - to prove I don't always have a handy assistant. Often I do, but sometimes I don't..... 

I don't do well with heat and humidity, and it was a struggle to clean everything up, then it took hours to recover. But I got some great photos!