Behind the Scene

And finally, having come to the end of the Curiosity Shoppe photos, it's time to share how they were done. 

I set up the shop on the end of the dining room table, with the window wall at the window end of the room. The table had to be pushed up closer to the window, so I'd get the real outside showing through the fake window, and so the light would come streaming into the 'shop'. All the shots of the inside of the shop were shot from the side to take advantage of the natural light. The chandelier above gave some golden interior lighting to the shop....

The photo...

To take photos inside with my Victorian couple looking in through the window, the window end of the table had to be pushed closer to the dining room window so my backyard would show behind the two dolls. The snow outside would make the background blow out way too white, so I had to use layers in Photoshop to bring back some of the details. Like here.....

To take some shots from outside the shop window, the table had to be turned so the fake window wall was away from the real window, in order to avoid all the reflections coming from outside. I didn't take any 'inside' shots when the table was in this position, since there was no natural light coming in, but the photography light did help light up the interior enough to show it through the window when shooting photos from the 'outside'....

The view from the 'outside' behind the Victorian couple....

...and the photos....