Behind the Scenes

When I took today's "Houseplant Appreciation" photo, I also took a photo of how I set up for it.

I figured people might be interested to see a "behind the scenes" shot. To make my dolls look like they are in scale in my house, I find it's necessary to raise them up to eye level of a similar-age child. In my kitchen I set up on a box on my kitchen table. Move any chairs, and my big stuffed cloth parrot, out of the background.  I use both the overhead light, and my portable photography light. On a bright day like the one above, I might be able to shoot hand-held at a very slow speed, but I find I get much better results if I use a tri-pod.

It just occurred to me that it might be interesting to collect all my behind-the-scenes shots from the past, and put them all together in a Tutorial showing my set-ups, and include a final photo too. Then update it every time I take another set-up shot.  Just what I need - more work!