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Faking a Jungle

6/18/2020

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I had been looking around my backyard to see what would be the best place to set up a 'jungle' for the Jurassic Park photo shoot. The plan was to set up a jungle on my patio table, so it would be easier to position the dolls and take photos....
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I thought maybe the 'green' corner under the crabapple tree might work as a background, but the hostas there are huge, with leaves even bigger than Lawrence, and I wouldn't want them showing in the background through the jungle....
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Then I thought of moving the table onto the grass in front of the bridal wreath bush where the hostas have much smaller leaves.....
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So we moved the table onto the grass there, and removed the pots with the colourful flowers. I covered the table with a big sheet of vinyl, then positioned two big tree roots on the end of the table, and created a raised section to pose the dolls on, and hide the pots of five leafy houseplants, then positioned two giant ferns on either side. Then I dumped a lot of dirt, on and around the raised platform, into which I planted some almost finished forget-me-nots, and a lot of creeping Jenny temporarily dug out of two hanging pots full of them  Then sprinkled the scene with bits of driftwood and some leaves fallen from the crabapple trees..... ​
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The tree overhead created shade, but the sun managed to shine through the leaves, adding to the realism....
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The kids were not posable, so they took turns sitting on the edge for some portrait shots....
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Then everything had to be cleaned up and put back where it belonged....
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2 Comments
Dorothy
6/18/2020 12:31:52 pm

Yeaaaa, behind the scenes photos! I love them.

You have definitely pulled together the look of the forest.

This is the perfect location.

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Rae
6/18/2020 06:01:14 pm

Now that I am doing a little doll photography of my own I can better appreciate the work that goes into setting up a scene. I enjoyed the Jurassic Park photos without this background information, but now I enjoy them even more! Thank you for sharing your talents.

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