When I decided to end the pyjama party with the girls having breakfast, I knew it had to be shot in our kitchen. I also wanted real pancakes and bacon. So I made a pile of tiny pancakes, each one made using a single teaspoon of batter...
I set up the scene with the table and chairs on a board on top of some doll clothes boxes, so the doll's eye level would be about where a person their age would be.
It's always a challenge to shoot a scene where everyone is seated around a table with their backs to the camera. I would need to shoot the scene in the round, so all the kitchen chairs had to go. And I would need the photography light so the girls wouldn't just be dark silhouettes against the bright background.
The kitchen chairs packed into the dining room...
With the chairs gone, I could take photos in any direction using the photography light, and there would be no distracting full size chairs in the background....
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It was a nice change from just being able to take photos at the usual angle into the kitchen...
The final scene with the dolls and most of the food removed...
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