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'Pick-Ups' for Somewhere In Time 4

8/26/2026

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We were working on the fourth book in the Somewhere In Time series, and like usual it needed  some new photos taken to complete the layout. It's always a challenge doing a reshoot years after the original story, so it often takes several attempts.
​First, a portrait of Naomi in her nightgown, with her shawl over her shoulders... 
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Then we needed a portrait of Miho, at Christmas, looking at the camera ....
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Then a replacement photo of the Doctor having breakfast with Miho and Dominic the morning after he had delivered Naomi's twins.  I'd originally only taken one horizontal photo and it wasn't sharp enough, so I had no choice but to set the scene up again for a reshoot. Everything on the set had to be identical to the original, right down to the food on the table, since the three of them get interrupted by visitors, and the breakfast table stays in the background the entire time.
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I didn't like the tension points of the mortar lines of the stone pillar against Dominic's face, so had to reshoot several more times, until I got one that was just right....
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7 Comments
Dorothy
8/26/2026 10:59:38 am

This is one of my favorite stories. I love this couple.

I didn't know what tension points were. I did a Google search to find the answer. I just learned something new!

I do see what you mean. The mortar lines in the photo you selected seem to be softer than they were in the earlier photo.

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Martha
8/26/2026 11:09:59 am

It's one of my favourite stories as well, and this book is the fourth in the series. It starts right after the birth of the twins, and ends at Christmas dinner later that same year.

A tension point is when something in the background is interfering with the characters in the front. Like a branch up someone's nose, or a candle sticking up out of the top of their head. the worst are when they involve someone's face. But sometimes there's no getting away from them entirely, so it's a matter of choosing the least offensive.

The second photo isn't about softening the mortar lines, it's changing the angle so neither doll's profile has a pillar behind it. Yes, there's still the lines n the banner, and I tried at least a dozen ways of moving the dolls and the table forward or back or a bit more to one side, and it ended up being a choice of what was least offensive.

Trying to duplicate an older photo is incredibly challenging, and this wasn't the only one.

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Dorothy
8/26/2026 07:43:32 pm

Oh, I understand now. The photos that Google showed were all of lines. I thought that's what it meant. Thanks for teaching us these terms.

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Brigitte
8/27/2026 01:12:29 am

I love this story and i admire your dedication for all the details. The books are artwork. They combine your photos and your dolls with the incredible outfits, but to combine everything like you and your sister do is art too.

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Martha
8/27/2026 07:12:26 am

Thank you so much!

I love this story too, and it's always exciting to see the next book in the series take shape. I always hand the text and all the photos over to my sister and then she puts the book together. She is a very skilled layout artist and almost always tends to choose my favourite photos to tell the story. Of all the 124 pages in the book, there was just ONE spread where I wanted a different photo than the one she had chosen.

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Donna
8/29/2026 12:20:46 pm

I love this story. The characters you've created are all so interesting and distinct. Your photos bring them to life.
The talent and dedication you and your sister bring to creating the books is amazing. ❤️

I'll always think this story would make a great movie, or better yet, a series or at least a mini-series.

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Martha
8/30/2026 10:20:55 am

Thank you!

My dolls are all meant to portray characters in photo stories - that's what this whole hobby is about for me - and these ones are definitely favourites of mine. Well, my entire Medieval family is.

I never dreamt that when I took those very first photos of Naomi the day she arrived would turn into such a great saga, with still lots more to come.

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    Martha Boers is an award-winning Canadian doll artist and costumer, who enjoys photographing, and coming up with stories, featuring her vast collection of ball-jointed and artist dolls.

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