This is the ‘studio’ I used to shoot these pictures. I set up outside on an upstairs balcony to get the late afternoon sun, using a variety of boxes to get everything to the right levels for shooting. The small tripod supports the camera during long exposures, with the shutter release lying across it also helping to keep the camera from shaking during exposures of 1/30th or higher. I’ve also got a set of close-up lenses – in the small white box. The backdrop for these pictures was a propped-up large manila envelope I happened to have on my desk, with a sheet of plain white paper taped to the box on the left bouncing some sunlight back into the picture to soften the shadows. That’s really all there is…