Thanks for the compliment Jan, but I know my photos lack the look of Dobbins' work. I did learn that 2 shop lights at 250watts each isn't enough to bounce the light off the ceiling, therefore the shadows on the backdrop. Of course the lights were only $5 apiece at Home deopt, so not an expensive lesson. Next time I'll get some of the 500w jobs and do it right. Still, I was fairly pleased with the results anyway. I did spring for a roll of heavy paper backdrop, no other way to get that kind of look. It was $50 for a 9X36 ft roll, which should last me roughly, oh, the next 20 years.