In this assignment our goal was to use toys in conjunction with fixed backgrounds to create a photo that had some sort of narrative sequence or setting. My process was to go in without any preconceived notions about what I wanted to photograph and find a toy that had some sort of interesting quirk or one that could demonstrate character. In the case of the teletubby the face has a creepy blank stare that brings the toy to life, in the case of the hardwood manikins they are able to pose and interact with each other in a way that other toys cannot and in the case of the cowboy his figure has a stern posture that exhibits feeling and creates a more interesting character. After I had picked the figures I would use a computer and search for a background that I felt had a story associated with it, find the highest resolution version of the picture and pose the toy or toys in front of it. Once the scene was set I would put the camera on a low f stop in order to blur the background. The idea was to make the toy feel as though it fit into that scene and to make the background feel as real as possible instead of as an image on a screen.