Inspired by Caterina's post,I decided to photograph my puppet, too. Her puppet is classically handmade as a wooden puppet, mine more commercial in construction. Thus, I thought it appropriate that hers was black and white and timeless, whereas mine is in full color. Her description is so well written I will simply point to what she wrote:
@cwbill -- my daughter bought a used backdrop screen to use at her wedding and then they decided not to use it so I inherited it. I bought a black velvet fabric and voila! I have a home studio. :)
@caterina it's always so much more fun to do creative photography with a friend, and I'm finding that I like the drama of a black backdrop a lot. Plus it covers up all the things I don't want in the background. Let's play with yours our time together!