Dave, pleased to comment on the fall backdrop and a few others. I attached some photos from years ago, when I was mounting the backdrops. The panoramic shot (a bit distorted) indicates that I want to show the 4 seasons around the room. I worked with 2 agencies, and had excellent communication with each to customize their backdrops to my dimensions and needs.
The fall scene is from Trackside Scenery: https://tracksidescenery.com/index.php. I worked with Joey Ricard. The close up shows a creek that will end up in a waterfall (years from now!), and a road on the left close to the wall switch. Joey placed each item right where I wanted them. The backdrop came in a panel with sky, but I cut the edge of the tree tops with serrated scissors to blend with my painted sky and clouds. The panel is not 3 dimensional, but I worked hard to blend the edge of the panel with the backdrop. Did some trail and error. Ended up painting some real stones and a flexible Large Sea Wall panel from Chooch Enterprises (#8570). (see close ups) Had to keep a clear path in a certain area to catch a chain that grabs a hook on the panel when it is raised.
To the right of the fall scene is a winter scene. That comes from Larc Products: http://www.larcproducts.com/. I worked with Bill Brown, who was also excellent with my customizations. One of them is the huge rock formation that separates the fall and winter scenes. The other is the beautiful photo of Mt. Hood in the middle of the back wall. I moved to Portland, OR about 8 years ago, and that view is characteristic and stunning. Also used a serrated scissors on those panels to blend the tree tops with the sky and clouds. That was tedious, but worked.
Hope this helps. This entire process of scenery from backdrops to current landscaping is a new adventure, so I am doing lots of trial and error (lots of latter), but the end product is usually better than I expected.
Hope this helps.
Michael
