| Plate | Description — Plates 1-36 | Plate Added |
|---|
| Introduction | Photography notes | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 1 | A location for the photography of small displays where high-intensity lighting is required | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 2 | The small-display location with all the everday articles removed | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 3 | A yard-wide roll of heavy black paper | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 4 | Materials for the construction of a removable black setting for small displays | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 5 | A high-intensity lamp illuminates the cabinet-top | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 6 | The wall-mounted lighting fixture for the small-display location | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 7 | Two different incandescent lamps compared | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 8 | Two different trial illuminations of a 1/32-scale miniature figure | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 9 | Two different trial illuminations of a colored picture | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 10 | Two different trial illuminations of a toy vehicle | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 11 | Two different trial illuminations of a toy aircraft | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 12 | Preliminary sketch for the design of a removable black setting for small displays | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 13 | Construction of a black setting for small displays, Part 1: selecting a
sturdy shipping carton for a foundation | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 14 | Construction of a black setting for small displays, Part 2: preparing a carton to be used as a foundation | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 15 | Construction of a black setting for small displays, Part 3: the preliminary sketch has been "dimensioned" | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 16 | Construction of a black setting for small displays, Part 4: the foundation has an uneven floor | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 17 | Construction of a black setting for small displays, Part 5: we level the foundation floor with a piece of scrap cardboard | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 18 | Construction of a black setting for small displays, Part 6: paper glue is applied to the lower part of the uneven foundation floor | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 19 | Construction of a black setting for small displays, Part 7: the foundation floor has been leveled, and glue has been applied to the level floor | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 20 | Construction of a black setting for small displays, Part 8: the black baseboard has been glued down upon the foundation floor | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 21 | Construction of a black setting for small displays, Part 9: the left wall has been glued to the foundation | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 22 | Construction of a black setting for small displays, Part 10: the completed setting with two different illuminations | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 23 | Construction of a black setting for small displays, Part 11: touching up exposed areas with black paint | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 24 | The master switchboard of the Collections Database | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 25 | We decide to browse the database | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 26 | A record appears within a printable report | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 27 | We find "Georgia-Pacific carton 4" | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 28 | We find item number 0000000062 | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 29 | A closer look at item number 0000000062 | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 30 | The photographer decides to construct a stylized battlement | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 31 | The photographer experiments with fill-lighting, Part 1: a formation of toy soldiers in a close-up shot | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 32 | The photographer experiments with fill-lighting, Part 2: a formation of toy soldiers in a "long view" shot | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 33 | The photographer gauges the width of the arch under the battlements | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 34 | The photographer gauges the height of the arch under the battlements | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 35 | Constructing the Black Castle, Part 1: determining the radius of the entrance arch | FEB 2004 |
| Plate 36 | Constructing the Black Castle, Part 2: the entrance arch in an advanced stage of construction | FEB 2004 |