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This was a studio shot of a craft project that my wife created and entered in a Holloween Decoration Contest. She won by the way.

I used a 60mm f2.8 lens at the 60mm length, f6.3 for a 2 sec exposure using the rear curtain function on my camera. A regular flash setup would illuminate the outside but the princess doll inside would be dark. I placed an LED light source inside the pumpkin to camera right of the doll. The blue color cast of the LED actually enhanced the blue dress on the doll so the mixed lighting worked well here.

The rear curtain function on the 2 second exposure allowed the internal light source to illuminate the doll before the external flashes fired.