I set up a testing landscape to take pictures with and experiment.
Top pic: behind-the-scene shot of the setup. You can see the setting of the sand and trees, a frame to line-up camera angle, key light source, materials and white background to hide wall color.
Bottom pic: what the final shot looked like. See the blurry background? I took a close-up shot using macro on the camera so the everything behind the figure isn't in focus.
