Thanks, Steve!!! Glad you're enjoying the posts!! After a little trial & error I came up with this way of getting a consistent picture from the same straight-ahead almost ground level angle which can gives the ellipse illusion you pointed out!! The card stock paper with the hole in it is to fit the camera lens on my cellphone and reduce the reflection on some of the mirrored silver, gold, dark colored high gloss glasses. I have hundreds more to share so stay tuned and God Bless!!
Eric

For anyone who wonders what that's called, that's a Cyclorama background. There are different types and different uses for the word, but the curved background that produces no visible line or definitive background, for photography, is one of them.

Nice work on creating that Eric, and the photos are very well done. Not easy to do what you have figured out and created. Cell phone! That's even more challenging.