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That is a good idea and a good picture (and it gives me some ideas).I have not done this so these are just my thoughts and not experience:<ul><li>One would see the back of a building and not the front from the RR side.</li><li>I would consider a non-permanent way to mount to your backdrop with the least amount of backdrop damage.</li><ul><li>Velcro strips</li><li>Magnets (magnets also come in strips).  Flat magnets on the back of the picture and just a little screw head in the backdrop may be enough to hold it in place.  This also gives you the ability to switch photos around.  "Let me see the factory was here yesterday, where is it today?"</li></ul><li>Direct head-on photos like the one you have.  Trimmed down to the building itself with no shadows.</li><li>For scaling the picture, your height-of-door method is as good as any.  Get a scale ruler and use it against your picture.  Most modern doors are 6'-8" high but they were taller in the old days.</li><li>If anything, scale slightly smaller than actual.  This would give more of a forced perspective effect.  Just make sure all your pictures are the same scale.  However you could overlap them to make a smaller building look like it is in the background. </li></ul>Have fun and let us know how this concept progresses.-John
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