A description of Amazon's patent covering the layout of a photography studio: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/amazons-latest-patent-is-sillier-than-the-peanut-butter-sandwich-patent/
TDTWF-relevant section:
The patent, granted in March, even describes the use of a table: "A subject can be photographed and/or filmed on the elevated platform to achieve a desired effect [...]