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Unfortunately, I can't leave a comment on your site without signing up, so I'll fall back to here.
Sorry to hear that the explanation didn't help, but you did figure it out in the end. So, well done!
As to taking pictures - using flash is a bad idea whenever your model is folded with foil. But I've found that holds in just about any case. As your models shouldn't move it's ok to work without flash - at least it works for me. But then again, I don't know much about photography myself. I'd actually like to learn a bit about it. [Staying true to origami, I have to admit it's mostly because I'd like to make better pictures of my folds.]