Because sometimes you have to be creative Let´s BJD photography: beautiful pictures without going outside by Antique Mind, auf Flickr Please watch the magic here:
This is indeed a neat way to take photos, good video! I do this same thing mostly with smaller figurines. One thing to keep in mind is the light color and light source of the photo versus what's in your room, and the light source on your doll. Nikicorny on deviantArt explains this in simple terms here (sorry for offtopic figurines) with wrong and right examples.
What a cool idea! I've never thought to take photos in front of a monitor, but I have a big TV screen hooked up to my computer that would be great for doll shots!