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succeeding were small. While Nikki went to check her makeup, I made
every effort to remember times past when I had worked on the land-

ing. Perhaps, I thought, this would give me insight into how to work
with Nikki.

I had worked on the landing before, at almost this exact time and sea-
son, and I was never really pleased with what I got. Well, once with
the model called isis, I was able to create some incredible images here,

but, isis and Nikki were two very different women. isis was smaller,
blonde, and her skin reflects a lot of light. Despite having only two
remotely fired flashes, I was able to balance the light. Nikki was taller
and her darker skin reflected much more light than it absorbed.

Then I remembered that I hadn’t ever photographed isis on the settee.
I had photographed her by the window and on the stairs. I had photo-

graphed Innana here, successfully, but at a very different time of day
and season. Almost as tall as Nikki but pale skinned and highly reflec

Location work is al-

ways challenging, and,

unless there is a real

reason to make it more

difficult than it has to

be, I do everything I can

to avoid more problems.

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