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It was all my fault. I knew what I was doing - and

I knew it wouldn’t be easy to get what I wanted.
And yet, I did it any way.

You never know what you are going to get when you work with a model
for the first time, so, I usually brace myself for the worst. However, as
soon as I met Carolyne-Marie, I knew that we would create incredible
images together.

As I watched her walk towards me, looking more like a starlet from the

1930s than a contemporary woman, it was as though I had been taken
back in to a Bogart-Bacall movie. Carolyne-Marie was more than grace-
ful. Her presence was commanding, sensual, seductive, and the auburn
of her hair gave her an elegance that nearly left me speechless. And

her eyes, a kind of hazel gray, were just stunning.
I decided we would work upstairs - on the second floor where there

is a small sitting area in an alcove. On the second floor, there are four
bedrooms that define a large open space to which the alcove is at-
tached. Opposite the alcove are the stairs from the first floor, and over
the stairs, a bank of large leaded-glass windows. In the afternoon, they

supplied much of the natural light to the second floor. The windows in
the alcove, now a small sitting area, are smaller and provide much less
light. There is a ceiling light, but it is of little consequence.

In terms of our Methodology,

Day: August 28

Time: Around 10:00 AM
Where: Belmont Estate, Reidsville, NC

Angle, Direction and Intensity of Light: The room faces the

east so in the morning the sun is directly outside the room
where we would be working. Thanks to the trees along the
far side of the driveway, less intense than it would have
been, but still intense.

The Volume of Light: Very inconsistent. A high volume of
light near the window, and dropping off quickly within a few

feet.
In the early morning, the sun faces the right side of the house; and

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