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 Here I wanted to retain as

much of the texture of the Wooden floors that
wall as possible. Belmont are highly polished

has been painstakingly are always a chal-
restored and the detail of lenge. Not only are
the wall adds much to the these floors highly
visual and emotional ex- polished, they are
perience. I also wanted to also the blackest

keep the shadows on the black. Bouncing light
wall and in the corner. off the floor was out
of the question. I had

 to find another way
to add light here.

Anna is very pale skinned
and, like most redheads, 
there is a slight reddish

tone to her skin. Lighting
her skin and hair would be This are was adja-
a challenge, To the camera, cent to the window.
these areas would be diffi- If I weren't careful,
cult to perceive. . this area would have
been been signifi-
cantly lighter than

the rest of the scene.
 I also didn't want to

lose the shadows on
the wall. To me, they

I needed to make sure that were integral to the
detail in the dress wasn't experience.
lost: black is difficult to
light. It can be highly reflec-

tive and under exposing the
dress would have lost much
of the detail.
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