I’ve never got as many in-person compliments on photos as this one.  It’s always the “red dress one” and the question is, “How did you get the silk to do that?”         

Magic. And a little luck.

How was this shot taken?

        We were driving through Slovenia, and the fall colors were incredible. Slovenia is known for its amazing lakes and mountains, however, it was raining often. Even though we often saw beautiful scenery, we weren’t couldn’t always shoot. A low-lying fog floated through the landscape, and the colors changed rapidly as light slipped between clouds, wind, and leaves.         When I saw this, I pulled over and we climbed down a ravine between rainstorms. This was actually a very still river, and what had caught my attention besides the view was a train that had passed by billowing smoke like some kind of movie. Though we weren’t ready with costume, by pinning a few pieces of this red silk together, we had an outfit. She knelt in the cold water.  

The silk floated.  

Over the course of at least one hour of shooting, it never got wet. Even when she got out, we felt for dampness, and it didn’t seem to be anything but dry as normal.         We got perfect image after perfect image from this shoot; the light was perfectly diffuse and gentle.  This is only the most perfect of the many perfects we emerged with.

Slovenia is a land of wondrous beauty, and when I cupped this image up to my eyes, I knew I cradled a magical rose.

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