This elevated terrace in Paris offers a commanding view of the Eiffel Tower. On this foggy day I used a 16mm wide angle lens to elongate the graphic design of the stones. I've seen other photographers set up dancers and other models in front of the classic background, so I did something different. The model in pink is Florine Houee, a French lady whom I've photographed during carnival in Venice in a multitude of costumes since 2006. She's always very kind, patient, and generous with her time in allowing my Venice workshop participants to get amazing pictures. This particular image of her was photographed in my hotel room in Venice as Florine was posing on the bed. I selected her with the quick selection tool in Photoshop, copied her to the clipboard (Edit > copy) and pasted her (Edit > paste) into the Parisian environment. Because I used a wide angle lens for the background, I placed Florine in the immediate foreground and made her disproportionately large commensurate with how a 16mm image would look. The lighting in the hotel room was a combination of daylight and tungsten and the original colors were quite saturated, so I had to desaturate them so Florine matched the muted outdoor tones of the foggy day. Finally, I used the burn tool to create a shadow at the edge of her costume because everything casts a shadow even in the softest of light.
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