A surprisingly difficult shot. I had been taking some shots of
the girl in the grounds of our local stately home. The house was
closed, but the 'live in' care taker took an interest and said we
could take some shots in the house drawing room.

Again, a case of taking chances when offered and not abusing
them.

The piano looked a good prop, so we set up this shot. I didn't
want to use flash as I thought it would ruin the atmosphere, so I
exposed the mono film - medium format - to suit the light falling
on the girl and piano from the window.

This meant that the window was very over exposed. So, after
printing the body of the picture, and before moving paper or
negative, I printed the window in through a carefully and pre-cut
hole in a piece of card.

As I remember, the exposure needed was four or five times as much
as for the main scene. It worked, though !