Mona Lisa Smile

Creative Portrait photography. Taken beside the window of the garden folly at Bodnant Gardens , Conwy, UK in beautiful Spring light. The combination of the fash...
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Creative Portrait photography. Taken beside the window of the garden folly at Bodnant Gardens , Conwy, UK in beautiful Spring light. The combination of the fashion chosen by my daughter to wear on our day out with the dusty window panes and subtle bokeh from the exterior foliage created a dreamy , vintage tonal palette to this candid, capture the moment portrait. I calledd it , 'Mona lisa Smile', because as she turned her head from looking out as i called to her to look around she seemed to have the expression of both natural beauty and that smile that tells you that they are thinking of something that you are eager to find out but will never get to know. This is the unedited version of the image which already seemed to contain the right balance of light and shade because of the natural light being filtered by the musty window and an ethereal feeling of its own.
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