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In the editorial world, interiors can be be a big challenge. Who can afford to pay for lights and assistants? Yet your readers may well be spending more time indoors than out! When you use Jim's ambient light photography, interiors won't add to your bottom line.

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    Dover Castle's Secret Wartime Tunnels. World War II anti-aircraft operations room, with its original furnishings. Location: ENG, Kent , The White Cliffs of Dover, Dover (City), Dover Castle (EH). [ref. to #239.291]
    ENG: Kent , Central Coastal Area, Dover, Dover Castle (EH), Secret Wartime Tunnels. The Caseements, built as Napoleonic barracks. World War II anti-aircraft operations room. [ref. to #239.291]

    Here's an ultra low-light picture I took for British Heritage magazine while profiling Dover Castle. It's the Battle of Britain's secret underground war room, complete with the original furnishings. If you can see it, I can photograph it.
    NC: Buncombe Co., Asheville area; farm house interior detail, of hats hanging on the antlers of a mounted deer head hunting trophy
    NC: Buncombe Co., Asheville area; farm house interior detail, of hats hanging on the antlers of a mounted deer head hunting trophy

    In journalism, the telling detail can say more than the wide shot. While shooting a farm family I found this hunting trophy in their living room, substituting for a hat rack. Nothing could tell the story of a country farm family better; I didn't move a thing.
    Brick basement in ante-bellum plantation house, used for drying herbs. Cotton in basket, rt frgd. Location: NC, Duplin County, Kenansville, Liberty Hall. [ref. to #238.135]
    NC: Duplin County, Kenansville, Liberty Hall, Spring view of ante-bellum plantation house. Brick basement, used for drying herbs. Cotton in basket, rt frgd [ref. to #238.135]

    Details can tell the story even in the wide shots. Here's the herb-drying basement of a restored plantation home in coastal North Carolina, with a basket of cotton framing the shot on the right side.
    Painting displayed in window. NR. Location: VA, Clarke County, Shenandoah Valley, Millwood, Burwell-Morgan Mill. [ref. to #194.097]
    VA: Clarke County, Shenandoah Valley, Millwood, Burwell Morgan Mill, Painting displayed in window. [ref. to #194.097]

    This final shot shows what I find so fascinating with received light interiors. This painting in an old mill shows brilliantly against the rich, golden glow of the stone wall. In fact, the spot of light on the wall is reflection from the back of the canvas!


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