You go past the laundry to a few steps up & a first landing, then you turn to the right & go up to the second landing, then one more right turn to several steps up to the top floor of the house.  Here, Leona is sitting on the first landing, while I am slightly above her, near the second landing, making exposures from there.  (On the previous page, I was at the bottom of the steps, photographing Leona near that back wall, the one she is leaning against.)

Gee, her legs look long here, don't they?

That last picture, above right, is one of my favorites from this sitting.  Here, on the right, is the same picture with a different cropping.  What do you think?

I think I like the inclusion of Leona's angelic face.  The appeal of this picture to me is the lovely natural light on the lovely natural body. 

Truth be told, the blanket was around because it was just a tad chilly when we made these exposures.  But if I had to use a blanket, it's a good idea to have a nice looking one around.  I like the lovely light, the lovely textures, and so forth.  For me, all the elements were working in this image.  How can it be any better?  Well, see the next image, below. 

Working with natural light is extremely different than working with the strobes.  The flash of a strobe light lasts about 1/3000th of a second, enough to freeze any action.  Thus, during a studio session, the model is free to move about as much as she likes -- the strobe will freeze all the action.  

Here on the back stairs, the day was overcast, so we were exposing with a slow shutter, at something like 1/30th of a second.  Thus, I set a laid-back atmosphere, to keep Leona's movements languid.  But for just a couple of exposures, I tried to take advantage of the low light.  I changed the shutter speed to one quarter of a second (or maybe one half), adjusted the aperture accordingly, and asked Leona to stand still, moving only one part of her body at a time.  Here she is moving her hand, and her hand disappears.  Below is a better image, where she kept her torso still & shook her head.  That one, below, is a favorite.

Here is a better blurred image, where she kept her torso still & shook her head.  It's kinda trippy, isn't it?  The window casing on the left side of the image is a little distracting, but oh, well.  But I love the idea & the feeling.  I like that you can barely see an expression on Leona's face.