All right, the producers didn’t come knocking and the movie isn’t being made, but with the propensity of Hollywood to make sequels, trilogies, prequels and more, it’s not too much of a stretch of the imagination to think that this movie might very well be in the cards. And what better way to start the prequel to the trilogy at the very beginning, before Lisbeth Salander had a dragon tattoo, played with fire, or even kicked a hornet’s nest, when she was simply the girl with the white dress?

The pictures were taken in the meadow behind our home. I waited until the later hours of the day so the sun would create some rim lighting, though by the end of the shoot, the lighting is more back lighting. For fill light, I used a speedlight fitted with a Gary Fong diffuser. I also used a polarizing filter to add saturation to the green of the bulrush and when present, increase the contrast in the clouds.

The model was very professional and found ways to amuse herself during long stretches while waiting for the sun to reappear from behind the clouds.