Prompt
· English
View from the pavement through a shop or cafe window, the street reflected faintly over the glass, showing a 47-year-old woman of Caribbean descent standing in a frosty garden. She is gently tapping a thick layer of white frost off a wooden bench with a small twig while wearing a chunky knit scarf. The frost is thick and crystalline, covering the bench completely. Her gloves are mittens, slightly frayed at the fingers. Snowflakes are visibly large and slow in the air around her. The woman has very deep brown skin with cool undertones, an athletic build, and is very tall. She has a round face with full cheeks and warm brown eyes, biting the lower lip nervously with the eyes darting sideways. She wears soft rounded eyebrows and soft springy coils, shoulder-length soft black hair with brown glints twisted into a messy bun. She wears round wire-frame glasses, a yellow rain jacket with the hood down, and rubber boots. A disposable film camera captures the scene at arm's length, with slightly soft corners. Split light from one side only illuminates one half of every face and object, leaving the other in shadow. The lines of the surroundings converge on the main figure. Shot on disposable film with soft focus and high contrast shadows.
