Collection
Ten hours the house keeps on file — or bring your own photograph. Each card is a different color of air.
Oregon, USA · House origin
Last light · 3200K · Golden hour, marine mist
The house origin. Wet sand throws amber into melanin; the Pacific cools every shadow and will ash a beige base. Rich skin wants a warm highlight and a cleaner, deeper contour so it never goes grey-orange.
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Portland, Oregon
Overcast noon · 6200K · Silver Pacific Northwest
Green bounce greys rich skin faster than it sallows fair skin. A red-orange blush and a base that is not even slightly beige keep the complexion alive under the fir canopy.
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Seattle, Washington
Silver last light · 5600K · Marine overcast, thin gold
Puget Sound cools every highlight. Icy champagne goes grey on melanin here. Copper glass and a blush with blood in it keep the face from matching the pier.
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Amalfi Coast, Italy
Late golden hour · 3500K · Honeyed limestone
Hard cliff light with a soft sea fill. Cheeks can take a true coral; eyes want terracotta and a sea-glass lid.
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Kyoto, Japan
Early morning · 5600K · Diffused, green-gold
Quiet, even light that shows every texture. Keep skin satin, not matte. A muted rose and a moss-taupe eye.
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Iceland
Blue hour · 9000K · Ice light
Cold, luminous, unforgiving. Warm the base a half-step. Highlighter goes copper glass, never ice. A browned rose on the mouth.
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Marrakech, Morocco
High noon · 4800K · Hard sun, deep shade
Pigment in the air. Skin must hold in both blaze and shadow. A clay bronzer and a spice lip, with a cream that doesn't cake in heat.
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Santorini, Greece
Blue hour · 7500K · Whitewash and cobalt
Cool surround, warm lanterns. White plaster ashes melanin. Copper highlight, a plum or spice mouth, and a base with blood in it — never a beige-pink.
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Venice, Italy
Late afternoon · 3800K · Ochre and green-gold
Old-world warmth with a green water fill. Deep olive and golden skins glow; cool deep skins need a drop of red so they don't go ashen.
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Oregon City, Oregon
Last light · 3400K · River gold, basalt shade
The falls throw a cold spray into warm last light. Copper glass, not champagne. A flush with blood so the mist cannot grey the cheek.
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