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How do you create a shot like http://imgur.com/a/cNYxn#9 ?

I love everything about it. The mood, the colors, the mystery. What's important if you want to take a picture like that?

Cool, thanks for the answer! Did you use any sort of lighting from the front? I don't really have any lighting tools, just a DSLR and some good lenses.

I'm wondering if it could be done by exposing for the 'flare' and then fixing up the foreground through RAW/Lightroom. Seems like a sloppy way of doing it, though..?

If you expose for the background, wouldn't you just get a washed out window or something with a black silhouette of the model?