Life after the Lottery Ch. 82

"Fuck!"

"I know. After paying something near that after we won the lottery, I sure hated giving them that much again. Linda's people have helped me out a lot. I am parking $200,000,000 in a project Linda has started in Hawaii."

"Good lord, what is she building that cost that much?"

"A resort. It's a long story, but she helped a girl's family we met in Hawaii fight the state government that was keeping them from doing things with a huge farm that has been in her family for hundreds of years. Once she helped them with that, she worked with them to lease a large part of it to build a hotel, resort, stores, everything. It will be over a billion dollars before it is over.'

"Oh my god!"

"She and I will own a little over half once it is completed. The rest she will sell to a large hotel chain and venture capital people. I'll make a very good return on the $200,000,000, and that will save me around $70,000,000 this year in taxes. That investment will fund all the trust for years to come."

"Sounds like you have invested well."

"We have. We live off part of the interest. If there is a lot left at the end of the year, we splurge. All that jewelry was part of last year's splurge."

"It is gorgeous."

"Has Dawn shown you her diamond choker and bracelet?"

"I don't guess so."

"Ask her to show it to you. That was a present from Linda last year. But the cars, tractor, all these other things you see us buying are covered by the interest. We are not wasting our investments."

"A lot of people that win the lottery are broke in a few years."

"They are. We will be providing for our children for generations."

"That is great."

"We give a lot of money to the university and other civic projects."

"That is good of you all."

"I had a very wise man tell me once that when good fortune is bestowed on you, that you should pay it back. So, we do."

"That is so good of you all."

"All that being said, Sylvia...if you need something, you let us know. And don't argue with us when we spend money on you."

We kept carrying boxes up from the basement as Dawn pointed to where we needed to put up decorations for the rest of the day. Amy and Samantha were so happy with all of it.

*****

Later that week, on Friday morning, I had been playing with my medium format camera and long lens to see how well close-ups could be made. I had been thinking about a project I wanted to use Sylvia for and needed to be able to take some close-up from several feet away. It was an idea I had toyed with for a year.

I took my camera and headed down to my basement studio after I told Sylvia to meet me down there.

"Do you need my help?" Dawn asked as I got to my studio in the basement.

"I can handle it."

"You have been monkeying with that camera all morning."

"Testing this long lens for close-ups. What are you doing down here?"

"Looking for something. What are you going to take close-ups of?"

"I want this one to be a surprise. Sylvia is heading down to help me."

"Okay. I'll see if she is ready."

Dawn headed toward the elevator.

I had been tinkering with some items on one of my big flashes that would let me focus it down to a small spot without bleeding over to other areas of her body. I had picked up several extra boxes of Polaroid packs for my camera so I could make a lot of test shots. I had all that and my flash meter ready.

"Are you ready for me?" Syliva asked from behind me.

"I'm ready if you are."

Sylvia was standing there naked.

"You see all the black backdrops and the black table. This is what I use when I make the low-key black and whites. I told you I had an idea for a collage of close-ups on one print. You are going to think some of these are weird shots, but just go with it."

"Okay."

We got started. I had her lay on her back on the black table so I could get some shots of her side as she hung off a little. I played with the flash that was masked off and made some test exposures until I was comfortable with that. I got my camera ready on the tripod I had to lower.

I spent about 45 minutes making close-ups of various parts of her body as she lay on her back. All of them were lit from the side, so they were abstract.

"Okay. Sit up and turn to me and with your legs off the table and turn as far to your side as you can."

I moved her around for a few minutes, and adjusted my flash. Then I made the close-up shots of the fold of her leg and hip that I loved so much. I moved around and shot some across that fold with just a little light hitting her mound and the top of her other leg. That took a lot of test shots. She looked at them, and she liked what I was doing. That was another half an hour.

"Okay, lay on your back for me."

She lay back, and I moved my lights around and tested the exposure. I made some shots of her tits as they flattened out. Also, some shots across her neck and chest that were low light. I moved the flash up and behind her and made some shots across her stomach and even some close-ups of her belly button.

"James?"

"Yes."

"Do you just see these shots in your mind?"

"Pretty much."

"I never would have thought they could be sexy, but those tests you shot do look hot."

"Just wait."

I had her pull her far leg up, moved my lights, and made some shots across her mound with her leg in the back. I moved up toward her head and shot some close-ups down over her mound, where her legs met at her pussy. Her small strip of dark hair was going to work well. I played with some ideas for these for a while.

"I am not sure I can get the next shots to work the way I want, but I am going to try. These are going to seem odd, but trust me."

"Okay."

I had her slide down to the end of the table, pull her legs up, put her feet on the end, and spread her legs some. I played with my flash for a few minutes until I got the cross-lighting the way I wanted. I lowered my tripod down and moved so I could shoot under her leg from the side and got some abstract shots of where her ass met her pussy. I played with that for a while.

"I know you think this one is a little personal, but let me show you a test shot."

I handed her one of the test black and whites.

"Oh, my. With that lighting...you have to look at it to figure out what you are looking at."

"That is the idea."

I looked back through my camera at the same spot for a minute.

"Still not right..." I mumbled as I looked. "I got it."

I found a black cloth-covered block about 3 inches square I used sometimes.

"This may be uncomfortable for a few minutes. Lift your hips up."

She lifted her hips up, and I slid the box under the small of her back.

"See if you can lower yourself back down and if that is too uncomfortable." She lowered her hips and settled.

"It's okay."

"Great. I think this will give me what I want."

I went to my camera and looked and moved. Now when I shot below her legs to the area of her ass and pussy it was not flattened out from resting on the table. Now everything was nice and rounded and natural looking.

"Perfect!"

I spent some time reshooting most of the ones I had made.

"Oh, that works great and gives me some more ideas. Lift your hips, and I'll take that out."

After I removed that, I went looking for something bigger. I found what I needed and wrapped it in black cloth.

"This gives me some new ideas I want to try!"

I had her sit up and then sit on the black spacer that lifted her ass about four inches off the table as it hung over the spacer. Now the cheeks of her ass had a perfectly rounded shape.

"Perfect! Can you move that block so that only one side of your butt is resting on it so I can shoot the curve of your ass from the side?"

"I can. I get what you're doing."

She moved, and I moved everything. I had her pull her leg all the way up on that side, so I had a nice uninterrupted curve of her ass since it was not resting on anything.

"Perfect!"

These looked good, and I would be using this idea from now on. I moved and shot a lot of different angles.

"Okay. Sit and rest a minute while I think."

She sat up and turned her legs to me as she sat. I thought for a minute as I looked at her.

"I wonder if I can get that block not to show up. Let's try something."

I had wrapped a piece of 4 X 4-inch lumber in the cloth for her to sit on. I wanted to try some shots I had done before but never got the look I wanted. While she sat there, I raised the flash so that it was pretty much right over her head.

"I want to see if I can get some shots I have never been happy with before. Slide back on the table so you can get your feet up on the edge and spread your legs."

She shifted around and sat on the table, and pulled her feet up as I looked at her pussy. When I had tried these before, they never looked right because the person was sitting on the table or hanging off it.

"I want to see if you can sit just enough of the back of your ass on that 4 X 4 to hold you off the table."

"I get the idea."

We worked until she had just enough of the back of her ass on the 4 X 4 to hold her up. She pulled her legs up, and put her feet on the edge, and spread them. I looked through the camera. Although she had a perfect pussy, it was not the shot I wanted.

I moved lights and changed angles for a few minutes, then made some Polaroids. I handed her one, and she looked.

"I know that is a shot of my pussy, but I had to look, and then you suddenly figure it out! Good eye, James!"

"The black block disappears. Let's see how long you can sit like that!"

I shot several rolls of film as I played for nearly half an hour as she would rest, and then we would do something a little different.

I was sitting next to her, looking at one of the Polaroids.

"You are right. If you don't know what you are looking at, it takes your brain a minute or so to figure it out," I said.

"It's hot when you do! I love it."

"If it was a large print...would it be easier to figure out?" I asked.

"I think it would be harder because you would have to back up to figure it out."

"Then we are going to try something! Take a break."

I worked on setting up my large 8 X 10 inch camera and the larger tripod. If a large print would be hard to figure out, then we were going to make a large print.

I checked to see how many film folders I had loaded with the big pieces of black and white film. I had about twenty. I did not have a long lens for that camera, so it would have to be within about a foot of her. That made the focus and the exposure tricky.

"What are you thinking, James?"

"As big as the negative is with this camera, we can make a print big enough to cover a wall!"

We laughed.

"This will be a tricky shot because the camera will need to be close."

"Can you make test prints on that camera?"

"I can, but I only have about ten Polaroid sheets left for it. I don't keep a lot of these because they are $10 each and will go bad if I don't use them."

I worked with the big camera for a few minutes, getting it ready.

"Can you sit like that again for a bit?"

"For this! Sure!" She said and laughed.

She got ready, pulled her legs up, and spread them. I had to work on focusing that close and told her not to move. I had my exposure all ready, so I stuck one of the big Polaroid sheets in the holder on the back of the camera.

"Don't move..."

I backed up and picked up the cable release as she held herself up. I made the shot.

"Let's see."

I pulled the single large polaroid out and waited. When I peeled it open, I smiled.

"What do you think!"

"Wow! Perfect. Hold it away from me," Sylvia said.

I held it and backed up.

"That is Great! Let me hold it.

She held it, and I backed up.

"This is going to work! I can make about twenty shots and play with the light. I can also darken parts of it in the darkroom and even raise the contrast."

We spent nearly an hour working and changing things. I noticed as we worked her pussy had started to glisten. About halfway through, it was just wet enough it was making a nice shine.

"Sylvia, I think we have it!"

"That is going to be hot!"

"I think you are right!"

She moved and sat on the table as we looked at more of the test shots.

"Some of these...you think you see a nice pussy, but you have to look to see if that is what you are really looking at," I said.

"I know. They are really abstract, but not really. Since they are so close up, it doesn't register."

"This gives me more ideas with Dawn. With her dark skin, these low light photos take on a different look."

"With her skin...one like this in color would be Great," Sylvia said.

"It would. I shoot mostly black and white. One of Amy with her red tuff would be great. But I'll have to wait a few months for those!"

"You know, James. As abstract as this is...one with cum running out could be interesting," she said with a big smile.

"Interesting or not! Let's make one! I have about five pieces of film left."

We both laughed.

She stood and leaned over and put her hands on the table. I got naked and got behind her, and slid my cock into her wet pussy.

"Fill me full of a lot of cum!"

We had both gotten horny doing this.

I held her hips and worked my cock in her for a while.

"Fill me full, James!"

We kept going until she came hard, and so did I thinking about it. I pumped a lot of cum into her.

"Are you ready!" I asked as I held my cock in her.

"Let's do it!"

We moved quickly as she sat on the 4 X 4 again and pulled her legs up. She held them together until I was ready with the camera.

"I'm ready!"

She spread her legs apart as I had my head under the black cloth, focusing. I got it in focus and looked as the cum began to trickle out of her.

I moved carefully, so I didn't move anything, slid the first film holder in, grabbed the cable release, and made the first shot. I pulled the film holder out, flipped it, and slid it back in.

I got behind the camera and watched as more cum ran out of her. Once it was a lot, I took the photo. I worked quickly to put another film holder in. I looked at her pussy and could see how her lips had swollen. White cum was running out and down her. I snapped one more.

"I have one piece of film left. Let's do one for fun!"

I took her hand and placed it on her mound, slid it down, and looked.

"Now slide one finger inside and hold it."

She slowly curled one finger into her pussy. It spread her lips just enough that more white cum was running out of her wet pussy.

"Don't move!"

I took the last shot I had and wished I had more film.

"I may not be able to sell those, but they will be hot!"

We laughed as she stood.

"Don't get cum on my table, please!"

"Damn, James! I have a shit load of cum running down my legs," she said as she looked down.

"You said fill you up!"

"You did!"

I looked a moment."

"Don't move!"

I moved my flash quickly and grabbed my medium-format camera.

"Put your legs nearly together."

She did, and I backed up, so I had her in the frame from the top of her hips to her knees. I looked through my camera and could see the cum running down her legs. I started snapping shots. Moving in closer with each one until I was getting a really close-up shot. I stopped and laughed.

"Have you shot any close up of cum running out of the girl's mouth?"

"Not yet!"

"Can you make a wall-size print?"

"The biggest I can go in the darkroom is about 4 feet by 6 feet, but in my head, I see this as a square print."

"You could make a 4 x 4?"

"Almost, but I have a couple of more options. Come with me."

I led her across the basement to the room where the daylight end of the color print processor was located.

"Amy and I have gotten into digital photography. That is a 48-inch wide digital printer. It is more of a plotter. If I can find someone to digitize the negative, I can print on that. So far, the quality from it is great."

"Do you know a company that can do that?"

"Maybe. There is a place in town that I have used to make posters that are getting into huge digital posters. If they can digitize it, I can print it our have them print it even bigger. I'll have to see how the prints come out first. I'll make a 3 1/2 foot by 3 1/2 foot one first."

We got cleaned up, and I put my clothes back on.

"Don't tell them about any of the photos. If the collage idea I have works out, it will be a surprise."

"How long will it be before you have it?"

"Depends. It will take me two or three days to process all the film first."

*****

I processed the 8 X 10-inch negatives Friday night so I could make test prints. Saturday morning, they were dry, and I made some 8 x 10 proofsheets. Once they were in the wash water, I looked them over. Several of them were exactly what I wanted. I stayed in my darkroom and looked at them until I decided on the best one.

To make the huge black and white prints, I had to make trays from 2 x 4's and put plastic sheeting in them to make trays to hold the chemicals. This always took up a lot of space on the floor I had to work around.

I put the negative in the big enlarger and set it up to make a 16 x 20 print first. I turned off the white lights and looked as it projected on the easel. I played with it and then put a piece of 16 x 20 black and white paper in the easel, made a print, slid it into the first tray, and waited.

As the image came up, I laughed. Looking down at it as I stood, it did take my brain a moment to register what it was because it was in the tray upside down.

Once that was in the wash water, I turned the lights on and looked. I grabbed my yellow wax pencil and marked it up. I made another print, playing with the exposure and burning in some areas to make it darker. I ran it through all the trays and waited until I could turn the lights on. I smiled when I saw it. I let it wash for a few minutes, then took it out, went to my table, and patted the water off as best I could. I took it over to my large paper cutter and trimmed it to a square of about 16 inches square.

I returned to my darkroom and pushed the intercom button.

"Hey, Sylvia, can you come down to my darkroom."

I pinned the print to the wall, rotated 90 degrees, and waited.

"Are you in there?" I heard Syliva say.

I had the white lights on and opened the door.

"Come in."

I let her walk in and look around. She saw the print on the wall and stood. I saw her cock her head to the side.

"Perfect!" She said and laughed.

"I am thinking about bumping up the contrast so it is stark black and white."

"Sort of like the Andy Warhol prints?" She said.

"I was thinking of that, but that...it gives me a great idea!"

"Can you make prints that distinct black and white?"

"I sure can!"

*****

The weeks of December went by slowly. We had some rain on and off, so I didn't get to experiment much more with my tractor. All I managed to do before the rain was turn over about two acres for the garden. I had a few more to do.

I had the camera store order some more large black and white paper that was special. It would make the contrast much higher on the prints I was playing with of Sylvia. I did some research on how Andy Warhol made the high-contrast posters and had the store order what I needed for that.

After I processed all the rolls of black and white film I had taken of Sylvia, I made contact sheets and spent a few days looking over them. Dawn kept asking me what I was working on. I had hundreds of images of Sylvia. I reviewed them all and circled the ones I wanted to use on the collage. A few days I made some test prints of the images so I could look them over and think.

All my girls were getting more and more cranky, and being stuck inside with them was getting to me. The people came and buried the diesel tank for the tractor and got all that set up. I wanted to play more with the tractor so I could get out of the house, but it was too wet. I tried hard to find other places to be but only had a little success. I would occasionally go to Linda's house and watch the builders, but she and Rachel were getting cranky, also. I made some digital photos of Linda's house and surrounding area for Dawn to look over for the landscaping. I printed some big prints for her on the digital printer so she could draw on them.