I used a crappy digital camera to take this shot. I wanted to use my 35 mm so the image would have been much clearer. But you never can tell how a slef portrait will turn out being you can't see it when the shutter actually clicks. I used a floresecent light in the back ground and spread my dress out (which was white) to catch the yellow glare. My hair is blonde so it caught some of the light also. The red just seemed to appear some how... I'm not real sure from where. I did darken the photo in Photo Plus... Thank you for all the compliments.