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When Alexandra enters the Sandeley's summer home, the first thing she sees is a lineup of  mounted animal head trophies. I never imaged  would find a house with such specimens in the entryway. So, I was quite shocked when I first entered the elegant Chateau Tivoli B and B in San Francisco and saw the mounted animals heads in the in the entryway. I immediately new that I must shoot the film trailer in this beautifu historicl Victorian hotel.

The sexy bed shown in the video trailers for "The House on Black Lake" is from the Mark Twain Room of the Chateau Tivoli in San Francisco. The Famed B & B is located on Alamo Square and has a colorful history. The room is intimate and warm and the bed is a work of art with gorgeous, shiny dark wood, diaphanous curtains and luxurious bedding. It was the perfect place to shoot the scene set in a cottage in St. Agathe des Monts, Quebec, where Alexandra and Andre share their first interlude.  More about Chateau Tivoli at http://www.chateautivoli.com/

The Mark Twain Room in Chateau Tivoli

This is the picture that inspired the beginning of my book cover. I started with this door, then added images and atmosphere. The picture on the book cover has a dead cat in the corner, a rat's tail and an imprint of the ancient coin in the floor. You see the Sandeley's house in the background, the rowboat, red moon. Swirling fog "or smoke", something or someone is coming up from behind. A man stands at the open door. The woman is trapped.

The House on Black Lake

I have created a new music video is collaboration with Peter Busboom. Pictures taken by photographer Peter Busboom at Chateau Tivoli are viewed as slideshow with a haunting guitar solo called "Mysterious Encounter". It is a depiction of love scene with Alexandra and Andre.

The video may be viewed on utube at http://www.youtube.com/user/houseonblacklake?feature=mhw4#p/a/u/0/BPFtb6P0vvQ.