Oh yes! Natural light is the best! Very funny about the tape hahaha. Many times I have hung the black fabric on the shower curtain, - especially in an outside bathroom that has incredible light.
These photos are with the phone. Almost all the long exposures that I am sharing here lately I take with a Motorola (G6 I think). I have it from several years ago and I love it for this type of photos. And the ones in the garden are with the Iphone 13 Pro, you have that one, right?
Oh my god, yes! How many things happening! It's really intense, the emotions and feelings very difficult to control...I hope that you two can meet soon!