Is it possible to display a frame during a CameraCapturetask on WP7? - silverlight

I would like to use the CameraCapturetask on my Silverlight WP7 application. On the background, I would like to display a photo, for example something like that :
(found randomly on the web).
This could act as a mask, and we will see the photo of the camera behind this frame during the take of the photo.
(I'm not sure I'm very clear).
Is there a way to do that ?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Best regards

No, you can't put this on top of the CameraCaptureTask.
You could add the border after the photo had been taken though.

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