Professional Photographer - USA (2019-12)

BAG OF TRICKS

A BIGWINDOW FEEL IN A SMALL ENCLOSED SPACE

by Ian Spanier

LIGHTING TUTORIALTHE GOODS

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Ian Spanier

There’s being prepared, and then there’s

knowing how to adapt to the unexpected.

To make quality images in any conditions,

it’s important to learn and develop effective

techniques to use and modify light.

In this case, I was on an assignment

for The Wrap to photograph a number of

producers and Hollywood bigwigs attend-

ing a conference. The shoot took place in

the green room, a small conference room

at Hollywood’s SLS Hotel where confer-

ence speakers could relax while waiting

their turn to take the stage.

Making the photographs here put us in

close proximity to the subjects, but it also

meant we needed to take up a very small

footprint. The room was shaped like a

backwards L, and we were given the small

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