Professional Photographer - USA (2019-12)

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nook to the left. The challenge was that the

photos were meant to appear as if they’d

been captured in a large studio space.

Whenever I walk into a room the first

thing I do is look up. I like to know what

ceiling height I’m dealing with. This case?

Barely 8 feet—about as bad as it gets. So I

made the choice to seat my subjects. The

light needed to feel big. Normally I stack my

Westcott 7-foot silver umbrella with diffu-

sion with an Apollo 43-inch silver umbrel-

la with diffusion, but there wasn’t enough

room. Instead, I opted for two of the Apollo

umbrellas.

Another obstacle was a large immovable

mirror on the wall that would negatively

affect my light. I blocked it with a piece of

a V-flat, which also lent a nice negative fill

With celebrities, you often only get

two minutes. The key light was

angled down on the subject and

the fill light placed below. A V-flat

to the side added negative fill.

ILLUSTRATION BY NATALEE MARTINEZ