50 Lighting Setups / 50 configuraciones de iluminación

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An Acerbic Wit CASE STUDY #15

CAMERA:

Hasselblad 503c

LENS:

120mm macro

FILM:

Fuji RTP 100

EXPOSURE: LIGHTING:

f/5.6 at 1/15 second Luz 800ws with spun glass over the grid; 20-degree grid with black foil

affixed to the reflector to create a triangular shadow on the background

Assignment

Tips

Channel 4 of London was doing a documentary with

This was a situation where I had to alter the environ-

the author, journalist, and literary critic Christopher

ment to create a more intriguing portrait. As I men-

Hitchens. They needed a promotional image of Chris-

tioned, the apartment was pretty plain, and Hitchens

topher to promote the program.

was under a deadline. To spice it up, I decided to shoot tungsten film—even though there was daylight

Visual Objective

streaming in from the windows. The trick is to convert

Hitchens is a controversial writer. I wanted to illus-

your daylight strobe on the subject to a tungsten color

trate this by creating a somewhat mysterious environ-

balance with a CTO (color temperature orange) gel.

ment and using a slight tilt of the camera.

This keeps the light color balanced on the subject while allowing the daylight to go blue.

The Story

The image was photographed in a typically small, nondescript New York City apartment—not the type you see on television. When I arrived, Hitchens was working on a deadline and didn’t have much time. After looking around the apartment for a location, I decided 30-degree grid with black wrap attached to cast shadow on wall

the best location was right where he was sitting. I told him to continue working at his laptop and when we 30-degree grid

were ready I would let him know. After we set up, I asked Christopher to give me five minutes, which he did. I snapped away, and after about three rolls I was finished. He said thanks and went back to work on his laptop. Posing

There was not much prompting on my end. When I asked him to turn and face the camera, he clasped his hands and looked up at me. That was it. 52

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Tea Time

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Payne Financial Group

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Hangin’ with Hal

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The Conductor

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Adoption Day

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Computers and Skateboards

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Grace

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Julia’s Kitchen

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Vignelli Design

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Hothouse in the Alley

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Not So Nude

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Protecting Journalist

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Woody, Meet Ira

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Outer Sam Pan

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Motion to Urban Earth

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Robert Lee Morris Meets Jackson Pollock

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Vanguard Chief

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The Beach Umbrella

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Tender Tough Guy

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Drummer’s Dream

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Folly with Caddie

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Business Titan

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An Acerbic Wit

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The Fourth Round

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