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The Vanity Fair Two-Light Setup That Reignited My Love for Studio Portraiture
There’s a specific kind of dread that creeps in when a shoot isn’t working and you can’t diagnose why. The lights are set, the camera is dialed in, the subject is in front of you — and nothing. I’ve been there more than I’d like to admit. Usually the problem isn’t technical. It’s that I’ve stopped thinking about why I’m making the photograph and started just executing a sequence of habits.