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From a King's Portrait to Beverly Hills: The Case for a Proper Sitting

From a King's Portrait to Beverly Hills: The Case for a Proper Sitting

A sitting is unhurried. I do not photograph a hundred frames and hope. I build the light, I talk to you, and I wait for the moment your face stops performing and starts simply being β€” which is usually somewhere in the second half hour, and which is the entire point of the exercise. Two dozen exposures. A handful that work. One that is right.

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