I've barely returned from far too long in a tiny village in the hills in eastern Europe, and I am ushered into one of the world's largest media companies HQ. The brief: a clean, sympatico portrait of its editor-in-chief, David Schlesinger of ThomsonReuters.
It's a small world. Ten years ago, I worked for the then wire service Reuters News Pictures, and David ran the Americas operations. Now I am freelance, and he is the overall boss and a committed journalist with an open mind set towards the future. We traded some names, I found out about some of my old colleagues' whereabouts and David was kind enough to give me the email address of my former boss. Saying hello cannot hurt, and I must admit that a certain - albeit very slight - nostalgia has crept in somewhere. After all, this is the place where I learned my trade, and I am forever grateful for that opportunity.
So yes, back to the picture. The room was practically dark, but the background of the photo had to be crisp white. So applying a little trickery in the form of a new photoshop layer could not be avoided, no matter how over the top I set the background flash bouncing off the white wall behind David. The shoot was uncomplicated, speed and accuracy was of the essence, just like in the old wire service days.
It's a small world. Ten years ago, I worked for the then wire service Reuters News Pictures, and David ran the Americas operations. Now I am freelance, and he is the overall boss and a committed journalist with an open mind set towards the future. We traded some names, I found out about some of my old colleagues' whereabouts and David was kind enough to give me the email address of my former boss. Saying hello cannot hurt, and I must admit that a certain - albeit very slight - nostalgia has crept in somewhere. After all, this is the place where I learned my trade, and I am forever grateful for that opportunity.
So yes, back to the picture. The room was practically dark, but the background of the photo had to be crisp white. So applying a little trickery in the form of a new photoshop layer could not be avoided, no matter how over the top I set the background flash bouncing off the white wall behind David. The shoot was uncomplicated, speed and accuracy was of the essence, just like in the old wire service days.
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