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Shooting a group portrait

Shooting a group portrait

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Shooting a group portrait

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- Corporate presentations, newsletters, there are lots of applications that will require you to shoot group shots. And you may find that when you're tasked with shooting a group shot, your first impulse is to line the group up against a wall and shoot them execution style. And you can do that, and in a lot of cases, that may be your only option because of time constraints or location constraints or whatnot. But it's always better to see if you can find another way to go. So, BATS wanted a cast photo to go up on a webpage. And so, before a show, I had the chance to shoot all of the cast members and the technical crew. We're good? - Yeah. - Okay, cool. So I could've lined them up on the stage. It was already lit, there was a nice white background. But instead, poking around the theater, I found a stairwell and decided to stick them there, just because it's something different, just because it's a little more interesting. All right, so let's just go. John, just head down to the first…

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