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“Iwantedtoshootanddevelopitallmyself.It’saboutcontrolfromstarttofinish.”
He remembers: “Someone was Isworethatwouldneverhappento seminar.DuringtheQ&Assomeone
lookingformybrotherandIendedup me.Iwantedtoshootanddevelopit asked him why he always left a
chattingtohimaboutphotography.It allmyself.It’saboutcontrolfromstart shadowinthebackgroundontheleft
turnedouthemanagedabandand tofinish.Ittakesskilltogettheright handsideofhismodels.
needed some work. As soon as he exposureonfilm. Istilllovethefeel Newtonadmitteditwasbecausehe
sawtheJamiroquaimaterialhegave andlookofitandIadoreblackand justdidn’tknowhowtogetridofit!
meacommissionthatturnedoutto white images printed on Oriental He said he just put the light on the
beworththousandsofpounds.” Seagullpaper. modelsandlitthem.
Macmadethedigitalswitchsixyears Iwasastounded....butit’strue.”
agobutstilllovestoshootfilm. ForMac,whoshootsbothonlocation
“Digital is great – and I now use a and in a studio, lighting is a crucial Mac’slastpurchasesonthelighting
Nikon D200 - but I believe digital part of every session. “The hardest front were Bowens Esprit 1000DX
imaging has removed some of the thing to do properly is a full-length flash heads. “They are more than
mysteriesofthecaptureprocess”he whiteout: no shadow, no join in the powerfulenoughforwhatIneedright
notes. floor; nice black edges around the now” he says. “They are easily
“At the lab we used to get good skin and good light on the subject. portableandIlovethemtobits.Iuse
photographers coming in with Avedonwasamasteratit.Hemade them all the time. And next on my
mediocreimagery–andtheywould itlooksimple–butitisn’t.” shopping list is a Bowens Ringlite
instructustomakethepictureslook “I once went to a Helmut Newton Converter.”
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