Behind the Scenes With a Portrait Photographer in Cuba
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I had made friends with this family over the years. I had shot Mailenis and her older sister several times, and I would ask them what I could bring them on my next visit. It was usually things like vitamins, hair bands, small toys, chocolate, etc. One time Mailenis asks for a scooter. So, I brought her a small scooter — she immediately unpacked it and starting riding it around this bonus room (about 20-feet from the front door of her house). I looked at that and said “wow! What a shot!” Unfortunately the backlighting was so intense that she was in too much a a shadow. The image I shot initially was a failure. I liked the concept so much that I wanted to re-shoot it again. So, four months later on my next visit to Cuba, I asked her to ride around again and this time used very large reflectors, a tripod and bracketing to get the image.
Lorne Resnick is an award-winning fine art photographer based in Los Angeles. Follow Lorne on Instagram, and buy his book, “This Moment, Exactly So.”
