"She's camera-ready if you want to start tests."
Devon gave approval to the photographer as, from the makeup chair, I could hear the lighting crew making their adjustments across the studio. Phrases like 'bump the key down half a stop' and 'flag that spill on camera left' drifted into my elevated sense of hearing.
Technical language spoken in simplified ways that would have been gibberish to me a couple weeks ago for the most part. Now, thanks to all those research sessions and the base knowledge Helene had… I actually understood what they meant.
> The main light source on set, the key light, reduced in intensity with some sort of specific math number. Something about rooting squares. Then covering the excess light spilling over into an area not meant to be lit with opaque black fabric meant to shape the beam. <
"Alright, let's go get some shots in to help them finalize and make sure he didn't miss covering any problem areas."
