Pissing off Scenesters Since 1995
Joshua Liner’s new gallery opened up last week and the place was packed with people and great work. I had a blast photographing dozens of artists that attended the VIP previews, and probably fired off more than 400 photos over the course of the three hour event.
Photographing people at galleries can be a giant pain in the ass. Most of the lighting is focused on the paintings, so you have to shoot with flash to avoid losing the detail in peoples’ faces. Luckily most galleries have all white walls and ceilings, so you can bounce the flash off of anything. I usually leave the white balance on auto and just adjust all the photos en masse in Lightroom after the fact.
Luckily, Liner had a ton of lighting (and air conditioning) overhead, allowing me to drop the ISO to 400. This was one of the easier gallery events to shoot and there was a ton of subjects to capture on film.
