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| Taylor Swift Ultra Close National TV Awards, London |
INTRO
Not everything goes to plan when you are a Celebrity Photographer. A multitude of things can go wrong when taking celebrity photos including the following
1. people blocking the shot
2. foreign objects suddenly appear in the frame such as hands, phones, other photogs cameras
3. adverse weather conditions including strong wind, hail, snow and torrential rain
4. technical problems with the camera or bad exposure or focus and flat batteries
5. celebrity not playing ball and not interested in being photographed
6. celebrity wardrobe malfunctions...seems to be more the women than the men
I could go on here but you get the idea? The list is endless. You just don't realise what it takes to get shots of these stars ..............sometimes it's an absolute nightmare.
BEHIND THE SCENES
This Taylor Swift photo was taken from the manic fan pen at the National TV Awards. She came over and what I call Ultra Close Up ....I call it within kissing distance and so close you can smell her perfume.
So what's wrong with this Taylor Swift Photo? It's super close ohhh yesssss about half a metre.. CHECK. It's in focus CHECK. Exposure is spot on CHECK
We have her attention. Sort of CHECK .... BUT her hair is all over the shop as this was taken on a windy night in February and a cold night as well.
Not much you can do with a shot like this unless you use Photoshop to trim out the stray hair or do an AI job.
CONCLUSIONS
So for some this photo is all natural and smacks of candid, for the media this is a photo disaster. I like it, it's a bit different from the staged red carpet shot but it's not a seller!
Question is............what would Taylor Swift think about it?

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