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<p class="gutenify-section-0f4f9340-3633-11ef-9c0a-edf7435bf23b">I had an e-mail invitation to submit a proposal for shooting head-shots, I thought, for a legal firm here in Pittsburgh. The message was well-written, and indicated that the author understood what a legal firm would need for professional-quality headshots done on-site in their offices. I responded, and the woman writing me wrote back with what she called a “brief” describing their needs in detail. The attachment had an “.ISO” extension, but I ignored it and clicked. Big mistake.</p>
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<p class="gutenify-section-0f500870-3633-11ef-9c0a-edf7435bf23b">To make a long story short, my machine was taken over by ransomware. I bought another machine (I needed it anyway) and set it up as my new photography computer, and successfully removed the ransomware operating system, reinstalled Windows and all my applications. I lost about a week, however, with all the fiddle, including contacting the FBI and local police. I hope they catch the perpetrator. I’m honest, so I’m surprised when other people aren’t. I’m a little wiser now.</p>
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<p class="gutenify-section-0f505690-3633-11ef-9c0a-edf7435bf23b">Not too long after getting everything back in order, I came down with a gastro bug and Lyme disease. I lost a week to the bug/Lyme, and I’m still recovering from the latter – thank God! I had a couple of little projects that I had shot but not processed. One was of a conference at which I gave a paper. I got a lot of conventional shots of speakers, audiences, people being introduced, and so forth. Questions from the audience were the most interesting.</p>
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<p class="gutenify-section-0f518f10-3633-11ef-9c0a-edf7435bf23b">As is often the case, I found that the informal after-hours reception to be the best opportunity to capture people animated, in conversation, unself-conscious, and engaging. I used my Lensbaby Spark lens to control the centers of interest, and had a blast. Rendering them in black and white, I avoided any problems with clashing light-source colors, and made them more arresting. As I sometimes say, I love to shoot, and it shows!</p>
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<p class="gutenify-section-0f54c360-3633-11ef-9c0a-edf7435bf23b">Examples&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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