Originally Posted by Art Adams

A director recently sent me a reference image and told me, “I want the studio portions of our music video to look like this.” The image showed a woman lit beautifully from above by a shaft of soft light that dropped off to darkness by the time it reached her shoulders. “You know that’s a Photoshop effect,” I said. “Yup, that’s what I want… but live,” said the director. I love a challenge.