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Backstage With One Direction
Tina Smothers Tina Smothers

Backstage With One Direction

One Direction collaboration with Elizabeth Arden to release the “You and I” fragrance. Elizabeth Arden threw them a party backstage before their Soldier Field performance and I was hired to capture the party.

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Cover Shot for Planted Magazine
Tina Smothers Tina Smothers

Cover Shot for Planted Magazine

Planted Magazine wanted to do a story on the iconic restaurant Soul Veg City and contacted me for photographic coverage. They needed some portraits, food photos, and candids to accompany the story

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Staff Headshots at a Chicago Law Firm
Tina Smothers Tina Smothers

Staff Headshots at a Chicago Law Firm

These photos are lit with a very large umbrellas for the key light and the fill light in order to provide a nice, soft, flattering light. I keep a diagram of my set-up in my notes in order for a consistent look each time I return to their office for a shoot.

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Environmental Headshots Downtown
Tina Smothers Tina Smothers

Environmental Headshots Downtown

One of my regular corporate clients needed some photos of their new hires. They wanted some headshots in their downtown office with the Chicago skyline in the background.

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