When Stephanie and Steve undertake portrait commissions Steve usually stands in position while Stephanie organises lighting, composition and takes tests photographs. The test photographs are useful as a starting point and help to eliminate unsatisfactory alternatives - the final photographs may look very different
When the lighting and composition are finalised the client/clients are brought in and the photograph is taken. These photographs taken between 2005 and 2021 have become a sort of accidental, humorous record of Steve's changing appearance and the locations Steve and Stephanie have worked in.