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ill Abbott, President, QDI, standing in their building that is under construction

Bill Abbott
President, QDI, Quality Distributors, LLC
Phoenix, AZ ~ 2:15 PM on 11.5.2001

Environmental Portrait of Bill Abbott for Arizona Business Magazine.

I usually look for the best background when I arrive at a location. Most of the time we shoot "the shot" all in one frame. Sometimes I'll shoot multiple frames and put the image together in Photoshop as a triptych (this does not work for all photos, but sometimes works out great), with parts from one frame that are in another frame... Who cares? ... I'm trying to make art.

I asked Bill, "What does it cost to build a building like this?"... he said, "about 3 million dollars."

Strobist info / Lighting:
One Dynalite in a medium Chimera off to camera left.

Nikon 20-35mm lens with an 81B filter
Exposure: 250th/sec @ f/11
Film: Fuji Astia RAP 100
Photoshop: almost none.

Location: QDI, Phoenix

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