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00:00 Intro00:43 Who is Michael Rios?01:23 How I ended up in the position of creating this portrait01:43 Hi Crystal Lee!02:30 Hi Peter and Cecilia of Peter's Kettle Corn!02:50 Hi Chinatown Market (CTM)!03:15 CTM hires me for their shoot with Allbirds' CEO/Co-Founder Tim Brown03:55 CTM hires me again for Michael Rios' shoot04:11 I ask Michael Rios for a scrap of his Frida Kahlo work04:39 I ask if I can photograph Michael on another day04:55 EXPLAINING MICHAEL RIOS' SHOT BEGINS HERE06:40 A peek inside the shoot in Lightroom08:15 Why you should shoot a plate on your shoots08:55 Keep your verticals vertical09:25 The shots used for the final composition10:10 The layers in Photoshop10:35 Painting the mask in11:30 Removing fine detail -- what I learned from another photographer12:45 Burning the background13:17 My entire shoot with Michael was 6 minutes -- my advice here14:28 Outro

Photographing Michael Rios at his studio

JJ Jumoc-Casas

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