{"id":22,"date":"2008-04-02T09:36:57","date_gmt":"2008-04-02T16:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/?p=22"},"modified":"2008-04-02T09:36:57","modified_gmt":"2008-04-02T16:36:57","slug":"schwarzenegger%e2%80%99s-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/?p=22","title":{"rendered":"Schwarzenegger\u2019s CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/images\/seconddraft\/KennedySusan_39.jpg\" alt=\"Susan Kennedy\" align=\"middle\" border=\"0\" height=\"266\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"400\" \/>As much as I don\u2019t like politics, <strong>I confess that I do like politicians<\/strong> \u2013 in person, at least. One on one, pols of various stripes are among the smartest, most engaging people I\u2019ve met while doing journalism. They\u2019re articulate, their words are pointed, and they share the same off-center sense of humor that is found in most newsrooms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2005\/11\/30\/MNGDVG0B511.DTL\">Susan Kennedy<\/a>, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger\u2019s chief of staff, belongs in that group. I photographed her in her <st1:city><st1:place>Fairfax<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> home for a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marinmagazine.com\/Marin-Magazine\/April-2008\/Susan-Kennedy-Chief-of-Staff\/\">Q&amp;A with Marin Magazine<\/a>. I have my issues with how she and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=governator\">Governator<\/a> are running <st1:state><st1:place>California<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>, but she\u2019s someone you\u2019d love to sit next to at dinner \u2013 intense, unflinching and intellectually persuasive. Plus, she\u2019s twinkly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">When I got to her house the reporter was about 30 minutes into the interview. They were in a small office, big enough for her desk and two chairs. There was window on one side with a bench in it, and I immediately decided to use for a post-interview shot. The rest of the room was dark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">There was no space to set up an umbrella, so <strong>I decided to point a couple of snooted Speedlights at her<\/strong>, one from the long end of the office, the other from across her desk. I put one like on a stand, gelled it warm, super-clamped the other to the rim of the desk, and started shooting, squeezing my way around the reporter. (See an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/images\/seconddraft\/KennedySusanOverview.jpg\">overview of the scene<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">About 10 frames in, the clamp popped off the desk and it and the strobe clattered to the floor. The upside was that it loosened us all up; the downside was the $100 repair bill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I reset another strobe (<strong>didn\u2019t you mother tell to always have a back-up?<\/strong>) on a stand, and began again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I shot for about 10 minutes more, listening to them talk, working the angles. I liked the light. It was strong, but tight. Nonetheless, <strong>I was looking forward to getting her by the window<\/strong> for some softer light.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">That wasn\u2019t to be, though. Another five minutes and her phone rang (with the caller visible on the video-phone screen on her desk.). She was late for a meeting. By the time I stowed the gear, Kennedy was on the conference call.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The <strong>lesson of the day is one I learned early on<\/strong> \u2013 both as a photographer and as a reporter: As soon as you enter the room (or the event or the whatever), start working. It may be your only chance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As much as I don\u2019t like politics, I confess that I do like politicians \u2013 in person, at least. One on one, pols of various stripes are among the smartest, most engaging people I\u2019ve met while doing journalism. 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