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Photographers like alleys in the same irrational way that cats like empty boxes<\/strong>. We can’t pass one up. So, of course, I was purring with excitement when San Francisco filmmakers Donna LoCicero and Robert Campos told me they\u00a0 lived in a South of Market alley.<\/p>\n I was photographing them for Marin Magazine<\/a> in connection with their film, 3 Still Standing<\/a>, a documentary about three comedians — Will Durst, Johnny Steele and Larry “Bubbles” Brown<\/strong> — who were contemporaries of Robin Williams and Dana Carvey but never achieved the success the latter two did. The film is opening at the Mill Valley Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n As I parked down the block from their home (parking in Soma!!!) I was already looking for places to make the picture, but LoCicero and Campos — being both visual pros and busy people<\/strong> — already had scoped their neighborhood. The next alley over, they said, had a couple of options, one dark and one lighter.<\/p>\n We schlepped the gear — one light, a heavy battery and a C-stand — set up by a black corrugated wall, shot for while and then moved up the street in front of the yellow wall you see above. Couldn’t have been easier<\/strong> — pre-selected backgrounds, subjects who schlep and two people with a good sense of humor.<\/p>\n In 30 minutes, we were done.<\/p>\n The magazine used the shot below against the black wall. I like the yellow one above a bit more<\/strong>. The vertical (in the slideshow) is a behind-the-scenes snap for those of you who like to see that thing.<\/p>\n![\"Donna](\"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/images\/seconddraft\/CamposLoCicero2.jpg\")
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