Photo by Vandria Caballero-Stevens/Los Angeles Times
As a staff photographer at the Los Angles Times, the majority of my assignments are celebrity portraits, often taken in non-descript hotel rooms during harried press junkets. Eight years of trying to photograph as many different looks as possible in the 5-to-10-minute windows were granted, usually without an assistant, have given me plenty of practice for the chaos that comes with a major film... more