I was just reading an article on a web from the photography website PetaPixel. The article quotes a photographer who posted the following on Reddit:
They were probably taken in a huge hurry by the IATSE set photographer (I’ve been that guy). Their official job is to shoot set stills but often the publicity department will try to wrangle him into shooting gallery stills for them.
It’s great when you have time to set it up and prepare properly (the photographer gets a pay bump for doing portraits) but way too often it’s done on the side of the set on an impromptu green screen with no lighting allowed (it’s a working set, additional lighting would interfere and flashes are strictly forbidden). It’s almost always done at the end of the day when the actor is tired and grumpy.
That was one theory. It’s interesting hearing the insight of people who work in the industry and what actually happens behind the scenes.
I have a feeling we won’t get new photos. They’ll wait until mid-season hiatus to redo them.
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