100 candles

So, this past weekend I did a photoshoot for the Infusion magazine for the cover photo. It’s Infusion magazine’s 20th anniversary, and for the cover shot, so we bought a birthday cake and candles and placed the 20 candles on it and had someone hold the cake. As we were taking the photos, the candles quickly diminished. As the photographer, I became really worried if I was able to capture the photo I needed before the candles became wax. We only had exactly 20 candles, and the fact that candles shortened quickly when lit slipped our mind. The photoshoot incident was a little frustrating, but I can’t imagine how frustrating it would be without extra candles for shooting a scene with 100 candles. With a photoshoot, I could just quickly snap photos and edit it if needed. Shooting a scene is different. Scenes take more time which means there’s more room for actors to err and other things to go wrong, and this means candles may already start to become wax if more time is needed to re-shoot scenes. You’ve got to have the candles lighted from the beginning to the end of the scene, and so the time pressure can get stressful without extra props. Additionally, there is rapid production pace and episodes need to be aired that night or the following day. With these factors, there is potential for the production process to get crazy chaotic and stressful. The production team must all be sharp people since they need to think quickly and creatively It’s amazing to me how telenovelas always deliver the episode. No matter the circumstance, the show must go on.