Jay LaPrete
Jay LaPrete gave up the trucking business to begin a fledgling news photographer career.
That decision moved him from truck routes and driver’s status to the board rooms of GE Engines, P&G, Wendy’s, governor’s and senator’s offices, baseball greats, and the temporary homes of felons.
All the while, doing it with small strobes under restrictive conditions often with aides and public relations handlers dictating the place and amount of time available to shoot a portrait destined for the front page of a newspaper or the cover of a magazine.
A recent corporate portrait took place in the span of three minutes with the handler warning Jay after 75 seconds the only had another minute and 45 seconds before the executive was leaving.
No pressure. Jay had planned the shoot to last no more than a few minutes. If it lasted any longer, there would be additional time to play with his lighting and posing.
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