American Cinematographer - June 1987 - 45

Dombrow

60 Minutes'

Cinematography in Low Light
by Michelle Bogre
Walter Dombrow, Emmy Award
winning cinematographer for Go
Minutes has a scrapbook over¬
flowing with well-deserved ac¬

Dombrow. "If I had four
I would only admit to hav¬
ing one. I just wanted to be sure
that if there were a shortage, I

colades for his

professionalism,
sensitivity, warmth, talent and

wouldn't

skill.

by his "do anything short of
ethic.
being
willing to exceed the expected to
film a story. He shot film through
two-way mirrors to document
welfare fraud in Boston and phony
medical labs in Chicago. He has

Dombrow

was one

of the

first

photographers to test Kodak's
low-light-sensitive i6mm emulsion
(Eastman color high speed Nega¬
tive Film 7292). Even before the
film was readily available,
Dombrow
every

shot

more

than

feet of it in just about

250,000

conceivable photographic

situation.

"When I got a case
7292,

of

I kept it. I didn't share it,"

The first time Dombrow

says

cases,

run out of film."
Dombrow was motivated

murder to get the picture"
He has the reputation of

shot from the

hip, literally,

so

his

unwilling subjects - adamant
not having their pictures

about
taken

-

era was

June 1987

wouldn't know the

rolling.

cam¬

used the

high-speed film, he
filming the award winning
play Blood Knot, while it was still
in tryout in Philadelphia. Rather
than set up a photo session,
new

was

Dombrow and his crew filmed an
actual production with original
stage lighting at a foot candle level
so low he couldn't read it on the
meter.

"I

sults,"
level

was

amazed by the re¬
Dombrow. The light

was

says

low I couldn't

so

mea¬

it, but the final film images
had rich, dark tones, like a Goya
painting. It wasn't just a low key
sure

mood. The
dation and

American

images had tonal
a

roundness

Cinematographer

to

gra¬
them

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