sentences:  In New York city from 1923 to 1995 The Standard Flash Company and later known as Standard Studios with principal photographers Kenneth Brooks (1926-1995) and Jayson Jons (1922-2012) (born John Selepec) photographed thousands of banquet photos.In Chicago Thomas Yanul (1940–2014) did banquet photos for both corporate and social events.Hours before an indoor banquet photograph is to be taken the banquet photographer sets up their large format, commonly 12”x20” banquet camera, in a corner of the room on a tall tripod or from the balcony and stands on a ladder to reach the camera.