He shuts his eyes as he braces for the flash, but it doesn't come. One eye cracks open.

"...Huh." He heads for the lights instead and re-checks them. "Well, it's not like we're being paid or anything." So that excuses any potential slip-ups, in Alex's mind.

The lights get a once-over, but he can't find anything objectionable about them. Then again, he's a film director, not a photographer, so it's just as likely that there's something wrong there.