A volunteer asked whether we could photograph only the crowded end of a Marvel NFT comics table. The crowded end was real. So were the empty chairs behind the photographer. Panel Trail Line shot both and captioned both.
Captions name the object: sleeve stack, projector housing, queue line against a painted wall. They do not name Marvel characters as if we held studio stills. When a splash page is visible on a screen, the caption says “projected comic page” plus the issue title if the host announced it.
Blocked angles are skipped. Inventing a cleaner frame would make the journal prettier and less true. Organizers who want prettier frames can hire a different kind of photographer. This desk is hired for recap evidence.
The journal from that evening includes a photograph taken after half the chairs had gone. Several readers later said that frame explained why their friends remembered a quieter hall than the hallway poster had promised.