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Description: What does it take to photograph a president?nnOn 30 January, 2012, The Straits Times interviewed Myanmar President Thein Sein, at the Shangri-la Hotel in Singapore.nnBesides taking shots during the interview, Straits Times photojournalist Desmond Lim also wanted to make a portrait of Thein Sein. nnWith the help of photojournalists Samuel He and Lim Wui Liang, he set up a backdrop and three lights, an hour before the interview began. nnThe Myanmese officials did not agree to the shoot initially,