For magazine photographers like Chris Myers, the COVID-19 pandemic has raised significant hurdles.

Safety protocols require that subjects wear masks indoors and maintain physical distance of at least six feet for any group shots.

Eager to find a workaround for “Invisible No More,” our story about the improving situation for the school of medicine’s 1,200 postdoctoral fellows, Myers got creative.

On a cold and windy day in December, he set up his equipment outdoors in a protected alcove near The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Then postdocs Janielle Maynard and Alex Weiss took turns braving the frigid temps for individual shoots. Once those photos were in the can, a masked Myers headed inside for a series of shots within some empty labs.

Back in his studio, Myers worked some magic … and voila — our lab scene showing Maynard and Weiss standing “together.”