 Monte later opened studios in a high-end department store, shopping mall and other locations and switched to using studio flash rather than window light.He continued to innovate, setting up his studio with identical "key" and "hair" lights on both sides of the room allowing a subject to be faced right or left, depending on their most flattering side, without the need to move the lighting gear—another example of his "keep it simple" approach to the technical part of the craft.It also likely convinced other photographers to equip their studios similarly, which no doubt pleased his studio lighting equipment sponsor.