Prince Charming: A Publicity Portrait Session

Prince Charming: A Publicity Portrait Session | Utah Portrait Photographer

Period costumes are a powerful storytelling device. I photographed these publicity photos of Ethan in this coat in my home studio, but the principles and method could apply anywhere. (Is it just me, or does he kind of look like Kevin McKidd from Grey's Anatomy?)

BONUS: As a seamstress also, being able to touch and manipulate a well-made garment is almost as exciting as photographing it!

Technical Notes

I photographed these portraits in the same corner using two different walls and two different light sources. The main light was a single speed light in a 43-inch umbrella soft box angled straight down to the ground and placed about 3 feet to Ethan's right (camera left). I fired a second speed light into the ceiling behind me to bring up the shadows.

In the portraits with the darker background, the light reflected off the lighter gray-colored wall to the subject's left (camera right). In the portraits with the lighter background, the darker wall at the subject's right (camera left) became a negative fill to darken the shadows in an otherwise brightly lit photograph.

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