How I go the Photo: Queen Susan from Narnia

I adore fantasy and fairytales and a beloved book from my Childhood was The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe – The Chronicles of Narnia. I am running a photo shoot in July, with this very theme and I wanted to get some marketing images. So I asked model Emily Reinhard to join me in the studio, we tried on costumes and played with swords, bows and arrows and various other props. I wanted a dark, moody, romantic feel to my images. Here is what I did.

Setting the scene

I had a gorgeous vintage brown backdrop from Kate Backdrop and an old vintage chair as my main props. Emily was dressed in a green medieval-styled dress, belt, headpiece. I used a Hobolite Pro a 300W constant LED Light, with the lantern on the carbon fibre light stand as my only light source. The lantern is large enough to throw gorgeous light LED Continuous light. I positioned my light in a Paramount position, 450 angle from the model, up quite high, and angled down. The bottom of the lantern was roughly level with Emily's head.

Camera Settings

Sony A7RV and Sony 50mm f/1.4 GM lens. ISO640, f/2.8/, Shutter 1/320 secs. The Hobolite Pro was on 100%. Emily noted that, unlike other Constant lights, the Lantern on the Hobolite Pro was not blinding to look at. You can read more about the Hobolite Pro from this article.

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