Photo of the Day


Seeing Red

September 20, 2017

By Libby Peterson

© Sophie Berard

While shooting portraits of the songwriter and performance artist Boyfriend, New Orleans photographer Sophie Berard, who splits her time shooting weddings and editorial work (not to mention painting as well), went for her signature color-forward approach.

“A lot of my editorial work plays with color theory, composition and the way in which an object can activate the negative space around it,” Berard explains. “When I approach a photograph, especially in my editorial work, I treat it much like I would a painting by mindfully choosing which colors I want in my imagery and ensuring that what is going into the framework is cohesive. Having the ground work for this photo taken care of beforehand—the clothing, colors and location—allowed for me to be able to focus on the movement and lighting within the frame.”

(Shot with a Nikon D750 and 35mm f/1.4 lens at f/2, 1/100th of a second and ISO 2500.)

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