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American Idol’s Katherine McPhee

Last week the LA Times hired me to take some portraits of Katherine McPhee, a former American Idol contestant who’s now gone into acting on top of singing/songwriting. I was given 15 minutes with her in her dressing prior to her appearance on Live with Regis and Kelly to promote her new movie “The House Bunny.”. Typically when I shoot celebrities, I’m given anywhere from 5-15 minutes to make a pretty picture….and this was no different. Fortunately, though, Katherine is still young and new to the world of celebrity, so the session was pretty laid back and fun.

Check out the LA Times Article here.

Here are a few pics from the shoot:


This was my personal favorite from the shoot.


The shot the LA Times chose online


We did a couple white wall shots.


I liked the monochromatic feel of her dress against the wall.


I have this effect on women… :)


How it ran in print.

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Posted in celebrity, portrait on August 21, 2008
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  1. 08/21/2008
    Jan

    Hi Robert,
    Nice shots as always, simple but effective. Could you share some info on the light you used? I would say a ringlight on or near the camera considering the shadows and catchlight, maybe with a softbox. Am I close?

  2. 08/21/2008
    Robert Caplin

    Hi Jan,

    The shot against the wall is a combo of 2 lights; a ring-light and and beauty dish. The pictures with reflection is only a beauty dish.

    Thanks for the kind words.

    Robert

  3. 08/23/2008
    Jan

    Thanks for the explanation! By the way, that’s a pretty nasty crop in the paper, cutting off her hands like that, never nice when that happens, but what can you do..

  4. 08/26/2008
    Howie McCormick

    Always good to see your work presented on a nice spread. Was that your crop or the paper’s?

  5. 08/26/2008
    Robert Caplin

    the paper’s of course…. :)

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