The Banks family
Last evening I shot a set of promo photos for RCT’s upcoming show, Father of the Bride. The cast includes some of my favorite actors beginning with Lynne, so I’m looking forward to opening night on June 4. These photos can be interesting as we try to capture the spirit of the show in a few frames with early costumes and, usually, a work-in-progress set. For the Snow White promo shoot I discussed earlier, we had virtually no set and shot against a black background.
This time, the set is beginning to take shape as you can see. For the official photos I sent to the theatre, I did a little cleanup of the background in Photoshop to rid the wall of some distracting bumps and marks. These shots I uploaded here have just a bit of cleaning that I could do in Lightroom.
Unlike the Steve Martin movie, this version of the story takes place in the 1950s. As a child of the ’50’s, that made me think of our old black and white TV and the many family shows of that era, Father Knows Best, Leave it to Beaver, Ozzie and Harriet. I thought a B/W treatment might be just right. I did a B/W conversion of a couple of the photos and cooled them just a bit with a hint of blue. I think they work pretty well this way. Here’s the other shot.
Time for a wedding
