5 | PHOTOSHOOT
Spellbinding creations
Katie Forshaw brings imagination to life in the studio with magical themed shoots
Katie Forshaw
Lockdown may have meant that my studio had to close, but it has not meant my imagination needed to shut down, too. I am essentially a portrait and family photographer, but families have not been allowed in my studio during lockdown, so I have had to focus on digital creations.
I have run an Etsy shop since 2018, selling digital backgrounds to other photographers for creative storybook composites. I base my ideas on books, favourite children’s characters, places I have been, and my own imagination. Recently I have teamed up with a local prop hire business to create new digital backgrounds using actual props in combination with digital stock elements in my work. My daughter has been helping me model (when she is in the mood), although she has started to charge me for it now. She was excited to help with this set though, as she just loves Harry Potter. My dog Leo enjoyed playing a role, too!