Picasso Inspired Editorial Shoot – Colorpop 2022

If you haven’t heard of our portfolio-building event Colorpop for photographers – you’re missing out!!! I’m so excited to start blogging each of the 10 photo shoots we organized for our event as a way to share a little bit more of the planning and behind the scenes process. Plus, these shoots were so cool that they deserve to live somewhere other than Instagram.

Colorpop Portfolio Weekend 2022 took place July 22-24 and August 5-7; over these two weekends, 40 photographers of all skill levels and backgrounds traveled from around the world to Utah. This year, our event was more like a retreat – we all stayed together in a big house, ate together, had educational activities in the evenings, and made lifetime friends and connections. Honestly, it felt like summer camp for photographers – and as a retired camp counselor, it was totally my jam. 😉

For more information on our events, click here. We’d love to have you attend one in the future! Now let’s get into this concept.

PHOTOGRAPHY & CREATIVE DIRECTION: Marina Williams

ART DIRECTION & STYLING: Ashley Isenhour

SET DESIGN: Aanika Guymon

MODEL: Allison McKinney

EVENT: Colorpop Portfolio Weekend

This photo shoot concept was inspired by famous painter Pablo Picasso. We wanted to create elements that mimicked his style and color palettes – we cut and painted canvases blue with thick brush strokes and hung them up to create a backdrop. We created a column, flower vase, and face cutouts and painted them to resemble Picasso’s line work, and hand-painted a checkerboard canvas to use as a tablecloth and backdrop. European style influenced our wardrobe choices, and our model Allison did a fantastic job bringing the concept to life.

Here are some of my own favorite photographs!

BEHIND THE SCENES

Click here to see photos from photographers that attended our event!