April showers
There’s something magical about umbrellas. The one belonging to Harry Potter fan favourite Hagrid doubles as a wand, Mary Poppins’ talking parrot umbrella is her chosen form of transport and Gene Kelly’s brolly in Singin’ in the Rain stars in one of the most famous dance routines in Hollywood history…
It’s not surprising, then, that umbrellas make great photography props, too. In this tutorial, we’ve used four umbrellas to produce four very different portraits. The image opposite was inspired by P. L. and features a classic black umbrella. We created the convincing flying effect by using a stepladder and Adobe Photoshop (and a generous helping of magic).
