Le Café Studio blog

Notes from Le Café Studio on fashion and editorial photography: runway weeks, editorial shoots, and working with a fashion photographer.

Model in a cream faux fur coat and black stockings reclines on stone steps, Gutter Glam series, Calgary

Who Owns the Photos? How Image Licensing Works for a Fashion Shoot

Makeup artist prepares a model with dark curly hair in a dim backstage corridor at Mexico City Fashion Week

How I Prepare for a Runway Week as a Fashion Photographer

Tattooed blonde model with dark lips crouches in a pale ruffled dress on grey, Pastel Goths series, Edmonton

Pastel Goths: This is What Meeting in The Middle Looks Like

Image to come

How to Plan a High-Fashion Editorial Shoot

Audrey Martin in white lace sits in a tiled bathtub, pouring whisky into a glass toward the camera, Calgary

What Makes a Photo Editorial for Magazines

Audrey Martin in black lingerie lies on red carpet in a narrow cinder block hallway lit in cool blue, Calgary

Why Editorial Photography Is More About Story Than Style

Man in a beanie and black polo sits in the open door of a white vintage car with red seats, holding a green bottle, Calgary

What Makes Editorial Photography Different from Fashion Photography?

Crew member holds a reflector overhead as models wait by white arched windows at Mexico City Fashion Week

How to Collaborate with a Fashion Photographer (as a Designer, Model, or Publication)

Models wait on a street between shows at Mexico City Fashion Week, one in a gold halter top leaning on a black car

Behind the Runway: The Hidden Stories of Fashion Week

Long-haired Baroness guitarist plays at the stage edge above a cheering crowd at The Palace Theatre, Calgary, black and white

Baroness - The Palace Theatre

Questions

What does editorial mean in fashion?

In fashion, editorial means images made to tell a story, not to sell a specific garment. An editorial uses clothing, styling, light and setting to build a mood, a character or an idea, usually for a magazine or publication.

Who owns the photos after a shoot?

In Canada, the photographer owns the copyright in the images unless a written agreement says otherwise. At Le Café Studio the agreement says you own the finished, edited images; the studio keeps the raw files and may show the work in its portfolio.