In Red with Katie (Patreon)

This studio set with Katie was built around one idea: commit to a single color and let it take over the frame.

Everything here lives in red—the hat, the leather, the tone of the room—and once we locked that in, the rest was about shaping light and posture. Warm studio light keeps the skin tones natural while letting the red stay bold without blowing out. The background stays clean and minimal so nothing competes with the subject.

The styling leans western without going full costume. It’s suggestive of a cowgirl aesthetic rather than literal—structured leather, sharp lines, confident body language. The chair and couch were used more as anchors than props, giving strong angles and negative space to work against.

This is one of those sets where small adjustments mattered more than big changes. Slight shifts in shoulders, the tilt of the hat, where the light wraps—each frame builds on the last instead of trying to reinvent the scene.