Comments on: How Would You Photograph a Fashion Show?

By: rob

rob — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:14:23 +0000

@ richard, come to think of it, why do you even have a camera! shouldn’t you be drawing things instead? you can’t have just the best bits and still have your integrity.

By: rob

rob — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:06:42 +0000

@ richard,

must be nice not having to endure the ratrace, btw why are you using the net? didn’t the ratrace create this thing!

By: Frederika Mirtshe

Frederika Mirtshe — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:32:28 +0000

Hi. I think you could also make more of it through a bigger exposure about \”\”. Perhaps you can have some chocolate fashions.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:34:15 +0000

Appreciate the info guys, thanks

By: Calvin Foo

Calvin Foo — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:08:22 +0000

*munching popcorns*

what? So fast ended dy?

anyway, it is still an interesting discussion I can see and discussed with professionalism. Welldone everyone.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:36:56 +0000

My pleasure, Larry.

By: Larry Leone

Larry Leone — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:06:07 +0000

@ Richard.
This is unreal talking about the narrow scope of a thread. LMAO, really. Stick to the topic or don’t bother. I guess Richard would call a coffee shop narrow minded for not selling him pizza. Go get some fresh air, really I think you need it. Besides if your way was the best way you wouldn’t be out here trying to sell everyone on it. If you really want the peace and tranquility of being alone in the woods get off the computer and go enjoy your oneness with nature and leave the rest of us alone.

ENOUGH ALREADY.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:43:39 +0000

Thanks, Vernon. I was clearly ranting in the wrong place. I tend to think (& type) according to my reactions/notions that are stimulated by whatever issue surfaces. I “contribute” to many blogs & discussions and I neglected to realize how narrow the focus might be in this one. So to all whom I’ve offended, I apologize (not for the content but for my insensitivity on your hallowed ground).

To Alex:
I didn’t answer your question because the only one I could come up with is “it depends.” What lens(es) you might use “depends” on what kind of photos your client expects. The standard, run-of-the-mill shot, such as is posted, you could likely get with a $50 normal prime. The lens isn’t going to be your problem… the light IS. With various colours of spotlights, etc., playing on subjects I’d take my camera OFF “Auto” white balance… (to what “depends”). The model in the photo above looks as if she’d been dipped in ochre on my monitor. Not a shot I’d be proud of.
I wish you good luck. Just as soon as you find you’re getting good results on your shoot, the lighting in quantity and quality will change and you’ll be back to square one… unless, you & your client just accept that your photos will look as if you shot them at a rock concert… all bizarre colouring, poses, etc. If that’s OK with you, it’s OK with me. If it’s not then I can only suggest you find some way to pose each model under conditions you can control.

In the meantime, Vern & I are heading out to the bush for some fresh air, peace and quiet and sanity. (Sorry, I just had to get in a final dig.)

By: vernon

vernon — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:34:35 +0000

Hi richard,

Understanding wholeheartedly where you come from with your viewpoint “being a qualified tour guide, in South Africa where you get some of the world’s best places to do nature photography in” I would just like to know what your point is towards the question being asked? ” You are just proving, that for all your nature love and whatnot you are still human and just as prone to human flaws. Stick to the point mate, the question was asked to get help in what to use and how to best capture the fashion event from someone that was hoping to get help from people who maybe have done this more than once, not to get an opinionated ass view of what your dislikes are, valid as what they may seem to you, they have no bearing on the question asked. If you have such strong viewpoints on the matter, start a discussion of the topic somewhere else and then I will join in.

Have a great day
Vernon

By: Richard Dawson

Richard Dawson — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:11:30 +0000

The point is that the original question was to get advice on how best to shoot the show that the OP had been given an assignment for with the equipment she has or other equipment she could rent.

It had nothing what-so-ever to do with what we as individual shooters enjoy shooting or the challenges of other types of photography. The entire thread is supposed to be about helping one of our fellow photographers do the best job she can with the task assigned.

It’s not mentioned whether she is getting paid for this gig or not. However, I don’t think she is likely to see an eagle spread its wings in the middle of the runway that she has been assigned to shoot.

I really doubt that she cares how you or any of us feel about the world of fashion or fashion photography. She has an assignment to complete. That and ONLY that is the reason for this thread.

So, your statement that many will not agree with or understand your statements is completely correct. They are the trivialities here because they are completely irrelevant. They have nothing what-so-ever to do with what everyone else is talking about.