College Fashion Show and Performance Pics CC PS help!

[verdantsound]

I shot during one of the cultural performances/fashion shows and I was wondering if you can give me some cc on the pictures attached. These three are my favorite ones (more can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuphotosociety/sets/72157614824827596/) (it's actually the flickr of the photo club at school that I helped start)

Anyhow, please tell me how you would have shoot this, or how in PS I could have made them look better.

[verdantsound]

3rd

[Nathan]

I want to go back to college. I don't remember bikini runways during our fashion shows.

[Stirfried]

Actually, if you want to shoot anything, find the guy who set up the runway lighting and shoot him.

The shots are nice, but the light is horrible. With an XT in that lighting you're going to want a tripod, and that won't help with the motion blur anyway. No flash allowed? Next time try to get set up as the 'official' photog (if you weren't, looks like you were in the gallery at the end of the runway anyway).

Failing that I'd focus on rescuing the girl in the white bikini in #1 (yeah, yeah...) and trying to dodge/burn #2 into something.

[verdantsound]

Thanks for the comments! What do you mean by rescuing that girl in the white bikini?

[Stirfried]

Thanks for the comments! What do you mean by rescuing that girl in the white bikini?

I meant that she has a good pose, focus and lighting. I'd try cropping the rest out doing the PP on her.

[bjyoder]

#1: So close. You just needed a bit better timing on the lead model's foot coming to the front - as it is, she looks like she's going to fall over.

#2: Great shot with bad lighting. If only it could have been strobed/lit better.

#3: Too much movement in the frame, with no good, still focal point.

Runway shows are tough, there is some improvement, but there is a lot of good in the 3 shots. :)