Tips for catwalk show

Today I did a fashion show/catwalk, didn't do too badly, but I think I need a bit of improvement.

Is it always a no no to chop off just below the knee/half of the socks?

Are the shoes an integral part of the outfit?

I just got back from shooting a fashion show.

Before I went I got told to make sure I didn't cut their feet off.

No real advise other than to get their early, make sure you have a spot (and maybe even mark it, tape down abut of A3 paper with your name on it)

If you can find a lighting tech, ask them to run the lights as they will be during the show, so you can sort out your exposure and colour balance early on (typically tungsten, and fairly well lit, but it pays to check, I have been to one that was very dark, and a funny coloured light)

If you are shooting with a 70-200 or longer, take a monopod - your back and shoulders will thank you (and before anyone says harden up, the pace of a fashion show can be pretty quick, constantly watching and holding the camera up - it gets painful after 15 mins, and that's with practice, lifting the camera up and down is much easier, but impossible at every fashion show I have shot)


That's all I can think of for now, have fun

nathancarter wrote in post #16300793
Are the shoes an integral part of the outfit?

Probably as the designer does design shoes, but all weren't cut off, there were just a few that were from the hem of the skirt down cut off.

I also did a google search after I posted this thread, varying focal lengths of the same model etc were shown

Echo63 wrote in post #16301212
I just got back from shooting a fashion show.

Before I went I got told to make sure I didn't cut their feet off.

No real advise other than to get their early, make sure you have a spot (and maybe even mark it, tape down abut of A3 paper with your name on it)

If you can find a lighting tech, ask them to run the lights as they will be during the show, so you can sort out your exposure and colour balance early on (typically tungsten, and fairly well lit, but it pays to check, I have been to one that was very dark, and a funny coloured light)

If you are shooting with a 70-200 or longer, take a monopod - your back and shoulders will thank you (and before anyone says harden up, the pace of a fashion show can be pretty quick, constantly watching and holding the camera up - it gets painful after 15 mins, and that's with practice, lifting the camera up and down is much easier, but impossible at every fashion show I have shot)


That's all I can think of for now, have fun

I don't think I would of been able to tape a piece of paper, spaces were at a premium. Since it was my first time, even though I have a monopod, I didn't take it with me, it was really uncomfortable to kneel, lol

I also, due to lack of experience didn't have the right angle, thanks for the advice though, much appreciated

RichSoansPhotos wrote in post #16301412
I don't think I would of been able to tape a piece of paper, spaces were at a premium. Since it was my first time,

I'm just getting back into photography after a 15 year hiatus. Strictly a beginner.

I just finished photographing my son at Ironman Canada. I needed to be at the start and finish an hour before they occured to get a position I liked. Nobody would "hold" a space for you if you wanted to answer nature's call.

Finding suitable vantage points for the bike and run was relatively easy.

skilsaw wrote in post #16302873
I'm just getting back into photography after a 15 year hiatus. Strictly a beginner.

I just finished photographing my son at Ironman Canada. I needed to be at the start and finish an hour before they occured to get a position I liked. Nobody would "hold" a space for you if you wanted to answer nature's call.

Finding suitable vantage points for the bike and run was relatively easy.

Yeah, I can understand that, but they wouldn't allow me into the place until the second show was about to begin. I know you're right, it's just that the circumstances was different

RichSoansPhotos wrote in post #16301412
I don't think I would of been able to tape a piece of paper, spaces were at a premium. Since it was my first time, even though I have a monopod, I didn't take it with me, it was really uncomfortable to kneel, lol

I also, due to lack of experience didn't have the right angle, thanks for the advice though, much appreciated

Space has been hard to find at every fashion show I have shot, it's normal.
One I went to a few years back had one riser for media, a space 1.5m by 2m
In that space we had to cram 4 video cameras (on tripods) and maybe 15 photographers.
We wound up with 5 sitting on the floor, another 5 sitting on the riser, 5 kneeling behind them, and then the video guys at the back, and it was very tight, made even worse by the show running late, and everyone trying to shoot and send pictures before deadline.

I find sitting on the floor preferable to kneeling, but knee pads can be make it a much less miserable experience.

Taping up a space has been pretty normal for the last few shows i have worked, it's typically the guys shooting the whole event (fashion week or festival) that have their spot reserved, as they are always backstage shooting till 5 mins before the show starts.

Could you share w/ us some of our work ? I would like to see if thats ok.

Color_blind wrote in post #16305241
Could you share w/ us some of our work ? I would like to see if thats ok.

Hope you don't mind if I don't post for a couple more weeks

The bigger picture at the bottom of the following link is one of mine, i cant really share any of the others (work owns the rights)
http://au.news.yahoo.c​om …ery-closing-is-all-class/