Hi,
As those of you who are subscribers know, I was at London Fashion Week's closing day today taking some pictures.
There are a lot of photos, which you can view here: London Fashion Week by Rob
It was a long day, starting at 5.20am this morning! The amount of effort which goes into these kind of events is just staggering. The backstage areas are mega-crowded, with massive consumption of Red Bull, Evian and cigarettes.
Models are made up, styled and dressed all together in one badly overcrowded room.
Although the start was very early, with most models arriving from about 6.30am, it's very apparant that there is limited time to complete a large amount of work! Many of the outfits are literally stitched onto the models.
When the show time approaches, the level of running, shouting and use of the F word increase to a point of frenzy. Model names are shouted as postions are found.
The main auditorium is a large, hot room with loud music, bright lights and plenty of photographers, jostling and generally annoying each other (especially me!). Getting a clean shot is a nightmare, there's virtually no light, what there is can be best described as yellow. A long and fast lens is essential, as is a powerful flash unit. Most of the pros are carrying a number of bodies linked up to quantum packs and multiple flash units.
When a model hits the runway, all automatic settings on your camera will be useless as the subject is bathed in several tens of flashes from all around. This is generally a good point to have a giggle at the people trying to take a picture with their camera phones with led "flash" torch. Many people puzzle over why their PnS cameras can't take a picture. I try and help a couple, and give up, there's no time!
Models, move faster than you can imagine. Although graceful, they stomp down to the end of the runway at a pace us normal shorties would struggle to keep up with. Panning skills are essential, as is a long range zoom, one minute they're here, the next they're over 100ft away.
I made friends with a couple of models and stylists and generally tried to keep away from the fierce security.
Have a look at the rest in the gallery, as ever all comments appreciated. Thanks for looking!
Rob
As those of you who are subscribers know, I was at London Fashion Week's closing day today taking some pictures.
There are a lot of photos, which you can view here: London Fashion Week by Rob
It was a long day, starting at 5.20am this morning! The amount of effort which goes into these kind of events is just staggering. The backstage areas are mega-crowded, with massive consumption of Red Bull, Evian and cigarettes.
Models are made up, styled and dressed all together in one badly overcrowded room.
Although the start was very early, with most models arriving from about 6.30am, it's very apparant that there is limited time to complete a large amount of work! Many of the outfits are literally stitched onto the models.
When the show time approaches, the level of running, shouting and use of the F word increase to a point of frenzy. Model names are shouted as postions are found.
The main auditorium is a large, hot room with loud music, bright lights and plenty of photographers, jostling and generally annoying each other (especially me!). Getting a clean shot is a nightmare, there's virtually no light, what there is can be best described as yellow. A long and fast lens is essential, as is a powerful flash unit. Most of the pros are carrying a number of bodies linked up to quantum packs and multiple flash units.
When a model hits the runway, all automatic settings on your camera will be useless as the subject is bathed in several tens of flashes from all around. This is generally a good point to have a giggle at the people trying to take a picture with their camera phones with led "flash" torch. Many people puzzle over why their PnS cameras can't take a picture. I try and help a couple, and give up, there's no time!
Models, move faster than you can imagine. Although graceful, they stomp down to the end of the runway at a pace us normal shorties would struggle to keep up with. Panning skills are essential, as is a long range zoom, one minute they're here, the next they're over 100ft away.
I made friends with a couple of models and stylists and generally tried to keep away from the fierce security.
Have a look at the rest in the gallery, as ever all comments appreciated. Thanks for looking!
Rob
good job
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