Fashion Show FQM 2014 70-200mm mk ii and 6D Bokeh

[Andrew Davies Photography]

This weekend i make picture for the Festival Québec Mode in Quebec city i will show you a few shot
www.pureshotstudio.com
www.surmesuremag.com

Doesnt make me want to rush out and buy a 70-200 2.8ii thats for sure. Lets see some better ones ?

Andrew, if you wonder why people give you crap, it's because of this type of comment. You may not like the photo, but that doesn't make it a bad photo. Also, whether it's good or not has nothing to do with the lens. If you want to offer constructive criticism, go ahead, but if you don't have anything nice to say, maybe you shouldn't say anything at all.

Personally, I think it's a nice shot from a technical perspective - nice angle, good bokeh, nice color and contrast, and a good catchlight, but the model's expression is a bit dull. Back when I used to shoot a lot of runway shows, I remember that being one of the more difficult parts. The models are told to be expressionless, but that doesn't make for the best photos.

PureShot, the links don't seem to go to more photos from the fashion show - and I don't understand French. Please post more photos here or a direct link to your shots.

I agree that was a total douchebag statement and from someone trying to come off as the worlds premier wedding photographer that actually knows nothing about flash... and actually by some of the questions posted here knows very little about photography...

Pull your head in mate

Actually your right it was and I apologize just having a bad day and should not be taking it out on forum peeps

 

[Chosenbydestiny]

I like this thread. Makes me want to buy a 70-200mm 2.8L IS II even more.

 

[Menace]

Considering poor lighting during fashion shows, I think it's a very good effort.

 

[David_in_Seattle]

Bad lighting and ridiculous deadlines (I'm looking at you, Nordstrom!) is why I turned away from fashion runway shoots early in my career.

It appears you were able to shoot from different positions from the end of the runway, instead of being stuck in a photo box. It's cool they offered that freedom, but I always felt shooting head on (sometimes 5-10 degrees off center) from the photo box offered better results for my client because it enabled me to use the same monolight setup (normally a beauty dish with a grid). Also enabled for quick changes from full body, waist-up and shoulder-to-head shots as the model was walking down the runway.

Mind sharing info on how the fashion show was setup for photographers?

 

[wickidwombat]

the trick with runway is watch where the hotspots are and avoid shooting those

I prefer to time shots in the best lit positions with short bursts.

I've seen a many just spray and pray the whole thing, but they have 1Dx's and d4s with massive deap buffers
and they often have minions to sort through the 10 billion raw files they just spammed.
to me that involves no skill at all, a trained monkey could do that.

but the whole fashion scene is a bit whacky and perilous. shooting it can be fun but it's also alot of hard work.