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Anonymous
i've had an e/p/iphany.

Recently i have decided to throw away my old portfolio, and start over with a new ambition - runway photography. I got tired of forcing photos, or chasing good shots. I have heard that the photography end of fashion is demanding and rigorous, which would be a nice change.

What say you /p/. What are your thoughts on shooting the runway? What are some lens recommendations?
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
Use hollowpoints.

Long fast expensive ones.
>> Anonymous
catwalks are usually pretty well lit, so i could go with a 55-200 f/2.8. I think a f/1.4 might be pushing it, considering the catwalk extends toward you, unless your on the side. Good luck with this, chase the dream that i once had.
>> heavyweather !4AIf7oXcbA
Runway photography is generally shot by an agency and then sold as stock to whomever pays the licensing fees. There's just not a lot of business in it. Shoot a few local shows if you want, though, it's kinda fun.
>> Anonymous
no flash. no grain. no problems
>> Anonymous
>>167377

somewhere, an agency is going to need a photographer
>> Anonymous
>>167315
Are you crazy!! Models are so thin and brittle from anorexia that a hollow point would go right through them without even expanding. It would be like using an Armor-piercing round.
>> pskaught
I've done this before, and its a lot of fun. Its not all agencies. Its people hired by the designers, magazines, the organization throwing the event, and then a lot of shlubs out there fucking shit up. What sucks is that there are tons of photographers all looking for the same spot and the shlubs have no etiquette. Throwing their elbows all over your shot.

I had the 70-200 and a nice on board flash on an arm(with a lot of diffusion) on the side of the runway. I got a few really good shots. Its really fast paced and you need to be on your toes for any adjustments between models.

Everyone there had about the same setup I did. Guys hired by the event had the best setup, an assistant holding a flash with a wireless slave at different areas then a beefy flash in the back.

Fashion shows are not well lit generally, its dark and the models are walking at a fairly fast pace, you want a sharp picture you need to rock a flash. One of the photographers in my group tried going natural light half way through nd his pictures blew assholes.
>> Anonymous
>>167440
haha
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
>>167427
The flashes we use tend to go right through them, sometimes its the only energy input they get a week!
>> Anonymous
>>167550
making the same joke you didn't come up with eh?
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
>>167554
yeah and bumping from page 1 doing it
>> Anonymous
I'm the guy who created a similar thread last week. Shooting the show was a lot of fun, and the stuff I got out of it was:
1. Shoot when both of the model's feet are on the ground.
2. Flash is vital.
3. So are extra batteries, because when the clothes get more interesting, your flash is getting slower and slower and you have to wait longer before another flashed shot. (I used a 430ex)
4. Autofocus on the constantly refocus mode. Yeah, I wasn't, that was just a boneheaded move on my part.
5. Faster lenses are key. I was wishing the entire time for a 70-200 f/2.8 because my f/4 was just not fast enough.
6. Get there beforehand, ask the light guys what they hell they're planning on doing with the lights, and figure out how using the flash is going to work. (The place I went had a white screen in back with a projector displaying bright white and the designer's name on it. Cast some terrible fucking shadows.)
6a. If you can get someone to stand on the end of the runway you can begin preparing your shots then instead of fucking around for the first few models.
7. Bring a tripod just in case you can find an amazing shot location so you can just claim it.

It was a lot of fun to shoot, but it's fucking hard, so good luck.