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First Fashion Show

I got to shoot my first fashion show this past Thursday. Lucky for me I have a lot of very talented friends that thought of me when they needed a photographer. Sara Be ( http://www.thelionandtheunicorn.biz/ ) put the whole show together along with a lot of help from friends. I thought the night was a success and I had a lot of fun shooting it. Thats not to say it was easy though… I didn’t really know what to expect so luckily I made sure I brought almost all of my gear just in case and as it turned out, I used almost all of it. The available lighting was way to dim at its brightest, the walls were dark, and the ceiling was too high for any bounced flash. I almost started to panic at first but I just sucked it up and started playing with my lights. I actually kinda felt like I was back in my editorial photography class, it was kinda cool. I managed to find a setup that I liked (I’m including a picture + explanation of my setup for any fellow lighting nerds) and the rest was just about good timing. I never really saw myself as a fashion photographer but I have to admit, it was pretty fun!

OK here is the breakdown of my setup. I had zero ambient to work with so it was all lit with whatever lighting gear I had. I used 3 sb-800's all with the diffusor cap attached. Two on the ground firing up towards the models backs for a rim light. One camera right on a light stand about 7 feet up firing down at the models as they walked towards me. All of the lights were triggered using my d200's pop-up flash as a commander. (Thank god for Nikon CLS, lets see a canon do THAT!) I was shooting at ISO 250 at f/6.7 for 1/125th of a sec. It was a kind of tricky setup to do but I was pretty happy with it!