RAFW Fashion Week 2007

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RAFW Fashion Week 2007

Postby Jeko70 on Sat May 05, 2007 10:56 pm

Getting close...so close! :wink:

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C+C welcomed

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Postby Alex on Sat May 05, 2007 10:58 pm

Excellent runway shots. Clean and centered. No.1 is good but underexposed, I think. No. 2 the lighting concept as good, but not enough of it.

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Postby wendellt on Sat May 05, 2007 11:11 pm

Fab

1st one is good pose is o.k

but the bare feet really put off the elegance of the dress so it can be saved by re-cropping feet out

the stephanie conely runway shot is spot on great work

the Tina Kalivas shot is good because you got 2 models in there
but when shooting blacks you need to overexpose by 1 stop or just fix the brightness in post
either way all detail in her famed infra aparrel detailing has been lost in that shot and as a reult the fashin looks plain even though it wasnt.

Thankyou very much for your fabulous assistance it's much appreciated and i hope you learned a thing or two

post shots from Josh Goot, Nicola Fineti, Ksubi, Jessie Hill, Alex erry, Life with bird and camilla and Marc definately the highlights of Australian Fashion week, where are all those beautiful backstage reportage stuff?
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Postby Jeko70 on Sat May 05, 2007 11:14 pm

Thanks,
I'll post more.
First 2 are pastel/moody

#1
I tryed to create a Light "Night atmosphere", dreamy/moody but not so sleepy.
I think if I was exposing it at the right light I was missing my target.
But you might be right.

#2
I liked the eye contact.
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Postby Jeko70 on Sat May 05, 2007 11:28 pm

wendellt wrote:Fab

1st one is good pose is o.k

but the bare feet really put off the elegance of the dress so it can be saved by re-cropping feet out

the stephanie conely runway shot is spot on great work

the Tina Kalivas shot is good because you got 2 models in there
but when shooting blacks you need to overexpose by 1 stop or just fix the brightness in post
either way all detail in her famed infra aparrel detailing has been lost in that shot and as a reult the fashin looks plain even though it wasnt.

Thankyou very much for your fabulous assistance it's much appreciated and i hope you learned a thing or two

post shots from Josh Goot, Nicola Fineti, Ksubi, Jessie Hill, Alex erry, Life with bird and camilla and Marc definately the highlights of Australian Fashion week, where are all those beautiful backstage reportage stuff?


Thanks a lot for everything!
You are a legend.

I'll follow your suggestion and post some shots of them.

Fun is not the right word....Great, fantastic, wonderful.... :wink:

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Postby wendellt on Sat May 05, 2007 11:43 pm

fab your welcome

you understand that fashion comes first the whole event was inspirational for Australian design

I watched the news and read the papers today and theres lots of crap about skinny models and short mini shift skirts
negative publicty the stuff that sells newspapers and gets ratigns on
TV, it's a shame the genral public only has this narrow view of the Australian fashion indusrty

but the way we saw it it was inspirational design and creativity and a lovely format, thats what i think should be publicised and celebrated
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Postby Jeko70 on Sun May 06, 2007 12:37 am

wendellt wrote:fab your welcome

you understand that fashion comes first the whole event was inspirational for Australian design

I watched the news and read the papers today and theres lots of crap about skinny models and short mini shift skirts
negative publicty the stuff that sells newspapers and gets ratigns on
TV, it's a shame the genral public only has this narrow view of the Australian fashion indusrty

but the way we saw it it was inspirational design and creativity and a lovely format, thats what i think should be publicised and celebrated


I agree at 110%!!!
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Postby Cre8tivepixels on Sun May 06, 2007 12:52 am

The first two look underexposed for me..sorry.

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Postby Jeko70 on Sun May 06, 2007 1:00 pm

#4 remind me Audrey Hepburn she is graceful, pretty and beauty at the same time
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Postby Nnnnsic on Sun May 06, 2007 2:02 pm

They're not underexposed, but they are dark.

Fab, the second needs better curves on the face to bring her out from the darkness. Similarly, the first needs better curves on the hair so her head doesn't blend into the darkness.
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Postby Jeko70 on Sun May 06, 2007 2:22 pm

Nnnnsic wrote:They're not underexposed, but they are dark.

Fab, the second needs better curves on the face to bring her out from the darkness. Similarly, the first needs better curves on the hair so her head doesn't blend into the darkness.


Thanks, I'll follow your suggetsion!
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Postby Matt. K on Sun May 06, 2007 6:59 pm

Wendell
but when shooting blacks you need to overexpose by 1 stop
????......Why? Technically you should underexpose? I must be missing something Wendell. :shock: Can you elaborate?
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Postby wendellt on Sun May 06, 2007 7:10 pm

Matt. K wrote:Wendell
but when shooting blacks you need to overexpose by 1 stop
????......Why? Technically you should underexpose? I must be missing something Wendell. :shock: Can you elaborate?


hi maybe i got my terminology wrong

but most garmetns made out of cotton or some matte finish do not catch the light on the runway
if you ecpose for the face(white) usually the image is darker and because of this the blacks on the dress loose detail
hence thats why i say overexpose

if you look at most runway images of black garments you will see the face is normally overexposed thats the compromise runway photographer use to get as much detail out of a black dress

some nylons and latex materials catch the light
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Postby Jeko70 on Mon May 07, 2007 4:42 pm

Nnnnsic wrote:They're not underexposed, but they are dark.

Fab, the second needs better curves on the face to bring her out from the darkness. Similarly, the first needs better curves on the hair so her head doesn't blend into the darkness.


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