Fashion Show

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Designer Asha Ama put together a fashion show featuring models wearing a variety of floral-enhanced looks. The runway kicked off at the back of the Great Hall and turned around in the accompanying gallery. The models came out one at a time, giving myself and the other photographers time to grab a few shots before they moved on.

This presented a challenging technical task when it came to getting the right shots. My background was undesirable, and nothing would change that, so I did the best I could with the situation. Having shot in the Great Hall a hundred times, I know how tricky it is to get the right shot with decent lighting, so I improvised. Before the show started, I put my speed light on some feet, took it upstairs to the second floor, placed it on the ledge and aimed it at the wall, and used my trigger to fire it remotely during the show. This provided consistent lighting every time, and I wasn’t blinding those who were physically nearby me.

The choice to throw the light up on the second floor was ultimately a good one. While I wish I had more to work with background-wise, the shots turned out well, and I’m happy with them overall.