Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 9:01am
Last week I photographed the runway of the Hope in the City 2010 Fashion Show at Vibiana in downtown LA. Make sure you check out my previous posts about Hope in the City.
Fashion Shoot 2010 preview
Fashion Shoot 2010 full post
The runway at Vibiana just before the start of the show. I would love to shoot a wedding at Vibiana, it is such a beautiful venue. Hopefully that opportunity will come sooner than later.
Our hosts for the evening Hank Fortener & Jeannie Mia
The show started off with outfits made out of 85% paper. It is incredible what the designers could do with something so ordinary as newspaper. The designer is lsted above each image.
Katrina Andrews
Amara Ononiwu
Rey Aquino
Adolfo Sanchez
Jalyse Hanna
Katie Chan
Kristen Bluhm
Mariah McManus
Rexford Dosamantes and Marisa Castro
Crenshaw High School
Sherise L. Shields
Some amazing headpieces from Salvatore Salamone
A few from Rey Aquino
A few from Adolfo Sanchez
A few from Shpetim Zero
A few from Shekhar Rahate
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Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 1:44pm
As I promised last week here is a full post for the Hope in the City Fashion Shoot.
On Saturday March 13th I joined an incredible team of artists to shoot this year’s designers for Hope in the City. This year the outfits had to be made out of 85% paper. To accomplish that task the designers used LA Weekly newspapers. There were so many amazing people that made this shoot possible. First I need to thank my friends at Mosaic for providing us a place to shoot. Franson Hall up at the Pasadena campus provided a great location and plenty of space for us to set up a background.
Just like last year I was the photography coordinator for the Hope in the City shoot and show. I had a great team of photographers join me on the 13th, without them none of this would be possible. Make sure you check out their sites using the links below. Many of them were capturing some incredible natural light shots of the models while I was shooting others on the background.
Jessica Conroy
John D. Beaty
Jason Sorge
Jess Koehler
Lance Kuhns
Xhantai Pablo
Angie Steen
On to the photos! Below are some of my favorites from the shoot. The designer is listed before each photo with a link to their site if possible.
Katrina Andrews
Jessica Lewis
Rebekka Lien
Sherise L. Shields
Rey Aquino
Shannon Russell
Katie Chan
Kristen Bluhm
The shoot and show also featured some traditional fabric designs. Here are 2 that I loved by Rey Aquino
Salvatore Salamone created some amazing designs for head pieces.
The shot that we used for the cover of the magazine that was handed out at the show last night. Stay tuned for another post about the show including tear-sheets from the program. Stacey Meineke put together the most amazing program for the show last night.
One final shot. Jason Sorge shot by my side during the shoot backing me up and getting some amazing images himself. This was a shot I grabbed of him while we were setting up the lights. We used a total of 5 Alien Bee Lights for the shoot.
One last shout out to the models from the shoot.
Nadya Bay
Tatiana Christoffersen
Ashley Moss
Johan Khalilian
Anthony Badami
Stay tuned for another post with images from the runway and some layout from the handout last night!
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Friday, March 19, 2010 at 8:02am
UPDATED!!! Make sure you check out the full post from the shoot.
Last Saturday I had the chance to participate in the fashion shoot for my church’s, Mosaic, fashion ministry. The shoot was for Hope in the City: Wear Your Story. Just like last year I was in charge of coordinating the photographers for the shoot and show. The fashion show is this coming Wednesday March 24th. Check out the flyer below or the official site for more info.
I had such a blast on Saturday! I wish I could post more images from the shoot but you will have to wait until after the show. The fashion show will feature designs made entirely out of paper and a few traditional outfits. The first image is a preview of one of the outfits made out of paper. The second image is from one of the traditional outfits. Please come out and check out the show on Wednesday night, you will find me in the photo pit.
You can see images from previous Hope in the City shoots and shows at the links below.
2008 Shoot
2008 getting ready 1
2008 getting ready 2
2008 Show
2009 Shoot
Stay tuned next week for a full post from the shoot with links to the designers, photographers, and others involved.
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Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 3:33pm
In just 2 more days I will be heading off to Las Vegas to attend the 30th annual WPPI convention. WPPI stands for Wedding and Portrait Photographers International. This will be my 4th year attending this awesome conference. Last year there were over 12,000 photographers in attendance from all parts of the globe. I look forward to this convention each year.
Each year WPPI has amazing speakers talking about the latest in the wedding and portrait photography industry. The also have a huge tradeshow each year offering the latest in albums, print mediums, gear, and new technologies. I always find I run out of time each year trying to see each vendor. Also each night there are a number of parties hosted buy speakers and/or vendors. There is so much to see, learn, and do, I am amazed if I get more than 4 hours of sleep each night.
Click here to find my rough schedule for next week while I am in Vegas at WPPI.
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by RUSTIN MICHAEL
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