Couture Week in London

My mentor sent me this article that she thought I would find interesting:

"Two of the things that baffle me about life backstage is the sheer amount of people allowed to be back there and also why so many fashion photographers feel the need to have a lackey to hold their flash units for them. Invariably, they end up holding it exactly where it would be if it was mounted and all it does is fill the place up even more. Plenty of other guys mount their flash units on the camera use-ring-flash units so it's always a little frustrating when your when your way is blocked by yet another person serving as a glorified lighting stand."

"Another joyful experience is the skill of learning  how to balance on a stack of randomly assembled blocks, boxes and crates to get a decent view from within the scrum of photographers. As you can see from the shot, there isn't much room left to breath, never mind work. Randomly chopping and changing lenses mid-show is frowned upon as you're working so closely to the erson next to you that you're bound to knock on them, so you learn to choose your weapons and stick to them. having been sent a selection of slings by the lovely people at Black Rapid a while ago, I've worked out two situation where the're at their most useful. These seem to be any occasuin where you have to wear a suit, and fashion week. the former is due to the straps being worn under the suit jacket and stopping the crumples from attacking before you've even started your job. The later is due to the fact that you need to keep things close, but not be weighted down with heavy pouches. with this mind, I attached my 70-20mm to my R-strap, put the 300mm on one body and the 24-70mm on another, meaning that I'd only have to find a temporary home for the 24-70mm. Not the most riveting of snippets  to share   I know but  it's a workflow, that, er works!"

I liked this article because it decribed how difficult it was for her to film with all the people around. When I went to tape the show, although, I wasn't standing where the press was it was hard to acomodate the camera and the tripod to get a good shot.

This article is by Leon Neal, taken from the website: http://www.leonneal.com/blog/2012/02/26/couture-clash-at-london-fashion-week/

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