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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:38 pmModifactions are essential in the industry industry one of the best things being at an international fashion week is you get to see the kit modifications seasoned photographers use to get them through 100 shows over 10 days
its safe to say most prefer canon
you can see some white nikon 70-200's in there too
this was shot at the Giorgio Armani show, you can see how crucial a good position is i was tossed right to the side up on the highest riser series D
Dead centre and eye level is a prime spot for runway.
Interesting to see a heap of photogs using a 500/600mm prime for closeups and most of them were nikon users, they mounted the lens upsiode down on a used custom tilt bracket so they could tilt the camera forward instead of the monopod its a pretty tight space and i had issues right at the back tilting my pod forward to get the right angle of view but the others sorted the issue with that cool tilt bracket
there is a quantumn flash head on there too with a custom cylindrical orange gel to balance the flash head light to the tungsten lights on the runway
custom brackets and softboxes with foldout reflective panels to get rid of most shadows for beauty shots
here is another example of a custom built rectangular flash to get rid of most shadows, it's funny seeing seasoned pros opting for a makeshift square tube flash instead of purchasing an expensive square flash unit
a standard flash unit is embedded in one of the corners
the coolest mod is something i couldnt photograph but there was a guy from germany who had built a riser lader into his pelican case it rose up like an achordian platform for added height if he needed to stand on something. Another guy constructed foldout metal riser boxes that attached under his shoes elevating him a few inches higher after use they folded flat like a box you woud get when ordering fast food
my best innovation was borrowing spare 600mm lens boxes from other photogs and stacking them up right at the back centre spot and standing on 3 or 4 at a time to get a view quite a balancing act
its safe to say most prefer canon
you can see some white nikon 70-200's in there too
this was shot at the Giorgio Armani show, you can see how crucial a good position is i was tossed right to the side up on the highest riser series D
Dead centre and eye level is a prime spot for runway.
Interesting to see a heap of photogs using a 500/600mm prime for closeups and most of them were nikon users, they mounted the lens upsiode down on a used custom tilt bracket so they could tilt the camera forward instead of the monopod its a pretty tight space and i had issues right at the back tilting my pod forward to get the right angle of view but the others sorted the issue with that cool tilt bracket
there is a quantumn flash head on there too with a custom cylindrical orange gel to balance the flash head light to the tungsten lights on the runway
custom brackets and softboxes with foldout reflective panels to get rid of most shadows for beauty shots
here is another example of a custom built rectangular flash to get rid of most shadows, it's funny seeing seasoned pros opting for a makeshift square tube flash instead of purchasing an expensive square flash unit
a standard flash unit is embedded in one of the corners
the coolest mod is something i couldnt photograph but there was a guy from germany who had built a riser lader into his pelican case it rose up like an achordian platform for added height if he needed to stand on something. Another guy constructed foldout metal riser boxes that attached under his shoes elevating him a few inches higher after use they folded flat like a box you woud get when ordering fast food
my best innovation was borrowing spare 600mm lens boxes from other photogs and stacking them up right at the back centre spot and standing on 3 or 4 at a time to get a view quite a balancing act
