"real" fashion

Hello everyone

 

I'm a quite frequent guest at the photo.net's Gallery and Critique

Forum. I'm especially interested in fashion photography and even

though there's a lot of great, wonderful stuff to see here, the

fashion-category in my opinion mostly lacks what I would expect to

be "real" fashion photography like what we get to see in magazines.

Are there any websites or communities out there where photographers

share a kind of work which could be more closely called "fashion"?

Or are people who are able to create this kind of art already

too "pro" to share their hard work in communities like photo.net?

 

Thanks a lot and best regards

 

Wolfgang

>> Or are people who are able to create this kind of art already too "pro" to share their

hard work in communities like photo.net? >><BR>

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Having been one myself many moons ago before getting into feature films, I would say

that they are just to busy, not 'too pro'. Its a tough market...<BR>

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Regards,<BR>

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Charles Teton<BR>

http://www.shootingangels.com/<BR>

http://www.makingmymovie.com/<BR>

Some of these photographers on PN are also real pros, but for PN, they also have a chance to upload the fashion photos of their own personal vision, but the client's vision. There is a difference. Those photos don't look like what you see in magazines, but that fact doesn't necessarily mean that they are not taken by the pros.

Charles, I think pro must imply busy as well. Not at all did I want to use it synonymous with arrogant.

Ray, do you think this is the answer why there are so few (let's call them) magazine-shots on photo.net? Because of the client's and the photographer's diverging visions?

<a href="http://www.duroi.com/fashionforum/">Fashion Only Forum</a>

Most of the best and the greatest are too "pro" to go on this site and seek approval. You may want to invest some time in a good bookstore or research online for the best. Avedon & Skrebneski are 2 good places to start. They are fashion photog personified.

Most 'real' fashion photos are copyrighted and the photographer would have no right to post them here. The photographer is actually just one small component leading to the final image. There are stylists, make-up artists, hairdressers and photo assistants all involved in creating the images.<div></div>

I normally post in the fashion forum, not every picture I post there is typical fashion but is the best category I can find. Perhaps it should be more categories? I miss one for the models photos not fashion and not portrait but something in between.<div></div>

Shooting for mags requiers top stylist, top makeup, top hairdresser, top clothes, top location or studio and TOP MODEL. What do you expect from people shooting for themseleves or doing testing jobs for model agencies? If you pay for the above mentioned you don't show these photos in photo.net gallery but you try to sell it or at least publish it in any fashion magazine, dude.

Just take your camera and shoot and stop complaining.

Perhaps there's a need for a new catagory in the photo.net critique forum: "Fashionable"... t

I know what you mean, Wolfgang. I am studying fashion/creative photography because i really love how you can bring out such emotion and beauty in a person. I find it hard to research how to pose models (or un-pose them). I've spent countless hours online and in book stores trying to research the matter.

 

Sometimes what makes a fashion shoot so great is the fact that they take their shot naturally as the moment happens, or let their model move about instead of posing them in an unnatural, boring, tasteless way. I hired my photographer for three different events because she does mostly fashion style shoots; she is a member of photo.net, but doesn't post her work here. http://www.tanjalippertphotography.com. check out her fashion gallery for some examples or inspiration. I also found that working with her as a model/subject taught me creative photography techniques.

 

I bought a few books on lighting techniques for studio/outdoors, which i think really distinguishes the 'pros' from the rest of us who are trying to achieve that look, but aren't getting it. Also, finding a great lab to develop your film and make your prints are key. If you have any experience in photoshop, you can also make minor adjustments to the images if you have your lab scan the negatives onto a cd. Any fashion magazine will admit altering their images to perfect the overall quality of their images! Also, add a little sparkle to your model (assuming there is no stylist) with some make up like subtle lip gloss--it makes all the difference.

 

I agree that there should be a few more catagories relating to this field, but it's hard to label them. I recently found a website which was really inspiring. check out http://www.ftv.com/fashion/fashion_links.asp?letter=&cat=photographer.

 

I hope this helps.