My latest gig shooting a New York Fashion Week after-party for The Set NYC was moved from Friday to Saturday night because of the “snowstorm” that “buried” all of Manhattan in half an inch of freezing rain, but the crowd turned out despite the rescheduling, and I was all up in their business with my camera and my flash and my skillz.
I arrived early to watch the models get their faces and hair did,
and then I shot my patented mix of models,
regular people livin’ it up,
and professional dancers gettin’ down:
My favourite moment of the evening was when I marched up to this girl and told her she was adorable and that I needed her picture,
not realizing that one of the women she was with was runway model and “America’s Next Top Model” finalist Maytee Martinez (left):
Oops.
In the elevator before work this morning, I heard a woman tell another woman that she was “busy last week with fashion shows”, and I know that even as recently as a year ago, I would’ve thought something akin to “blahblahblahshowoff” upon hearing this. But today, I thought, “Oh, weird, so was I.” Obviously I ain’t no bigshot photographing the Marchesa runway show or whatever, but it’s crazy to me that I’m participating in this very New-Yorky thing in my own way. And I seriously love the sort of freedom in editing that comes with shooting pictures that are inherently artistic. I’m sure plenty of people would vomit over my 1995 raver aesthetic, but I DO WHAT I WANT.
The rest of the set is here, on my Ettible Photography Facebook Page.
