Fashion Photography
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How do you transition from being simply “a friend with a camera” to landing paid gigs with top fashion brands? All while juggling a budding photo career and the rigors of post graduate study, along with sharing insider tips to inspire your community on the side.
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Fashion photographer Gabi Mulder uses natural light, location, and the model she’s working with to tell a story. Watch and learn Mulder’s 5 tips on approaching visual storytelling in fashion photography.
0:00 - Introduction
0:30 - Product
1:03 - Models
1:40 - Directing
2:19 - Culling and Editing
3:02 - Experiment
Got tips of your own to share? Let us know in the Comments section, below.
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Fashion photographer Jeff Berlin discusses how to prepare for high-level editorial and commercial shoots.
0:00 - Intro
3:20 - Tip 1
5:00 - Tip 2
6:37 - Tip 3
7:32 - Tip 4
8:53 - Tip 5
11:36 - Tip 6
13:08 - Tip 7
16:00 - Tip 8
19:46 - Tip 9
23:38 - Tip 10
23:56 - Tip 11
28:37 - Tip 12
32:53 - Tip 13
34:00 - Tip 14
35:27 - Tip 15
36:41 - Final thoughts
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Preparation is key to having a successful photo shoot. Fashion photographer Jeff Berlin shares his tips for working on set to ensure everyone has a good experience and everyone gets the photos they need.
0:00 - Introduction
5:43 - Learn What’s Good
9:00 - Know Who Came Before You / Fine Art
15:56 - How Does this Knowledge Pay Off?
19:50 - Why Do You Want to Shoot?
21:02 - Know Your Gear
25:58 - Establish a Solid Crew
30:06 - Cast Your Models and Crew Selectively
33:09 - Provide Agents with Good Images
33:39 - Keep Shooting
38:33 - Practice
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Flo Ngala has mastered the art of "hustling" and "flowing" when she's creating portraits, despite the opposite meanings of these two terms. Watch this B&H Event Space video and learn how she approaches balancing the rapid nature of "hustle" and the slow nature of "flow" as she applies it to her photography.
Above photograph © Flo Ngala for T.A. New York
0:00 - Introduction
2:21 - Defining Hustle and Flow
3:13 - Flo's First Fashion Hustles
6:15 - Overview
6:42 - Hustle Tip 1
8:25 - Hustle Tip 2
10:01 - Hustle Tip 3
11:24 - Hustle Tip 4
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Lee Miller may have been best known in life as a beautiful muse of the legendary Surrealist Man Ray yet, shortly after her passing, a lucky accident led her family to an attic treasure trove, which made her a photography legend in her own right. During this week’s podcast, we unpack the details of this extraordinary tale and hear many other anecdotes from Miller’s adventurous life in a chat with her son and biographer, Antony Penrose.
From her swift ascent as a ’20s-era Vogue fashion model—and the ad campaign that sidelined her appeal—to her
Fashion photography undertakes the deceptively difficult task of capturing the nature and spirit of a garment while conveying the designer's underlying vision. Doing so successfully already requires immense skill and artistry, so it helps to have the right camera for the job. We’ll be looking at a few cameras suitable for fashion photography, as well as some camera fundamentals to help inform your future purchase. Let’s begin with essential features.
Camera Sensor
Your camera’s sensor should be your first consideration, because it is
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Rodney Smith was a photographic visionary, with an allegiance to the image above all else. Long acclaimed for his iconic black-and-white pictures—not to forget his later jewel-like color scenes—Smith captured enchanted worlds full of subtle magic and lighthearted humor. Using only analog film and the aesthetics of natural light, his dream-like photographs are matched in quality by the craft and physical beauty of his prints.
Above photograph © The Estate of Rodney Smith
Smith died in 2016, yet the enduring precision, elegance, and whimsy of
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Bruce Gilden is a street-photography icon. With summer in full swing and International Street Photography Day (otherwise known as Henry Cartier-Bresson’s birthday) looming on the horizon, what better time to feature a lively chat with the master himself, recorded at B&H’s 2023 Depth of Field Conference, just before the Magnum photographer’s keynote lecture.
Gilden’s emotionally fraught depictions of real people up close are an
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Anything you have the power to dream up, you have the power to create. Nikon Ambassador Dixie Dixon explains why the Nikon Z9 and NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.2 S allow her to find inspiration for her portraits, while also focusing on capturing photos.
0:00 - Dixon’s Career
9:42 - Nikon Z9 and NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.2 S
28:00 - Photoshoot Behind the Scenes
30:53 - Working with Animals in Fashion Photography
40:06 - Getting Creative
47:27 - Q&A
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Photographers instinctively seek light. In this video, Joe McNally shares stories from his career and the incredible effort he puts into lighting an image.
0:00 - Introduction
5:39 - McNally's History with Light
9:43 - Light that Looks Natural
13:15 - No Place for Fancy Light
13:58 - Nervous Light
14:27 - The Valley of the Gels
18:58 - Hard Light
22:34 - Soft Light
25:21 - Lots of Light
28:32 - Same Subject, Different Light
30:47 - Fashion Light
40:56 - Light in Difficult Places
42:09 - Quick Light
43:45 - Light Shapes Character
48:17 - Day
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Dominique Hammer specializes in black-and-white photography. In this presentation he shares his experience, knowledge, and recommendations to help you improve your photography.
0:00 - Introduction
1:29 - Train Your Eyesight
7:40 - Analyzing the First Photo
12:56 - How to Analyze Photography
20:32 - How to Prepare a Fashion Shoot
28:29 - Analyzing the Fashion Shoot Photo
34:22 - How to Find the Essentials
42:49 - Things that Helped the Most
49:10 - Analyzing the Final Photo
50:46 - Gear Used
51:20 - Final Thoughts
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"I was addicted right away to taking photos, telling stories, composition—all of it. Once I started taking photos, I never stopped," says Marisa Peña, fashion photographer and B&H employee. Peña, whose love of shooting began with a high school photography class, boasts a portfolio of texture-filled macro shots rendered beautifully in black-and-white, self-portraits curiously composed and full of whimsy, lively
The equipment used by fashion photographers varies considerably, depending on what is being photographed and who is behind the camera. In general, the kit requirements for documenting a fashion show are more standardized than those for creating editorials. There are successful fashion photographers who can fit all of their gear in a single bag—and others who require an entire equipment truck. This article is aimed at photographers getting started with fashion productions. Photographers interested in capturing runway should read Theanos Nikitas
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Jason Rivera discusses creative direction, shooting, and the equipment he uses during indoor and outdoor photo shoots. He explains the benefits of different types of lighting for continuous and strobe photography and how he mixes both styles for his assignments.
0:00 - Introduction
2:06 - Rivera’s Workflow
6:07 - Stella Pro Lights
8:23 - It's not About the Size of the Gear, It's About Being Confident
12:09 - Breaking Down Rivera’s Fashion Shoots
20:48 - How to Work with Clients
24:24 - Tips for Breaking into the Industry
29:10 - Continuous vs