IS3 - Fashion Photography

One genre of photography that I would really love to learn about it Fashion Photography.

In order to be a good Fashion Photographer you have to work really hard and have a very good imagination to make a unique photograph that clearly communicates a clients idea or what they want. You have to be a great portrait photographer as well (something I would also like to learn about). It is a hard market to break into which is why you should have an amazing portfolio to show clients. Another good key to becoming a fashion photographer is how you interact with your models. If they are bored, you photos will show that. But if you entertain them and direct them in an exciting nature your photos will also reflect that and will come out looking a lot better.

A little bit about the history of Fashion Photography and how it all started:

- In 1856, Braun published a book containing 288 photographs of Virgina Oldoini. This made her the very first fashion model.

- Fashion photography made its first appearance in French magazines such as La mode practique.

- In 1909 Conde Nast took over Vogue Magazine and contributed to the start of fashion photography.

- Between the 1920' and 1930's Vogue and Harper's Bazaar were leaders in the field of fashion photography.

Three photo's that are absolutely amazing and show what Fashion Photography is all about!

Photo #1
What I really love about this photo is the placement of the model and how it actually looks like she is falling, it gives a sense of motion to the photograph. It has such great composition to it. Just by turning the photo upside down makes people view it entirely differently than if it was actully posted how it was taken. It also has such wonderful colours in it as well. To me it is a really unique photo.

Photo #2
I love the contrast between the pink dress and the silver of the walls. It looks absolutely amazing and really makes the dress that she is wearing POP! I also really like the pose of this model and how she isn't looking into the camera.

Photo #3
My favorite thing about this photo is the angle in which the photographer took it. Her legs look extremely long in this photo and that draws your eyes up to the models face. The colours are really nice too.

these sites were most useful to me when looking up Fashion Photography:
http://www.goldprints.com/fashion.html
http://www.photographers.co.uk/html/fashion-photography.cfm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashion_photography