Category: Fashion

At the end of the runway

 Gavin   Available Light, Event, Fashion, Low Light, Techniques, Tips

Runway Photography…The Best Seat in the House

Fashion Show, Runway & Catwalk Photography

As we’re only a few days away from one of the biggest events on the fashion calendar, London Fashion Week, I thought I’d share some of my experiences to give you a feel as to what it’s like to be stood at the end of the runway during London Fashion Week. It truly is the best seat in the house and an experience not to be missed.

Shooting a fashion show is both as exhilarating as it is challenging, and as rewarding as it is pressured. Fashion show photography is without a doubt one of the most technical and demanding types of shoot I do. Any fool can stand at the end of the runway and snap away. It’s not difficult. To do it properly though takes a lot of preparation and hard work. There is only one chance to get it right and if you’re shooting for the designer the pressure is immense. The designer needs to see *everything* front, back, sides, full length, 1/2 length, 1/4 length, detail, detail, detail. Continue reading At the end of the runway »

Gavin in Action in the Studio

 Gavin   Band, Fashion, Sneak Peek
Gavin Shooting Ande Dilema's CD Cover in the Studio
Gavin Shooting Ande Dilema's CD Cover in the Studio

I don’t very often get a behind the scenes shot of me in action so I was extremely grateful to Debbie for snapping this shot (left) of me a few days ago when I shot DJ Ande Dilema for the cover of her new CD. The shot to the right is what I took with the camera at roughly the same time.

I find I’ve been doing a lot of studio work recently and its great to be out of the cold weather and really good fun too. Have to say, you can’t beat working in a professional fashion studio like this. The versatility of the white cove is amazing and with a little bit of thought and planning it can be taken from pure white (as above) down to almost black.

The best part though is that having made some great contacts in the industry I am now able to extend my range of services to include studio sessions. Virtually everything from model experience days to model/session stylist portfolio work to fashion and look books to bands and CD covers. More info about this coming soon to my main site, http://gavinthorn.com

More images from this shoot after the jump… Continue reading Gavin in Action in the Studio »

Gavin Thorn LSWPP :-)

 Gavin   Band, Beauty, Fashion, Journey
Contact Sheet

Very fortunate today to receive a lovely email from the SWPP informing me that my recent submission was sufficient for me to be given my Licentiate.

What does this mean? Quite simply, I can now put LSWPP after my name and now work towards becoming an associate member. The images will also be published in a future edition of Professional Image Maker.

Hit the jump to see larger versions of the images I submitted…

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Adding a little edge…?

 Gavin   Behind the scenes, Equipment, Fashion, Strobist, Studio, Techniques, Tips

I was asked to do a portfolio shoot for Helga (featured here) the other day, but to produce something a little edgier and with some striking black and white images. As to whether I achievedit or not, I’ll let you be the judge.

We were going to be working in a office over in Docklands, not too far from the Excell Centre, and thankfully we were also going to be inside. Given the extreme weather we have been having of late, this was very welcome.

After a quick scout around the building we settled on the breakout room on th groundfloor as our makeshift studio. It was nothing special, just a semi-large room with a few chairs a couple of tables and a pool table. This at first appeared to present a few possibilities as we were going to be doing lingerie but the biggest advantage was the empty room opposite we could use as an impromptu salon.

The problems to solve were that the white painted walls were not very interesting and full length shots were going to be difficult owing to the nasty grey carpet. This shoot was going to be controlled by the lighting if it was going to offer up any images of note. When we first started out, it had all the hallmarks of being an outright failure. Continue reading Adding a little edge…? »

Agnes Valentine at the Runway Club…

 Gavin   Event, Fashion

Following hot on the heels (litteraly and no apologies for the pun!) of the Omar Mansoor show at Runway, the Dilema girls launched straight into  a second show featuring the amazing Agnes Valentine swimwear by Agnes Cushnie.

This was the second time I’d covered Agnes’ work on behalf of the Dilema Agency, the first being at the Funky Buddha club where just about everything went wrong. Nevertheless, with the lessons from that event being well and truly learned I applied myself to the full for this one.

More images after the jump… Continue reading Agnes Valentine at the Runway Club… »