Emily-Jean Designs at Glamour at the G 2011
My friend Emily-Jean O’Beirn of Emily-Jean Designs asked me to cover the ‘Glamour at the G’ event for her again this year, and needless to say I was only too happy to give it another go. Well from the outset let me say it went a lot more smoothly than last year! I was running slightly late arriving, only leaving myself about 15 minutes set up time, but that turned out to be fine as the whole show was delayed by about an hour on the back of sound issues. I set up at the end of the ‘runway’, which worked out much better than my disastrous decision to set up halfway down last year. The atmosphere was really pleasant and I had a nice chat with the chap filming for TV3 and photographer Martina Regan who was also shooting the event. Martina was really nice, and we all made sure we set up in such a way as to not block anyone else.
Emily-Jean also provided headpieces on Demora Outfits
I’d picked up a few new bits of equipment which helped make the job way easier too. I had bought a new Nikkor 105mm f/2 DC which is an absolutely beautiful piece of glass, razor sharp with the creamiest bokeh I’ve ever seen. When I heard about the show I also hightailed it into town for a new monopod and monopod head, to save my arms from holding up the gear! Once again I used my d80 with SB600 and home made bounce card, I shot at ISO 400, f/2, 1/125s this year, so the noise wasn’t as bad as last year, I definitely need a new camera for events like this, and the Aussie Rules though, hmm, maybe when the d400 eventually comes out I’ll have saved up enough!
Some of Matt Doody's pieces were pretty 'daring'!
Shooting actually went completely without incident, there was a sea of tungsten from the floor lights, but I mostly shot when the models were in the dark spot at the end of the runway, and another one half way down, so it wasn’t an issue, it just provided a nice warm background when contrasted with the flash lit model. I decided to shoot all the designers this time, as much for the practice as for the most likely futile hope that I might make a sale for someone’s website! Emily’s pieces were very much towards the end of the show, so I had more than found my rythm and was well ready for her section. The only minor issue with Emily’s pieces being on second last was that the ambient light from outside had faded a little, so the AF took a little longer to lock, not too much longer though, so it was grand. All in all it was a much more pleasant shooting experience than last year and I’m already itching for the next one!
You can view all of Emily’s pieces on her blog or facebook page.
You can view the rest of the photos from the event on my website.
