NCSU Art to Wear 2010

NC State's annual fashion show
Presented by the College of Textiles and College of Design

2010-04-14

Reynolds Coliseum
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

Canon 20D
F-to-EOS lens adapter
Nikon Non-Ai 50mm f/1.4 lens
Nikon Ai 105mm f/2.5 lens

Art to Wear on film

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Nikon F2
Nikon AF-S 17-35mm f/2.8 ED lens
Nikon AF-S 80-200mm f/2.8 ED lens
Kodak Tri-X 400 (800 push) 35mm film
Ilford Delta 400 (1600 push) 35mm film
-Kodak Xtol (1:1) developer
-10min ~20ºC

Art to Wear Fashion Show

This was my first time shooting a fashion show. It was put on by North Carolina State University, the College of Design, and College of Textiles at the Reynolds Colosseum in Raleigh, NC. I enjoyed it, but I not totally please with my results. I didn't arrive with enough time to get prepared and acclimated to my surroundings. It all ran very quickly and before I realized it, I was in frantic do-or-die mode.

And While a had a very good camera kit (on-loan from Widner Creative), This is the first I've shot with a D2x at an event and I was not familiar with some of its image and color settings. I also decided early on to not exceed 400ISO, so even wide open I had a lot of blurry images to contend with. I attempted to incorporate slaved flashes which had mixed results.

I also found myself focusing too much on extreme focal lengths. I ended up shooting most everything very wide angle or very telephoto. And with each model, I tended to focus on them personally and their faces as apposed to their full outfits. I was able to go anywhere within the venue, some I should have camped fairly close and stuck with the 28-70mm.

But, lessons learned. I will be a lot more comfortable and prepared at the next show.

I shot with my F2 as well on a roll of 800-push Tri-X and 1600-push Delta, which I have yet to process. Those images will be up sometime next week.

Nikon 2Dx
Nikon AF-S 17-35mm f/2.8 ED lens
Nikon AF-S 28-70mm f/2.8 ED lens
Nikon AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8 ED lens
Nikon SB800 Speedlite flash
Nikon SB28DX Speedlite flash
Pocketwizards

Flickr photo set (19 images)

Full set at Photobucket (66 images)

Some commercial work

Nikon D300
Nikon Nikor Non-Ai 50mm f/1.4 lens
Nikon SB800 flash
Window light
+ overhead lights
+ fill flash


My mom needed some photography done in a pinch. She's the design manager at Glen Raven Inc., manufactures of Sunbrella fabric, a high-end interior and exterior upholstery fabric. She was asked by a furniture trade magazine for images of a certain type of samples booklet for an article on why those particular booklets should be included in retail stores.

These are a few of the images I submitted. I don't know which will be chosen for the article, but I imagine it'll be one of the more straight-forward shots.

The setup was to show the booklets as if they were being used to match fabric colors and paterns to paint chips and other materials found in an exsisting room, or one being designed. Then the client or designer could then purchise custom upholstered furniture to their exact taistes and preferences.

The lighting was very simple, mostly diffused window light plus some fill flash.

design/set arrangement by Gina Wicker
photography/postwork by mattbell

images © mattbell photography
materials therein © Glen Raven Inc.