So 2009 has been a very busy year for Static Photography , so busy that there has yet to be a post since the NYE update. Our first trip in February of this year was Mercedes–Benz New York Fashion Week in the amazing city of NYC. Static photography traveled with local Vancouver fashion writers/bloggers Shallom Johnson of Stylefinds Terri Potratz and of The Conveyor Belt .
Before running headfirst into 2009 we wanted to take a minute and reflect on all the awesomeness that was 2008 for us here at Static Photography . Let's start by saying this has been one of the most exciting and diverse years ever in terms of the projects we've been able to work on.
Over the past 12 months we made time to raise money and volunteer hours for charity, organize the photography for Vancouver Fashion Week and BC Fashion Week , attended the summer Olympics in Beijing, and had photographs published in National Geographic just to name a few. Some highlights of 2008 include
Three times this year Static shot for the Arson catalog. The shoots are always a blast and we always get some great shots for them. Keep a look out for the Spring 2009 looks from Arson comin out soon and check out Spring 08 and Fall/Winter 08 to see our work.
Arson is a skate/snow/street brand that is based here in Vancouver. Over the past couple years we've been working with them on photography for their catalogs including this Fall/Winter 2008 Outwear and Streetwear lookbook. The photoshoot was a blast and the clothes looked great. We shot one day in a shut down highschool and the next day we took the schoolbus to the top of the local ski and snowboard resort.
Recently the Static Photography team had the pleasure of working with up and coming musician Victoria Herrmann. This shoot was a riot! Victoria is a fun loving spirit with a real passion for her industry. We worked with her expressive personality to create the most fitting and suitable photos. When it came to styling, we had her in multiple outfits to keep her fans interested and intrigued.
In November we had the opportunity to travel to Beijing, China to photograph China Fashion Week 2007 at the Beijing Hotel . Static photographer Kris Krug was on hand for 7 runway shows over the course of three days. Above are a couple of our favorite photos from the weeks events. You can find many others over at kk+'s Flickr account . Look for posts and photographs here from each designer's show at China Fashion Week coming soon. :)
Friends Jon Hennessey and Chantal Hennessey have setup a boutique artist management firm here in Gastown called NOBASURA featuring an amazing lineup of Vancouver creative heavy hitters including Fiona Garden , Shiva Shabani , and Ian Daburn .
Their whole list of collaborators are the creme de la creme (how do you say that en espanol?) of the Vancouver fashion industry and are a pleasure to work with... we've had the opportunity to work with them on a couple shoots including this one for Opulence Magazine assisting Fiona Garden .
Recently we had another opportunity to assist Fiona Garden of nobasura on a fashion editorial photoshoot for Opulence Magazine. We helped with production, sets and locations and lighting. We had a blast and the photographs turned out amazing!
A couple weeks ago we had the chance to work with Fiona Garden of nobasura on this 'Magenta Galaxy' shoot for Color Magazine. We helped with lighting and posing and broke out our super special hidden glowstick talents. :)
Saturday night at The Modern we photographed Jason Matlo 's runway show. It wasn't (officially) a part of BC Fashion Week but was one of our favorite shows of the season nonetheless. All our photos from the show are available over at Flickr.
The highlight of BC Fashion Week was definitely the designer runway shows, including this show that we photographed by Ginni Kelley. All our photo's from this show are available over at Flickr . Check out Cassie's review of the Ginni Kelley show over at Exposure Online Magazine...
Our favorite show of BC Fashion Week was the runway show by Christina Darling . We loved the outfits, the production, the models, the styling... the whole package. All our photos from the show are available over at Flickr and be sure to read Cassie's wrap-up post over at Exposure Online Magazine and excerpted here...
Last week at BC Fashion Week we were on hand to shoot many of the shows including Jacqueline Conoir's runway show. Check out our pictures over at Flickr and read through an excerpt from Cassie's review (available at Exposure Online Magazine) below...
Last week in Vancouver was BC Fashion Week and we had Kris on hand to shoot many of the shows including Anna Kosturova's runway show on Thursday night. More of our photos from this show available over at Flickr . Cassie wrote up a great review of the show that is available over at Exposure Online Magazine and excerpted here...
Last week was the Generation Next runway show at BC Fashion Week . Generation Next is BCFW on emerging designers and this year featured Elroy Apparel , Nicole Bridger , and Mia Melon. Check out our photos from the show over at Flickr .
We shot 6 runway shows last week at BC Fashion Week 2007 . Here's links to the posts that include photographs.
Jacqueline Conoir
Jason Matlo
Ginni Kelley
Christina Darling
Generation Next
Anna Kosturova
Fashion Week was a ton of fun. We met lots of great Canadian fashion designers and representatives from the local fashion media scene. It was also a great chance to catchup with many of our favorite models, stylists, hair and makeup pros.
One of the perks of being a Vancouver based fashion photographer is having the opportunity to work with and shoot for awesome local brands like Arson . Merging Static's photographic ingenuity with creative director John Chow's stylistic vision was an important goal for the Spring 2008 catalogue photoshoot, and we knew that our awesome models, Jesse Harris and Jules Moore, could pull off the retro-70's look perfectly.
Someone recently left a copy of Androgyny Magazine behind at our studio and we've found it totally inspiring. So inspiring in fact that we quickly pulled together a creative fashion shoot based on the lovely aesthetic of the magazine. Vancouver models Patron and Malloreigh were great... they both had the perfect look for a shoot like this and was a pleasure to work with. Check out the rest of the photographs from this shoot over at Flickr.
Static Photography has recently begun collaborations with Seattle-based art director Alan Rowe , founder of AR Imageworks Photo Retouching Services Alan has reworked 25 or so of our images - airbrushing, color correcting, cropping, and various other high-end enhancements in preparation for his new site launch. We plan to partner with Alan for the post-production work on our fashion photography and portrait photography shoots.
Today he launched http://arimageworks.com and the site features some really amazing Flash animations of the retouching process - step by step from beginning to end. He is definitely a master of his craft and the site is well work a look and will help you understand what takes place behind the scenes when prepping images for commerical use.
Much thanks and love to John Chow of Arson for this awesome fashion photography testimonial he gave us for this website...
“This is the first time that I have had an opportunity to work with Kris and I can honestly say that I was blown away. Kris understood what we were looking for. Working in a variety of locations of varying light and context he took it to the next level. His photos definitely captured the edginess and mood of our line. What we got were well balanced emotionally charged photos that resonated not only the personalities of our models but a flare and cockiness that was overtly pretentious. Exactly what we were looking for.
We've really been learning a ton about flashes, strobes and studio lighting for fashion photography in the past year and one of the main avenues for my education has been assisting other working photographers on their creative projects.
