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Thank you for visiting my blog! The posts are short, sweet and to the point. Typically current photos I have taken that follow my professional and personal life. No long written paragraphs here for all of you short attention span readers. And I'm not that good of a writer anyways :-) I hope you gain a good idea of who I am thru my photography, my travels, and my humor posted here. Come back soon!
Shooting runway is one of the more challenging disciplines of photography I have experienced. It goes way beyond just simple follow focus and firing away the motor drive on your camera.
First there is the waiting. Waiting to get into the show to claim your spot on the riser. This usually involves showing up at least 30 minutes before the scheduled start time, if not longer. Then, there is the mad dash of 50 plus photographers fighting their way to position themselves hopefully near the center of the runway. Then more waiting. About a half hour of standing around waiting for people to be seated, celebrities to be interviewed. And during this time, there is still positioning. Sometimes it get's argumentative. Photographers and videographers battling it out to make sure that when the show starts, they have a clear view of the runway. Then it starts to get hot. Hot from all of the photographers packed in tight. Room lights go down, runway lights slowly come up, show starts. Click, Click, Click, Click, Click. At least 20 solid minutes of ultimate concentration. Shooting away at every model who struts down the catwalk. Your arms get tired, your legs start to slightly burn. You get even more hot, sweat drips down your brow. Show ends.
Quick! Run to the next show and start the process all over. Now repeat 4-8 times a day over the course of a week. That is runway! Oh yeah, don't forget editing your pictures. I shot 5000 in just the course of two days.
Some of the I shows covered on Thursday and Friday included, Vera Wang, Badgley Mischka, Max Azria, Bill Blass and many more.
The Badgley Mischka Runway
Hey! I am currently in New York shooting the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week for Wedding Style Magazine. And my first night was capped off by a crazy scene. While photographing a Red Carpet event with many B list celebs, the evening was topped off by an appearance from Jessica Simpson. Now, I have never been around the Paparazzi, but tonight I got my first taste of why I don't think I would ever want to be a celeb.
For three hours shooting random people like Bam Margera, Nick Cannon, Tim Gunn, there were approx. 10 photogs. Enter Jessica Simpson. Her Escalade pulls up, and along side it, 3 or 4 motorcycles and a bunch of other cars (all paparazzi), coming to a screeching halt, stopping in the middle of the street, and then rushing her vehicle with cameras in hand. I thought I had my spot secured on the carpet, but once her ginormous body guards escorted her my way after fighting thru the swarm of photogs, the paparzzi pushed their way between me and the other photographers who had patiently waited all night for her arrival. It was a scene like I had never witnessed before, and the only thing I could think of was poor Princess Diana.
But I got my shot and a few others.
Tim Gunn
Nick Cannon
Bam & Missy Magera
Thought I would share a picture of my two favorite Lilliputians. My brother Kevin on the right and his girlfriend Maeghan on the left. Both are approximately 6 inches high, and live inside my car's backup camera. They are currently looking for a new home and new jobs as they are growing rather quickly.
Actually, my brother Kevin is a senior mortgage broker with
Summit Mortgage of Boston and is located in the Financial District. Feel free to email him at kphillips@summitmortgage.com with any mortgage questions at all. He is a great guy to work with and very knowledgeable about his field. And if you do call him, downplay the Lilliputian thing as he is really sensitive about this, ;-)
The proof is in the picture, right? LOLl!!
The above image was made just after a passionate kiss by the B&G (see below) following their ceremony at St. Cecilia's in downtown Boston. They hopped onto the trolley and then lined up perfectly with the image of the Kennedys. I do admit however that I prompted the groom to look at his bride to mimic the picture below.
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And I liked the trolley driver in the above image. His casual glance at such a wonderful moment completes the picture for me. I am always looking to incorporate other elements in my images to help avoid one dimensional pictures.
I caught a quick picture of Cata at the hospital today. She loved being all bundled up, but when we unwrapped her, she would let us know she wasn't to happy with us :-). Here, she is ready to go right back to sleep.
Today, at approximately 12:35PM, my best of friends Lauren and Oscar had their baby girl. Catalina Francesca. Weighing in at a healthy 8.6lbs and 21 inches long. I arrived at the hospital at noon, and was able to catch Lauren before she went into the O.R.. It was an amazing experience to one moment have only the two of them in the room, then an hour later, have this amazingly beautiful baby girl in our presence. Congratulations guys!!!
Oscar, Catalina, Lauren. Photo by Delivery Nurse.
This past April I posted about shooting the Fall Bridal runway shows in NYC for Wedding Style Magazine. Well... the National Issue just arrived at my doorstep yesterday and I almost fell over! The cover was chosen from the same Monique Lhuillier show that I was at. For a split second I held my breath, but I knew after a short glance that the photograph was Mike Colon's, as he was shooting from an angle that was higher up. The shot was his and well deserved, as he is a tremendous photographer. Several of my images made the magazine as well as their website, so no complaints. Looking forward to future shows and working with many other amazing photographers!
Same Model...Different Angle.
Same Model...Different Gown.
