Men Fashion Show in Aoyama

I was invited by Yannick to come and photograph a men fashion show in Aoyama, in a club called the Orbient.
The designer is called Paul Marchand (obviously French!) and is teaching in Tokyo. Most of the work there was done with the help of his devoted students.

That was my first real assignment and I was a little anxious going there as I had never done that before.
I wouldn’t say that the pictures are outstanding, but they’re much better than what I expected, considering that the room was quite dark, the models moving fast, no tripod (my arm started to hurt after a few minutes because of the weight of the camera!).
Definitely, I think the camera helped a lot… I don’t think I could have made it with my old D30, which had a lot of difficulties focusing in the dark…
With my 10D, I could take pictures of people I couldn’t even see myself with my own eyes and focus was just incredibly accurate!

The show it itself was very interesting, although I have to admit some of the things I saw would be quite difficult to wear in the office ! 😉

There are basically 3 sections here:

• The 1st show, meant to be seen by the press and other fashion designers
• The 2nd show, same models, same collection but just for the audience
• Pictures taken “backstage” and other pictures of the audience

Enjoy the show !