Siri Tollerød at Paris Fashion Week

Siri Tollerød photographed at Paris Fashion Week on the runway.

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Backstage at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week

Shot backstage at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week. 

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Backstage at Chanel with Karl Lagerfeld

Backstage with genius fashion designer and photographer Karl Lagerfeld photographed backstage at The Grand Palais after the Chanel show during Paris Fashion Week - Fall 2011

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Paris Bridge of Love

I'm dedicating today's blog post in tribute to those that lost their lives in the Charlie Hebdo shooting. 

A picture from Paris with love. R.I.P

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New beginnings

Chanel finale - Paris Fashion Week - Spring 2012


This is my first blog entry for 2012 and the lack of blogs have mainly been down to creating a new website fresh for the new year. Above is a re-edit from the Chanel Spring 2012 collection at the Grand Palais in Paris which will feature on my new homepage. It's also on of my favourite shows of all time.

I'm also planning my first trip to New York for NYFW Spring 2012 and completing the last of the big 4 fashion weeks. 10 days in Manhattan will big me an opportunity to shoot some breath taking Cityscapes and a plethora of interesting locations!

3 Nights in Paris

I've finally got around to starting my blog! I guess I can see this as being an online historical document, I'm still trying to work it out. I used to keep journals as a teenager and wrote them in a way that others could enjoy, so I'll try and create something similar. This blog will mainly about the adventures I have with my photography, traveling, learning new tricks and techniques, meeting people, photoshoots, runway shows and general things I photograph. Looking back at the last few years I wish I started right at the beginning, I'll try and fill the gaps as I go along. 

So to get things started here is a shot of the Elie Saab finale from the Fall 2011 Haute Couture collection in Paris. The image was shot on a Canon 1Ds Mark III with a 300mm Canon L Prime telephoto lens. Paris Couture is the only Fashion Week I have shot using primes and the results were some super sharp images that showed the detail of the garments beautifully. The model who was the point of focus is Monika Jagaciak or Jac as she likes to be called. Out of the 3 days of the Haute Couture Fashion Week this was my favourite collection to shoot.