NJAL’s Katja Horvat questions whether fashion photography has a future amidst the radical shifts in publishing. How does our current technological milieu fundamentally alter fashion photography as we know it? Is the ubiquity of smartphones, advance in-image editing applications, social media, and the rise of fashion film rendering the canonised medium of fashion photography obsolete? […]
Clothes, they say can tell a story; and a fashion photographer ensures that it is told in the best possible manner. Of course, photography is about styles and techniques, but it’s a photographer who manages to weave a story around a dress and ultimately helps to sell it.
Today I took another dive into my folder of inspiration, years of gathering images that have particularly captured my attention. What is Fashion Photography? The term “fashion photography” describes a type of fine art photography devoted to the promotion of fashion items such as haute couture clothing, as well as mass-market clothes, shoes, perfume […]
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Images to inspire greatness from fashion photographers
Thursday, February 11, 2016
I’m a bit embarassed to admit that I have never really done any promotion to speak of. I think the last time I did a promo mailer was about three years ago, just simple postcard. And worse, I haven’t even really had a printed portfolio for the last year and a half! I’ve been extremely […]
Thursday, February 11, 2016
I am frequently asked what lgihting, grip and camera equipment I use, so I thought I would share about this. You might be surprised to learn what my preferences are! I am very far from being an equipment geek. If something is inexpensive but does a good job, I’ll use that over an item that […]
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Check out the punk band that randomly chose Kilkus as their name: Music Video – Pattern of Self Design Music Video – A.O.C. Interview with Waffle Magazine It’s not fashion photography but music is always a close neighbor 🙂 Fashion photography rules everything around us, whether we know it, like it, or choose to […]
Thank you to the folks at the Cult of Style blog for publishing a shoot a did a little while back in a sunny and warm Los Angeles. This was a test shoot I did with the fashion stylist Kate Riney and hair & make up artist Maria Nguyen. Our model for the day was […]
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I was surfing through some fashion blogs and stumbled on this posting from Fashion Blog Mexico. They show how to use pages from a magazine for wrapping paper, and happen to be using a magazine I shot for Forever 21 in their example. Too funny! I don’t know if I should be flattered or insulted! […]
Saturday, December 29, 2012
As the new year approaches it’s fun to look back on the world of fashion photography from 2012. With that in mind, here are a few of my favorite fashion magazine covers from 2012. What are your favorites?? Love Magazine Special Edition F/W 2012 Covers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott – Photographers | Katie Grand – Fashion […]