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Austin Fashion Week – August 14-21 2010 – Fashion Photographers, Models, Designers, Makeup Artists, Hair Stylists, Retailers, Salons & Spas
In August of 2010, Austin will be treated to the 2nd annual Austin Fashion week. From August 14-21, a flurry of events hosted locally will showcase the creativity and talent of people accross a number of disciplines that are centered in Fashion here in Austin.
July 2009 saw the first Fashion Week, created by Launch 787, a large-scale event concept and production company.
Fashion Photographers, Models, Designers, Makeup Artists, Hair Stylists, Retailers, and Salons & Spas will all will be participating in competitions, Fashion Shows, cocktail parties, creative offerings, trunk shows and more, totaling in some 120 events across the city over the course of 7 days.
Kickoff event – August 14th @6pm. This marks the beginning of Fashion Week at the Bright Lights Idea City event at GSD&M. This event benefits Austin Involved & Dress for Success.
Collections by Robert Stock for Robert Graham, & Twelfth Street Cynthia Vincent will be showcased on what is billed as Austin’s longest runway, with an appearance by musical guest Tiffany.
August 15-20, is Fashion Week with a focus on different neighborhoods and their style standard
Sunday, 8/15: Midtown/Campus Presented By Westbank Dry Cleaning
Monday, 8/16: Downtown Presented by The Driskill Hotel
Tuesday, 8/17: North Austin Presented by Time Warner Cable
Wednesday, 8/18: South Austin Presented by Dos Equis
Thursday, 8/19: 2ND Street District
Friday, 8/20: Domain Presented by Tito’s Handmade Vodka
Saturday August 21: Austin Fashion Awards at the Dell Hall at the Long Center for the Performing Arts, and after party.
Also, check out www.FashionWeekAustin.com on August 2nd, for a full schedule of events and to download the free iPhone app.
Communication Arts Magazine 51st Annual Photography competition winner and published in the July / August photo annual issue
Earlier this year I entered a photography competition for the first time. It is in a magazine called Communication Arts, and this is their 51st annual photography competition. The magazine, often seen lying around in studios, is heralded as the most influential publication for art directors and creative directors and has world-wide distribution.
I was incredibly excited and honored when I got the email a few weeks back announcing that I was selected as one of the winners in the unpublished category of the 2010 competition. A copy of the magazine containing my winning image arrived at my house while I was at work in the studio so my entire family got to see it before I did :) I asked my daughter, who had just returned from her first gig as a shooter at a wedding to take a shot of me with the magazine.
Louise Black and Austin Fashion Week at Fashionably Connected event for Austin fashion designers in Aloft Hotel at The Domain, Austin Texas
Earlier this week I attended the Fashionably Connected networking event for Austin fashion designers and industry professionals. It was held at the boutique Aloft hotel in The Domain.
Bravo TV held casting call for fashion designers in Austin TX for ‘The Fashion Show’ with Isaac Mizrahi.
As a fashion photographer, I was most interested to hear that the Art Institute of Austin was holding an open casting call yesterday to select fashion designers for season 2 of the Bravo TV’s “The Fashion Show“ with Isaac Mizrahi.
Studio Lighting – Digital Workflow & Retouching workshop recap
Last weekend here in Austin Texas, Hananexposures studio hosted the first Studio lighting / Digital Workflow & Retouching workshop held with my great friend, photographer & new media design expert in from Brazil, Rodrigo Bressane .
Aimed at beginner to intermediate photographers, the main purpose of the event was that the attendees would take 8-12 months off their journey to better photographs. This goal had two major components : Studio lighting and Workflow & Retouching.
As part of this hands-on demonstration with the students, we had 2 models Gabriela & Ashley. Both models were styled by fashion stylist Edith Henry , while their makeup was done by Liliana Espinosa and their hair was styled by Rafael Virguez of Suede Salon – Austin TX.
Gabriela is a signed agency model with Wilhelmina Brown, the Austin office of Wilhelmina models, and Ashley is starting out in her career as a model and is proving to be a complete natural.
In the morning session I covered studio lighting by looking at light & lighting equipment choices. At the end of my presentation, we moved into practical demonstrations of studio lighting including teaching a lighting setup which I learned from my dear friend, celebrity, advertising and fashion photographer Jerry Avenaim.
Once we perfected this setup, the attendees began shooting the models and created images they would then use in the afternoon workflow & re-touching session with Rodrigo.
Below are some studio shots I took during the workshop along with some behind the scenes shots of the students in action.
Behind the scenes on Dell Studio One 19 lifestyle shoot…
Are Dell computer products displaying more & more elements of beauty and fashion? In my opinion–yes. I have been very familiar with their computer products for about 15 years, and one thing I have noticed in the last couple of years is a definite shift in their product designs. In my opinion, in what we are seeing come to market, the physical designs, colors and textures now incorporate more elements of beauty & fashion.
One of the latest products out of the starting gate is the Dell Studio 19. This product went live last week, and now I can show you some behind the scenes images from the lifestyle shoot from early March. :) Regarding image quality, please understand these snapshots were taken with my iPhone and not my Canon 5D ;)
Upcoming dinner with fashion photographer Jerry Avenaim on May 6th, San Antonio….
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT – Very Limited Seating – Come to San Antonio TX on Wednesday the 6th and have dinner with a friend of mine from LA, fashion photographer Jerry Avenaim .
This is a photograph my daughter took after Jerry had lunch with my family and I in LA over Christmas 08.