What it’s like to shoot New York Fashion Week parties – WWD

Shooting parties The “NYFW party” du jour boasts a special allure of the guessing game of being able to “see” exactly who is who in the spotlight (with a pitch-black border). No lights, no candles. Maybe, just maybe, if you’re curious, a low-wattage mini bulb in the softest white ever, covered in a never-obvious vintage candle, in a distressed corner on a side table, or a ceramic retro scan Adobe paint finish, zero light emitting and fitted way Even higher than eye level of a very tall person – or (my favorite), you can see someone in the adjacent guest light, on their phone the entire time. And I don’t mean all these conditions in one party: scoring all three at once would be a triple double cherry on the slot machine. You take what you can get.

So when I shoot candidly, I never really know “who” is in my frame until I look at the photos and see what the flash reveals. Which, I have to say (even if it sounds like I’m complaining) is a lot of fun. Just in the year It’s like a bag from Claire’s in 1996: you don’t know what’s inside, but you know it’s going to be good, so you buy it anyway.