Arson is a skate/snow/street brand that is based here in Vancouver. Over the past couple years we've been working with them on photography for their catalogs including this Fall/Winter 2008 Outwear and Streetwear lookbook. The photoshoot was a blast and the clothes looked great. We shot one day in a shut down highschool and the next day we took the schoolbus to the top of the local ski and snowboard resort.
Recently the Static Photography team had the pleasure of working with up and coming musician Victoria Herrmann. This shoot was a riot! Victoria is a fun loving spirit with a real passion for her industry. We worked with her expressive personality to create the most fitting and suitable photos. When it came to styling, we had her in multiple outfits to keep her fans interested and intrigued.
This summer the Static team met up with local Vancouver fashion
designer kdon, and shot the new pieces from the mini-collection, Dorthy
Goes to the Moulin Rouge . In addition to being an amazing fashion
designer kdon (Kim Cathers) is also a wardrobe stylist here at Static
Photography. After the shoot we sat down with Kim and got a little
insight into the inspiration behind this collection.
In November we had the opportunity to travel to Beijing, China to photograph China Fashion Week 2007 at the Beijing Hotel . Static photographer Kris Krug was on hand for 7 runway shows over the course of three days. Above are a couple of our favorite photos from the weeks events. You can find many others over at kk+'s Flickr account . Look for posts and photographs here from each designer's show at China Fashion Week coming soon. :)
Friends Jon Hennessey and Chantal Hennessey have setup a boutique artist management firm here in Gastown called NOBASURA featuring an amazing lineup of Vancouver creative heavy hitters including Fiona Garden , Shiva Shabani , and Ian Daburn .
Their whole list of collaborators are the creme de la creme (how do you say that en espanol?) of the Vancouver fashion industry and are a pleasure to work with... we've had the opportunity to work with them on a couple shoots including this one for Opulence Magazine assisting Fiona Garden .
Recently we had another opportunity to assist Fiona Garden of nobasura on a fashion editorial photoshoot for Opulence Magazine. We helped with production, sets and locations and lighting. We had a blast and the photographs turned out amazing!
A couple weeks ago we had the chance to work with Fiona Garden of nobasura on this 'Magenta Galaxy' shoot for Color Magazine. We helped with lighting and posing and broke out our super special hidden glowstick talents. :)
Our favorite show of BC Fashion Week was the runway show by Christina Darling . We loved the outfits, the production, the models, the styling... the whole package. All our photos from the show are available over at Flickr and be sure to read Cassie's wrap-up post over at Exposure Online Magazine and excerpted here...
Last week was the Generation Next runway show at BC Fashion Week . Generation Next is BCFW on emerging designers and this year featured Elroy Apparel , Nicole Bridger , and Mia Melon. Check out our photos from the show over at Flickr .
We shot 6 runway shows last week at BC Fashion Week 2007 . Here's links to the posts that include photographs.
Jacqueline Conoir
Jason Matlo
Ginni Kelley
Christina Darling
Generation Next
Anna Kosturova
Fashion Week was a ton of fun. We met lots of great Canadian fashion designers and representatives from the local fashion media scene. It was also a great chance to catchup with many of our favorite models, stylists, hair and makeup pros.
One of the perks of being a Vancouver based fashion photographer is having the opportunity to work with and shoot for awesome local brands like Arson . Merging Static's photographic ingenuity with creative director John Chow's stylistic vision was an important goal for the Spring 2008 catalogue photoshoot, and we knew that our awesome models, Jesse Harris and Jules Moore, could pull off the retro-70's look perfectly.
Someone recently left a copy of Androgyny Magazine behind at our studio and we've found it totally inspiring. So inspiring in fact that we quickly pulled together a creative fashion shoot based on the lovely aesthetic of the magazine. Vancouver models Patron and Malloreigh were great... they both had the perfect look for a shoot like this and was a pleasure to work with. Check out the rest of the photographs from this shoot over at Flickr.
The Police recently kicked off their reunion tour here in Vancouver and Static Photography was on hand to take some photos of their dress rehersal. As long time fans of Sting and The Police it was amazing to hear them live (something we never imagined happening) and to be able to photograph them the night before they spin up their world tour. As an added bonus that night we ran into Lawrence Fishburne (Morpheus) at the concert and had the chance to take his photo as well.
Static Photography recently had the chance to do headshots and some fun creative portraits for Vancouver-based country-rock popstar AJ Woodworth . This shoot was so fun... AJ provided her own hair and makeup professionals and we spent a hilarious couple hours working our way from location to location with AJ's rockin' acapella vocals keeping us inspired all along the way. AJ and crew were exceptional to work with... beautiful and energetic and we think the shots show through her awesome personaility and smokin good looks. Lookin' forward to a new album from AJ (and hopefully some free tix to her shows!) here this fall.
Static Photography has recently begun collaborations with Seattle-based art director Alan Rowe , founder of AR Imageworks Photo Retouching Services Alan has reworked 25 or so of our images - airbrushing, color correcting, cropping, and various other high-end enhancements in preparation for his new site launch. We plan to partner with Alan for the post-production work on our fashion photography and portrait photography shoots.
Today he launched http://arimageworks.com and the site features some really amazing Flash animations of the retouching process - step by step from beginning to end. He is definitely a master of his craft and the site is well work a look and will help you understand what takes place behind the scenes when prepping images for commerical use.
One of the highlights of this years South by Southwest for us was shooting Iggy Pop live at Stubbs. Iggy is over 60 years old now but still rocks harder than almost anyone we've ever met. Dancing, jumping, screaming, crowd-surfing... the guy just doesn't stand still. Check out more shots of the Iggy Pop & the Stooges live show over at our Flickr account and be sure to get in touch with us if you'd like us to come shoot your band's show.
Much thanks and love to John Chow of Arson for this awesome fashion photography testimonial he gave us for this website...
“This is the first time that I have had an opportunity to work with Kris and I can honestly say that I was blown away. Kris understood what we were looking for. Working in a variety of locations of varying light and context he took it to the next level. His photos definitely captured the edginess and mood of our line. What we got were well balanced emotionally charged photos that resonated not only the personalities of our models but a flare and cockiness that was overtly pretentious. Exactly what we were looking for.
Games! Fun! Prizes! Last week we teamed up with Arson to shoot their holiday 2007 print catalog to be distributed at retailers worldwide. We did the shoot at Commodore Billiards on Granville street in Vancouver which is an awesome location that I hope to use again. We shot in and around the bowling alley lanes, the pool tables, some video games, and an awesome retro bathroom.
We've really been learning a ton about flashes, strobes and studio lighting for fashion photography in the past year and one of the main avenues for my education has been assisting other working photographers on their creative projects.
