It was such a coincident that it was fashion weeks around Klang Valley during my visit to KL, and I had my first taste on fashion show photoshoot in KL. Never in my previous time in KL, I had i chance to shoot fashion show. Robin couldn’t hide his exciting, repeatingly praise how good the fashion shows are in KL.
So, off we were to Mid Valley, where the fashion shows are held. Ruby text me couple days earlier, insisting that I should be there for the fashion show that time. So, the anticipation was quite high for the show. In fact, there were fashion shows going on in both Mid Valley’s centre court and The Gardens Mall. However, the timing was quite tight. After every show in Mid Valley, The Gardens Mall will follow with the ones there. So, both Robin and me, along with few other photography enthusiasts were on frenzy running back and forth two places.
I was rather clueless on how I should shoot the show. It was pretty much my first time in KL, and I wanted to try out different method shooting a fashion show. Since the models were constantly moving on the runway, I decided to track the movement in frame with AI Servo. I also switched to Av mode for shooting, while toning down the EV value to – 0.3 EV or – 0.7 EV, for faster shutter speed. I left the aperture set at its widest configuration.
However, my main mistake was, to use multiple AF point with AI Servo. The focusing and tracking was rather disastrous, as there are times when the outcome didn’t turn out like how I would have imagined.
There were some side events before the main show started. Align with the Stadium Emirates theme, they have set up few game stations just next to the stage. Top shoppers in Studio R were invited to play in their EA Sports FIFA game on PS3, projected on Samsung LCD TV. There were even live commentary by the emcee that day. Hehe. I reckon he is also a hardcore Barclays’ Premier League.
EA Sports' FIFA game (PS3 Platform) on Samsung LCD TV.
Sisterly Love
Canon chick. 
The lens I chose to start with was my EF 90-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM, so on a 1.6x cropped body. With that, the focal length would be equvalent to 144-480mm, so it’s pretty long for where I was standing. It was quite difficult to find a good spot to compose my shot, as I was standing by the side of the stage. I didn’t capture the stage design in this show, will show it in the upcoming posts.
EOS 50D + EF 90-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM @iso800
EOS 50D + EF 90-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM @iso800
EOS 50D + EF 90-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM @iso800
Since I was not shooting from the photographer’s stage, most of my shot would have obstructions in the frame, especially when I try to get whole body framing.
Look at their eyes, they're so focused.
EOS 50D + EF 90-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM @iso800
So, most of my shot from that day had to be cropped, at least a bit. There was only a handful which didn’t require any cropping.
EOS 50D + EF 90-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM @iso800
EOS 50D + EF 90-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM @iso800
Puma - Kungfu!
So there goes show #1 in Midvalley, after this show, we rushed to The Gardens Mall for the next show. However, I will get all shows I shot in Mid Valley done first before moving on to The Gardens. I had three shows in my bag that day.
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