Garry k wrote:
One thing you could strive for the future - is consistency with respect to capturing the Model and Outfit from exactly the same angle and same spot on the runway

huh.  That's something that didnt occur to me, due to what I mention lower down.

This was one of those events that seems to be "taking place DURING fashion week", but wasnt exactly the main event, if ya know what I mean

The models in this one were a bit disorganized and inconsistent. Some of the longtimers kept yelling "center!" to attempt to herd them into the proper spot.
Some of the models didnt even listen to that!

Philip Brown wrote:

huh.  That's something that didnt occur to me, due to what I mention lower down.

This was one of those events that seems to be "taking place DURING fashion week", but wasnt exactly the main event, if ya know what I mean

The models in this one were a bit disorganized and inconsistent. Some of the longtimers kept yelling "center!" to attempt to herd them into the proper spot.
Some of the models didnt even listen to that!

Then You probably did the best you could under the circumstances

Generally the 2 main reasons for such runway problems 1 ) newbie models 2 ) lack of rehearsal

Philip Brown wrote:
Link to an actual fashion show shoot, from mostly the correct place, although I was off on the side.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/JTqiafTyCsntu5U69

For the most part, the images look clean and sharp.  But, pretty flat.   Most of them are underexposed, mostly ones where you used f4.5.  Even if you wanted to keep it minimalist, all the images could have used some quick touchups (exposure, clarity, vibrance).

Because of the lighting (or lack off) on certain parts and coupled with reflective flooring, about the bottom half of the model is brighter than the top half.  This is were you'd want to do some dodging.  Face and body.  Never forget about the face.

Not sure why you're shooting at f4.5 (f3.5 in the beginning).  You probably could have gotten away with f2.2/f2.5 and blurred the background a little more.  Also would have saved you about 2 stops in ISO (250-400 instead of 1000-1600), granted, they look pretty clean at 1600.

Some of the shots have the models with their eyes closed or looking down.  Id' toss those.

Black Z Eddie wrote:
For the most part, the images look clean and sharp.  But, pretty flat.   Most of them are underexposed, mostly ones where you used f4.5.  Even if you wanted to keep it minimalist, all the images could have used some quick touchups (exposure, clarity, vibrance).

Because of the lighting (or lack off) on certain parts and coupled with reflective flooring, about the bottom half of the model is brighter than the top half.  This is were you'd want to do some dodging.  Face and body.  Never forget about the face.

Not sure why you're shooting at f4.5 (f3.5 in the beginning).  You probably could have gotten away with f2.2/f2.5 and blurred the background a little more.  Also would have saved you about 2 stops in ISO (250-400 instead of 1000-1600), granted, they look pretty clean at 1600.

You made some fair points, thanks.

The backgrounds were so bright,the camera was telling me it was overexposed even at these settings,  har har.

I took it down to F4.5, because I wasnt confident about the autofocus.
In theory, the A7ii is good to 2400, so I wasnt worried about ISO.

In later shots i've been handing out to folks, I've been bumping up the light, but I forgot about this old album.
I gave the ol' google sliders a whack on this album too now