Fashion For Paws and One Photo Faux Pas

DC Modern Luxury Magazine sent me out to photograph two events on Saturday night:  Fashion For Paws and the Artini closing.

Held at The Embassy of Italy, Fashion For Paws was an event photographer's dream with decor that was minimalist, yet elegant and lighting that was rich and well-placed.  Everyone came out to show their support for the Washington Humane Society and see a fashion show featuring models of the two-legged and four-legged kind.

First, just to mention, I would like to say that even though the dogs stole the show, one dog stood out to me and that would be Samy K’s Slash.  Decked out in a shiny black vest with a blood red tie, all this bark ‘n’ roll pup needed was a top hat and a cigarette chew toy of sorts. 

As far as the human attendees, Steve Andronico’s lavender suit was, by far, the best in show!  Although, I think he could have used Susanne Seidman’s Raspberry Beret from Tossed & Found.

Of course, everyone looked spectacular.  The only "photo faux pas" that I would like to briefly mention is related to the program.  Somebody worked really hard on that booklet and somebody paid a lot of money to have it printed.  A great deal of thought and effort went into each bio submitted by all of the evening's models.  So where was the same effort behind the photography?  There were way too many images that were either lo-res, too dark, or a little too "spring break."

The bio and the photo go hand in hand!

The photo goes a long way.  It's what draws the reader into your bio. If you're just going to half-ass it with the photo, then, 9 times out of 10, the reader is just going to assume that there's nothing all that special to read about.  Just my two cents.

Enjoy the photos!