Philippine Fashion Week 2011: Grand Allure

It's been a week since I've been to Philippine Fashion Week 2011 (Spring-Summer 2012 Collection) and this was one of the most challenging shoots I've ever been to. Actually, I wasn't invited to this fashion show but my good friend Richard told me I could come but I just have to wait until all of the invited got in already.

After all the guests went in, I was able to get in as well. As usual, it was crowded at the photographer's area.

When the show started, I noticed how far the front stage was from the photographer's area. I started taking pictures but I was too far so I went down and looked for a better spot.

I was able to secure a good spot though there were two people almost completely blocking my view of the runway so I had to take pictures of the models between the two.

After the show, my fingers got a bit numb from pressing my camera's shutter button but I got a lot of decent shots (it could have been much better if it wasn't for the two people blocking the runway). See the culprit? XD

I hope I could take more pictures of these kinds of events to gain more experience and learn more. I promise, I'll do much better. XD

Anyway, here are some more pictures that I took. Sorry for the poor quality as I'm still working hard to improve. XD

Now here's some more... XD

Philippine Fashion Week 2011: Ipamena

Before I start, I would like to thank Mr Raoul Ramirez for sending me an invite online =).

Since I have work on last Saturday, I have to ask for something magical for it to happen XD. I left the office at 4:00pm and went to SMX in Pasay City. I anticipated the traffic jam that I would encounter but it didn't took me that long to get there. Once I'm there, I saw a long queue for the Ipamena as well as a blogger's event that is simultaneously happening while waiting for the show to start.

Since the show was held at the same venue where the Triumph's 125th Anniversary was held, I assumed that ramp would be the same. I was wrong, It has a different ramp as the show has started. There were a lot more photographers than the previous event (Triumph's 125th) I attended a few days back.

As the show starts, so as my struggle in getting a good position to shoot. I got being bumped once in a while as I take pictures of the models walking down the ramp. All the time while I was taking pictures, I was standing on one foot but I was able to keep myself in-balance.

Also, I'm still working on how to shoot fashion shows like these as I'm trying to find-out what would be the perfect camera setting for this event. Its pretty hard as the light-set-up changes every show. I tried shooting fast (at 4.0) but I need to raise my ISO a little bit so apologies for some grains on my shots. XD

I got more pictures than my visit last Thursday as I almost ran out of memory in my SD card. Anyway, I was able to enjoy my 2nd attendance at the Philippine Fashion Week for this year. As I went back to the office, I really enjoyed my stop there and look forward to another PFW 2011 shoot.

Anyway, here are the rest of the pictures that I took.

Want more? Here's some more...XD

Some more good shots. Saving the best for last XD