Vancouver Fashion Week 2012

I was called in at the last minute to provide coverage last day of Vancouver Fashion Week 2012 (Spring/Summer 2013 Collection).

I've shot at VFW a bunch of times before at the Empire Landmark Hotel, and I knew that venue inside and out.  I headed out thinking it was going to be more of the same.

But it seems things have changed in the last few seasons I missed.

The venue was the Chinese cultural center, a major improvement in my opinion, way more room and high ceilings make the whole operation feel like a bigger production.  Most importantly (for me) it had superior lighting that I'm sure many other shooter appreciated too.

These are some photos I took while getting footage of the various designers.  I got there in time to catch six of the shows: PINGHE, Daniela Villa, Farida Lalji, SODDI by Solon Diego, Y!D.N.A. by Andy Hoan Nguyen, and George Bezhanishivili.

See more photos at my FLICKR!

Nerd Stuff Below

2012 Vancouver Pride Parade

I was commissioned by QMG (queermediagroup.com) to cover the Pride Parade this year.  Last year we had the abstracted parade route due to various awkward problems, but it was much better this year, going most of the full length around downtown.

See the full set of the leftover pics at Flickr!

 Jenna Talackova

 This dude was super stoked.

This one didn't want to dress up.

This is what the festival looked like.

Nerd stuff below