Prohibition Party
My new friend and fellow photo enthusiast Ted Chan invited me along to a party he was shooting as part of his bid to take over the world efforts to expand his photographic knowledge. As I hadn’t known Ted for very long and as we’d only ever spoken about shooting when we did see each other, I made the rather embarrassing mistake of assuming Ted was inviting me along to help him shoot the event.
This was not the case.
Fortunately, he was a really good sport about it all and cleared things with the promoter so that I was allowed to help cover the event (given that I’d brought along the heavy camera gear anyway, I was thankful).
The event itself was put on by a promotions company, who from what I gather have done quite a few of these events in the past and they’ve always been very successful. This one was sold out when I checked the website almost a month before it was to be put on.
Obviously, I’ve gone with a very different processing style for these images. I processed them all normally, but I just didn’t think it really fit. Something a bit more vintage was in order. It may be a little over done on the grain, but I was happy with the results overall.
The costumes there were amazing and everyone was really keen to get their photos done. I even had quite a few people grab me as I walked past asking to have their photos done. Which was ideal given my usual crippling shyness in asking people if it’s ok for me to take their photos…
There are a few more vintage images in the gallery here, and the images are duplicated here without the extreme processing.
Tags: 1920, prohibition, vintage