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Omaha Fashion Week 2024: Design Powerhouses Ramp-up the Runway

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      Luxury. Glamour. Innovation. Audacity. Omaha Fashion Week 2024 was willing to share these attributes with us to the maximum during the Audacious Season. Designers from a litany of distinct and fascinating backgrounds converged at the Omaha Design Center for four nights of  expressive and evocative designs that will stay in our memory well past this event. This year consisted of four nights with the following themes: Student Night designers, Bold designers, Brazen designers and Brilliant designers. Each collection reflected the arduous labor and passion imbued within by its creator. Below is only a small sampling of the endless amount of dazzling menswear and women's wear put out by the week's selected designers.  NIGHT ONE: STUDENT NIGHT            OFW 2024 Student Night was the premier event of this Audacious Season. Student Night provides an opportunity to local high school and college students to display their designs on the main stage. Designers from the University
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OMAHA FASHION WEEK 2024: BEHIND THE SCENES

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      Massive events such as Omaha Fashion Week require an army of dedicated volunteers and staff members to run without hindrance. Below is a selection of some behind the scenes images that reflect all of the activity occurring off the runway during OFW.       OFW Designers and volunteers I'm Hooked on Stuffies and The Unfinished Archive check wristbands at the VIP lounge. Guests line up to take photos with the OFW photo wall. Volunteer Erin assists guest with lining up and receiving photos from the FOTOFUN booth. Guests spend time waiting near the bar during the OFW Pre-Party.   Guests spend time relaxing and catching up over drinks in the VIP lounge. Debra, a member of the Press Photography team, tests her camera for the night.  An OFW Staff member greets VIP guests at the entrance to the VIP lounge.  The OFW resident FOTOFUN photographer prepares guests for their Red Carpet Photo. SHARKWEEK, a member of OFW's All-Female DJ team, gets music going during Pre-Party. A member o
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Venture into the Old World

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      I finally found some time for myself during this busy year, and I was fortunate enough to get wrangled into a trip out to England and Portugal with a couple of my friends. Below are some selections from that trip. I found everything to be so exciting. London is a city that always has something to offer. It has a hurried pace that thrills the eyes and heart with movement and activity. Contrast this to Southern Portugal, where the pace of life slows to a crawl in the best way possible. Musical talents abound this region, where you'll often hear bossa nova taken from Brazil or a pianist playing a rendition of modern pop. While vastly different in pace, the lust for life seems to be just as fervent in both of these diverse regions.   
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Fun with Color

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I got myself a new light to practice more with external lighting, and instead found myself playing around with the color/mood of the shots a lot more. While keeping myself in similar poses, I wanted to see how the angles and colors of each shot let to a different feeling.  With the shots displayed, the only major changes were the lighting of each. Red clearly gives of a more dramatic, lively feel. In my eyes, I see very much a nighttime bar/music venue just with the lighting alone. The image saturated in red gives the impression to the viewer that there is a large amount of activity on the other side of the camera. When we take a look at the yellow shot, despite a similar composition a different conclusion is drawn. In my eyes the yellow shot seems to be taking place in a shopping center or a city hotel lobby late at night, and while there is still something going on behind the lens, it is not nearly as rowdy as portrayed in the red shots.
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Bright Lights in Small Cities

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       Finding inspiration in areas that aren't typically lauded by many as places for creativity has always been fun to me. People see places like London, New York, and other large cities as the sole hubs for the creation of something unique. While I can't deny the draw these historical cities have, I want to find more inspiration in locations that people don't find as massive as these supercities. Take these quick shots from Des Moines. I took these in 2018 and I have held onto them ever since because they showed me something I found exciting. In shot one, a bridge illuminates strong and red against the water and night sky surrounding it. This shot is one of my favorites because the framing can fool the viewer into believing that this bridge covers a river that lets out into the ocean, rather than into a landlocked city. In the second shot, an outdoor amphitheater focuses your attention onto the Hall of Laureates, making for a pleasant viewing experience during a late sum
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