I shot this backstage with my little Canon G9 during the Milan Mens Fashion Week (Milan Moda Uomo) in January.

I’ve put together a self-published collection of some favorite images from my first 4 years of fashion photography. Unsigned copies are $60, and signed copies are $80.

Here are shots from two tests I did for the Beatrice agency in Milan last month.

Anita Hodosi

Tamara Edwards

My feelings tend to imprint directly onto images. If I feel apathetic or tired, I get these:

If I feel frustrated I get this:

When I feel like being a technical photographer I get this:

When I click with the model and feel inspired by the styling I get these:

My mood and outlook directly affects what I am capturing.

I have been working on modaCYCLE projects so much lately, I have neglected this blog.

Here are some articles I’ve written for modaCYCLE Journal:

• Ports 1961
• 7 for All Mankind
• Fratelli Rossetti
• Caroline Hedaya

Trade Show Reports:

• Fashion Coterie
• The Train and Platform 2

I have notes for several more which I have yet to compile into articles, including a big NY Bridal Market article.

… and these are some model tests:

Darya for Supreme

America’s Next Top Model Cycle 9 winner Salisha for Elite

Decoration is a craft. Art is an anti-science. The pinnacle height of achievement in a craft is the perfect modification of a material into a vision. The pinnacle height of achievement in an art is the perfect modification of a vision into a metaphor. Some things can be both. Art cannot exist without craft. Craft cannot exist without art. Yet there is a vast difference from the goals of artists and craftspeople. Craft has a finite goal, the production of something tangible. Art has an infinite goal, the induction of something intangible. Craft relaxes. Art excites.

I have been working as a fashion photographer for several years, and I have amassed a small but vital collection of images. I would like to make a book displaying a selection of these images. Each contribution of $60 toward this effort will entitle the contributor to receive one signed copy of the finished book.

- Ched

contribute here: fundable.com

I haven’t wanted to post much about the new radio show I’m producing, but I wanted to give an update of some sort here. I can’t say where the show will be aired yet, or who the first few guests will be, because we’re still working out syndication and some other things, but hopefully I can post that information soon. I’m almost afraid to jinx it, things seem to be going so well on this project. Cross your fingers!

The show is going to be called Light and Gravity. It is about photography and cinematography, but more generally about images and applied creativity. The “light” part of the title is pretty obviously relevant for photo and cinema, light is how you record images. The word “gravity” refers not to the Newtonian force, but to the importance of images as communication. We will be talking a lot about artist intent, editorial images, and viewer perception. In other words, it will be some pretty deep stuff.

Sandy Ramirez is going to co-host with me, and has been a big help in working to line up master photographers to interview. Currently looking for a cinematographer to join the on-air team.

The first few episodes should be done and ready for air in late February.

For each weekly one hour show we will have a main guest to interview live on the air, along with discussion of news from the photography, film, and creative arts worlds, and usually a pre-recorded feature or two. I’m up in the air about doing call-ins. We may take questions live from the forum on modelmayhem.com.