My brother is a fashion photographer based in New York City.  He has an impressive portfolio from working on shoots for big magazines like Vogue, Vanity Fair, and even the swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated.  Casey gets to go to some exotic locales to photograph famous fashion models.  He’s been to Rio, Thailand, Hawaii, Bermuda, and most recently, he was hired to travel to Fiji!   

Casey says the big magazines like to have glamorous locales as the background for their fashion features. Obviously a Fiji resort would be the perfect place to shoot the latest bathing suits and beachwear.  I asked Casey if the models were really as fit as they look in his photos.  He winked and said the setting was perfect, but every model can use some editing and airbrushing now and then, and even told me who and where!!!!  We had a laugh over that.

He also said people think modelling and fashion photography are really glamorous, but some of his experiences in either really hot, frigid , or windy weather, mosquitoes, and long hours are anything but heavenly .  Casey works very hard and he really does earn his fee.  I know the competition is fierce, so he has to keep up.

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