Vintage Military Fashion

The Legacy Flight Museum in Rexburg, Idaho is awesome they allowed about 20 photographers to come in and take pictures of models wearing authentic clothing from the 1940s. Besides being able to get models in authentic military fashion we were able to pose our models on and around the planes and vehicles they had at the museum. This vintage military fashion shoot was a unique type of photography because a lot of the pictures can tell a story just by the clothing.

I used portion of a war poster to add to this picture below. It shows that even though the men were gone there were women back home waiting for them and working while they were gone. In order to get the lighting and shadows in most of these pictures I used a light orb or speed light. When using a speed light I had to make sure to keep my shutter speed at 1/200.

Vintage military fashion is really fun to shoot. The clothing and accessories really added a unique touch to all the pictures. Women’s fashion in the 40s was all about elegance. You wanted to look like a lady, they were dresses, gloves, and pearls.

Knowing how to shoot fashion is very beneficial because clothing stories and companies need to display their product in a way that people will want to buy it. Even though this was a fashion shoot from the 40s it still has taught me a lot about looking for accessories and styles to specifically shoot.

Check out Tyler Shearer photography for more great fashion and accessory shots.