Amongst the high profile attendees were Vivica A. Fox (loved her in Kill Bill, and her performance in Booty Call was totally underrated) who is super duper tall, and Harper Hill from CSI: New York, whom I observed to be very good at small talk (which takes mad skills). There were a few other big names there, but I don't feel like name-dropping so you can check them out at www.weenonline.org
It was my first time witnessing and shooting on the red carpet, and luckily enough the magazine I was representing doesn't use a lot of these images so I spent just enough time to look and learn. It gets crowded quickly and you've got to be either tall or pushy to make it into the front. Props to those photogs who shoot a lot of red carpet events.
I did meet a few photographers which was great because I'm all about community building. One was a photog who was the first female photographer to shoot for Capitol Records and DeathRow Records (no mean feat), and a couple of guys who made career switches into photography. Super inspirational.
Here are a couple of outtakes:
