"The Photographers"

It was a thrilling night to photograph the Junk 2 Funk Recycled Fashion Show Contest at The Crystal Ballroom in Portland! The house was packed! Myself, Jos Smith (The Photographers), Darcie Radke (Truth in Light Photography, and Aisha Harley (Aisha Harley Photography) teamed up to capture multiple fashion shots of this fantastic show.  It takes a serious team to capture this type of event! The lighting is very challenging.  Models move fast.  People pressing all around you. Each of us carried multiple cameras and lenses.  Darcie shot from the balcony for an amazing set of long shots. Aisha strategized front stage left capturing creative low angles while Jos ran back and forth front stage right shooting tight and wide angles from the VIP section.  Enjoy the following slide show, it was a labor of love.  A love for sustainability and funky fashion!

Junk 2 Funk! Supporting sustainability! Trashion Edutainment for the Masses! Junk to Funk Recycled Fashion Show Contest is an annual production in Portland, Oregon aimed to educate it's audiences about waste reduction, recycling issues and to inspire creative re-use. We do this in a most unique way: through showcasing wearable art and couture fashion created out of "trash"."

The crowd went wild last Saturday, November 14th at the Crystal Ballroom when models dressed in funky recycled fashion outfits strolled down the runway.  JUNK TO FUNK RECYCLED FASHION SHOW CONTEST featuring amazing works of wearable art and couture fashion created out of trash! The night was hosted by Mayor Sam Adams and the Mercury's Marjorie Skinner performance by Junquestra with a stage full of junk instruments! At Crystal Ballroom this Saturday, November 14, don't miss walking the Green Carpet to the Junk To Funk Fashion Show Contest. Mayor Sam Adams and Portland Mercury's Managing Editor, Marjorie Skinner, will host the evening's big event as designers show their magnificent recycled creations and compete in front of a panel of esteemed judges. There will be plenty of fun for ALL AGES with music, DIY trash accessories tables and designers selling their jewelry and other recycled accessories. Help restore our earth by creatively transforming our engagement with stuff.

Created and produced by Elysium Events in collaboration with Scrap.  Sponsored by Tricor, 94/7 FM Alternative Portland, Wilamette Week, Sustainable Today, ComeToLifeArts, In|Ur, Hollywood Lighting, Green Posting - Portland Area's Green Leaning Community, City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability and Yelp - real people and real reviews.