Screen Actors Guild Awards
Michael Buckner is a fashion and celebrity photographer who travels around the world taking pictures on the red carpet. He gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the hottest entertainment industry events.
Major award shows are madness. Each photographer knows the pressure that the photo agencies put on him. We are stacked five rows deep while the clown from TV Guide is calling us paparrazzi in his stand-up routine. We see the celebrities arriving, knowing they're going to bottleneck at the end of the video queue.
Time to take a deep breath...
The afternoon started calmly, with nominee Taraji B. Henson in glacial white Herve Leroux. She was the first to arrive and the brightest to shine.
But then insanity comes rushing onto the red carpet like a stampede.
It all happens so quickly. Kate Winslet poses in her cobalt blue Narciso Rodriguez, Anne Hathaway in white, Eva Longoria in peach Jenny Packham, Amy Adams in Giambattista Valli, Emily Blunt in Pamella Roland, Penelope Cruz in Azzedine Alaia and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie (in Max Azaria).
As the red carpet closed, I had a second to look back on what I shot to notice one major trend. Red gowns played a leading role at the SAGs this year. From Claire Danes, Diane Lane and Jane Krakowski to Mad Men's Christina Hendricks, the glamour of the red carpet came alive in scarlet gowns.
Major award shows are madness. Each photographer knows the pressure that the photo agencies put on him. We are stacked five rows deep while the clown from TV Guide is calling us paparrazzi in his stand-up routine. We see the celebrities arriving, knowing they're going to bottleneck at the end of the video queue.
Time to take a deep breath...
The afternoon started calmly, with nominee Taraji B. Henson in glacial white Herve Leroux. She was the first to arrive and the brightest to shine.
But then insanity comes rushing onto the red carpet like a stampede.
It all happens so quickly. Kate Winslet poses in her cobalt blue Narciso Rodriguez, Anne Hathaway in white, Eva Longoria in peach Jenny Packham, Amy Adams in Giambattista Valli, Emily Blunt in Pamella Roland, Penelope Cruz in Azzedine Alaia and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie (in Max Azaria).
As the red carpet closed, I had a second to look back on what I shot to notice one major trend. Red gowns played a leading role at the SAGs this year. From Claire Danes, Diane Lane and Jane Krakowski to Mad Men's Christina Hendricks, the glamour of the red carpet came alive in scarlet gowns.
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