The media pit at the end of the runway in “The Tent” was easily 250 people deep and you are shooting elbow to elbow. If you are one of the lucky ones, you have someone short in front of you. Even at 6′1 I find myself standing ontop of my Pelican 1510 Case to get more height and even further back on the risers in the last row, guys are standing on their cases vertically like a row of dominoes. I’ve heard stories of a guy falling off and knocking down ten other photographers, but luckily I’ve never seen anyone start a row of tumbling. Its been close though…real close.
As for the show, I was in love. Dark tones with tons of back lighting which really made the huge waifish of hair pop out against the black. You could hear the moans from the other photographers as its difficult to shoot, but I like shooting something different. Clothes walking down a white background are easy to shoot, but its just boring. So, kudos to Diesel and to the challenge. There was also a six or seven person jazz band at the front of the runway. I’m not putting up any photos of the band, but a quick search on YouTube should point you in the right direction.
Most photographers are shooting at 1/320th with a 70-200mm, but with the longer glass of the 300mm 2.8 IS - I like to shoot at 1/500th and at iso 800. I will sacrifice a tiny bit of noise for much greater sharpness. Plus, even when blown up on a large magazine page such as V Magazine’s, you can’t tell the difference from iso 640 to iso800. . I shoot in manual mode. So, I’m adjusting in camera from f/2.8 to f/4. The turn around point is usually the brightest. So, you have to compensate quickly or you will overexpose the models face. 
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