The Red Shoe thing started back in the mid 2000's as a direct rip off of Garrison Keillor's famous Red Adidas's that he wears during his Prairie Home Companion Shows. I started wearing red Van's to my photo-shoots casually and soon they became a common conversation piece. I knew that it was a 'thing' when i covered a concert at the Virginia Beach Amphitheater and one of the security officers joked that my photos wouldn't turn out because I wasn't wearing my red shoes. That was possibly the last time I didn't wear them.
So, the hashtag has permeated through my family and from left to right is me (#redshoephotographer), my daughter Courtney (#theotherredshorphotographer), daughter Jessica (#thenonredshoephotographerthatonlytakesselfies - her own tag!), 'daughter through friendship' Kylie (#theadoptedredshoephotographer) and my beautiful wife Dana (#redshoephotographerwife). Van's folk... I expect a sponsorship! =o)
