...and if not, at least you clicked - band shots don't always get a lot of attention, and as someone who's shot 2-3 weddings every weekend almost straight, this was a welcome change.
First set are more professional in tone and execution for the drummer, specifically - he hired me for self-promotion/press/sponsor shots, ranging from a more professional approach to an edgier series later on in the set, with varied w/bs and colour cast variations. The additional band shots were with our extra time. The first 8 or so were shot in .jpg by mistake, the rest RAW, 1DsMkII, a bunch of various lights and modifiers, including the new gigantic PCB Parabolic (silveRr). Enjoy (or not!).
maybe not the coolest shots I've seen, but certainly the coolest drum kit I've seen in years.
Nice shots, a few (with lots of kit visible) are too busy with too many intersecting bright lines from reflections. But all are well lit and capture the intensity of the man and his kit.
Jeremy, nicely done. That kit reminds me of Neil Perts from Rush.
I hate the first eight were jpgs. Number two is my favorite, love how the kit just surronds him and everything
draws you to the center. Number three would have been a killer Zildjian ad if the shirt was flat across and there
was a touch more light hitting the cymbals behind him so the name showed better.
llenoir wrote:
Jeremy, nicely done. That kit reminds me of Neil Perts from Rush.
I hate the first eight were jpgs. Number two is my favorite, love how the kit just surronds him and everything
draws you to the center. Number three would have been a killer Zildjian ad if the shirt was flat across and there
was a touch more light hitting the cymbals behind him so the name showed better.
Lance
good call on the cymbals, will give it a shot in post - their are some less wrinkled shoirt shots I can clone over in post
Drumset reminded me of when Jerry Lewis battled Buddy Rich. Jerry had a similar drum set x2 and Buddy showed up with his usual minimalist set. Guess who sounded better? (Found the YouTube link: )
Every drummer would jizz in their pants for that shot.
I once shot a drummer who had an orange perspex kit- i put the flash in his bass drum and he loved it. Sorry for the trumpet blowing.
Also, on the band shot you have, i dont think the short guy should be in the middle. He's getting big shadows on one side of his face due to him being surrounded by bigger fellas. Still looks cool though, if a little basic.
The others delivered, just with broken shutters.