I'd probably choose #1 because I like the overall attitude, but the diverging angles of the guitar and bass make it more interesting visually. But none of the photography magazines I used to shoot for are spending a dime on photography these days which is a shame for young photogs interested in music. It's all IG these days I guess. But in reality, it would also depend on how the magazine was going to use the image and whether it'd be a single image or multiple images over multiple pages. When I did shoot for magazines, whether it was a setup situation or a live music gig, I always approached it cinematically shooting wider establishing shots, closer medium shots and tighter head shot type crops, which you see here too. Also, you'd typically have a conversation with the art director about what story the magazine was trying to tell. Sadly, I just got the final distribution from Drum! Magazine from the sale of that publication and it's just enough to buy about twenty sets of D'darrio Nickel Bronze strings. I guess those few of us who helped get that off the ground thirty years ago are lucky to get anything at all given the general state of magazines printed on paper now.
