Band Shots/Strobist C &C

melekalikimaka · 06-08-2009 2:35pm #1

did a wee shoot with my friends band.

Teferi · 06-08-2009 2:38pm

Ah, I'm good friends with the guy on the right in the first shot. Was a little confused there for a moment.

I really like the first shot.

smelltheglove · 06-08-2009 2:38pm

I love the second one, as a notmal picture I would crop out some of the bottom although this would work great as a poster or flyer for the band.

melekalikimaka · 06-08-2009 2:40pm

smelltheglove wrote: »

I love the second one, as a notmal picture I would crop out some of the bottom although this would work great as a poster or flyer for the band.

yeah was playing around with few ideas with them

smelltheglove · 06-08-2009 3:17pm

Yeah I like the third one, thats great.

If they were to use it for a poster I reckon a large grey box at the botton where they can write all the details would do cool, unless they are going to be posh and print as needed and then it could be printed rather than written.

SaturnV · 06-08-2009 3:40pm

I really like the second one; with the three together, I can see how that works to give something to work with for a flyer or whatever.

I love the first one too; the low level lighting is very effective. The only thing I would say is that the shadows are a bit too harsh is places, and the shadow in the background doesn't really add to the image. In an ideal world, a second, much weaker light source at a higher angle to fill in and soften some of the shadows might take care of this (or even one behind the guys, or both). On the other hand, if you over did it you would kill the drama of the lighting that you have used. It would be tricky to get it exactly right. Ugh, artificial lighting is hard!

melekalikimaka · 06-08-2009 5:06pm

mrmac · 06-08-2009 5:18pm

^^^ I would put a bit of FTO gel across your flash, to take away the corpse look!
Even 1/4 FTO would help.

melekalikimaka · 06-08-2009 5:23pm

mrmac wrote: »

^^^ I would put a bit of FTO gel across your flash, to take away the corpse look!
Even 1/4 FTO would help.

they were exposed grans, i added that after, give it a cyanotype look

mrmac · 06-08-2009 5:27pm

I don't see it. Looks washed out, and lifeless, on my screen. I'll have another look when I get to my own screen.

MagicMarker · 06-08-2009 5:29pm

Sorry, they don't do anything for me, the lighting is what let's them down. But also in the 2nd shot you're just too far away, my attention is drawn to the harsh shadows rather than the person, who I can barely see anyway:D

Dragan · 06-08-2009 6:07pm

They look a little lost in the first one...there is no real context. What are the other guys looking at? Also, the lines in the wood above are kind of pissing me off for some reason, couldn't say why other than it looks a bit messy?

Second is a great image, but once again....the guy is a little lost in it.

I'd maybe change the first image in the sequence in the 3rd shot you posted. Also, and this is me being really pendantic, but if the guy in the 3rd standing further from the wall that the others? The wall seem a bit blurrier or something and the sequence kind of suffers?

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