I spent the day shooting with the band Do it to Julia on Saturday and had a blast. They had several scenes with themes in mind and we went at it. The top one is my favorite, but the rest turned out incredible as well. Big thanks to Alex, Halli, Stephen, Ryan, and Matt (pictured above in that order). If you haven’t heard of the band you should check them out, they have a killer sound. Buy their CD. Buy their CD. Buy their CD.
MANY laughs were shared over the following
This was one of the lighting setups. SB-800 on the left and dynalite 400 on the right helped to over power the sun so I could shape the light.
Much thanks to Heather for helping me out with the light stands, Happy Birthday!
Great photos, would have been a fun shoot to be on! LOVE the lighting
thanks Troy, they’re def entertaining off stage too
Simply Stunning.
Love the concepts. The finished photos look grrreat!
HDR is so hip right now, well done man whom I have not met. Dave Morrison and Troy Tertany are my pals. Thanks for posting on the Click blog.
really? cmon. hdr is so played out
and no offense, but it looks bad, its all blotchy and weird and just sucks. im sure you are capable of much better, get off the gimmicky stuff and make a real photograph that you dont have to cover up bad image with even worse effect on. its like sprinkling m&ms over a turd and calling it a sundae
Tom,
Thanks for your comment. Just to Clarify, I’ve been making ‘real’ photographs for ten years. You can see some of them on past articles on my blog. I see HDR as a tool for making an image stand out. The images on this particular post work well even without HDR, all the necessary elements of a good photo are there. Lighting, composition, content. For the client, however, I wanted to give them an image that POPS out. The point of these photos isn’t to please photographers that have seen too much HDR, the point is to grab the attention of someone walking down the street that sees the band poster, or picks up one of their CD’s. Thanks for comparing my work to a turd, no offense intended I’m sure.
I agree with Tom, but that’s me speaking as a photographer. But when I switch hats and become an art buyer, I completely agree with you Paul. Ultimately it’s about meeting or exceeding your clients’ expectations – not the competition’s.
Anyways, I appreciate that you didn’t leave out the negative comments, but rather chose to tackled them head-on. It’s some balls you have there.
Beautiful and brilliant. I would very nearly purchase the cd just based on your images. Incredibly well done. Thanks for sharing.