Comments on: Do it to Julia – Band Shots

By: Saundra

Saundra — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:40:59 +0000

Beautiful and brilliant. I would very nearly purchase the cd just based on your images. Incredibly well done. Thanks for sharing.

By: JamesT

JamesT — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 03:43:08 +0000

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.

By: paul

paul — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:55:30 +0000

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.

By: tom poon

tom poon — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:34:55 +0000

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

By: tom poon

tom poon — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:32:53 +0000

really? cmon. hdr is so played out

By: Jeremiah Klein

Jeremiah Klein — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:51:33 +0000

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.

By: Lisa Bettany

Lisa Bettany — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:31:33 +0000

Love the concepts. The finished photos look grrreat!

By: Miguelito Morrisones

Miguelito Morrisones — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:01:10 +0000

Simply Stunning.

By: paul

paul — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:03:29 +0000

thanks Troy, they’re def entertaining off stage too

By: Troy

Troy — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:45:43 +0000

Great photos, would have been a fun shoot to be on! LOVE the lighting