A Band Photograph (with a dog)

dublin band portrait, this dog spent the session playing in the pools

putting his head under the water and bringing up rocks for us to play

fetch with

It's funny, but just from the thumbnail, I thought "this looks like a band photo". I like the photo, but you have to wonder if it is time for bands to be shot in some new ways!

trying to shoot bands in new ways is a massive challenge.

 

generally the band members don't like being photographed, one of them will always have a silly expression, every location has been used to death, they normally have very limited times they can be at the shoot, there are a number of people inputting their 'vision' of the band, label, management, girlfriends, fans, the band themselves, the photographer....

this is undoubtedly very good image...it covers the subject, but in original way. technically, it is great - as we use to see in your works. there is one point i didn't like. i think that the pose and the location in the frame of the right musucian isn't suitable for using of such a wide angle - so it became too distortive..esteticly..

i would like to notice a great lighting and colour composition.

first i would like to say this is a good band pic i like the treatment you have given it. as far as your answer about new ways to photograph bands goes i totally agree you can only try to come up with new ideas the rest is down to all the constraints you mentioned and a bit of luck...nice job here love the dog and the way he is looking unintrested in the band.

I agree with Mark about the distorsion. You can fix it with PTLens a free tool downloadable everywhere.

 

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