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Music Photography

One of the aspects of photography that I enjoy is shooting bands and musicians (both live and for promos). I think that one reason I find this fun is that musicians are creative, artisitic people and have some interesting ideas on how they want to be photographed.

I guess on some level I can identiy with bands because I play guitar and had a band in college. We were really bad, but it was a ton of fun. I still play guitar and am still bad at it. 🙂

Over the past few years I’ve shot a number of bands in a bunch of interesting locations. In terms performance locations I’ve shot at the Embassy Theater, Pierres, and tons of smaller venues such as Columbia Street. The smaller venues pose some unique challenges, mostly getting decent lighting. In terms of more unusual promo shots, I’ve shot at an abandoned crack house in downtown Indianapolis for a Rap/Hip-hop band. I’ve also shot in the basement of Columbia City Haunted Jail for a metal band from Warsaw. I’ve also shot tons of sessions in my studio.

Kan-Tis  (Cancun on The Landing, Fort Wayne):

 

 

Da Syndicate (downtown Indianapolis):

 

A few of the other bands I’ve shot are Soulfyre, Jacob’s Well (now named Out From Darkness), Paradise, Key2Eden, Grave Robber, and many more bands and solo artists. Anyway shooting bands is a blast and tons of fun.