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so I've got my first payed gig shooting a band today and I'm nervous as fuck. I've been looking at band promo shoots all mornings and was wondering if any of you guys have shot a band before (promo, not live) and have any advice.

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>> Anonymous
Nice shitty kodachrome film you've got there.
>> Anonymous
dark foreground, lots of light from behind, take shots from the ground, find an abandoned barn those always work
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What kind of band is it?
Different genres of music all have their own styles of photography.

If it's rock, just look at some examples of shots of The Killers and copy them. Make sure you look at NEW photos of The Killers, though. Stuff where they have more facial hair.

Their earlier photos were closer to electro-pop imagery.
>> Anonymous
Stand alingened looking foward pupeil stright montonous expression.
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I had my first "band" shoot last week. Two rappers, or whatever. I wasn't very happy with the results, because what they wanted wasn't my normal style. They liked them though, so it was okay.

But like someone else said, look at other shots from that genre of music. I probably should've done that.

Ignore the copyright.. saved it off my myspace. It's so they can't make prints of their own. The original is on my other computer.
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>>159703
Other than the fact that the musicians look like a pair of Grade A tools, and the distracting hat or whatever in the lower left, I like this shot.

Is the white guy wearing a t-shirt with the black guy's face on it?
>> Anonymous
>>159718
Yeah, I didn't like the hat either, but I didn't even notice it until I uploaded it to my computer.

And yep, no idea who that guy on his shirt is either. In a few pics, where I cut it off at the neck, it looks like that black head on his shirt is actually a person.
>> Anonymous
>>159623
Uh, so you shot the strokes?