I was faced with my band, once again, wanting a new promotional shoot, since our lineup had changed slightly… But, unlike last time, they seemed to want something a little different, with a “classy” feel. To quote them exactly, they didn’t want “just some band shot in an alley”, so I had to do a little planning.
After a few days, I starting thinking… How awesome would it be to have a shoot, with our band, in the back of a limo? The look I wanted was this: Our band, after …

It’s finally here… My shoot with Mother’s Anthem!

Well, part one at least… hehe, we had such a blast shooting these! Here’s the story behind the set (story style, of course… what else is there?):

It was a warm day… A day, unlike many others, for Matthew and Daniel had quite the task set before them: building that of a set. They looked deep into the woods, through many paths, and with their four hands, found the darkest of the fallen branches, and brought them back to the opening of the forest. With their new found discovery, they attempted, many times, to fill Daniel’s car and trunk with these branches, and then, after roughly an hour, drove, illegal style (check the following pictures to see the 2 foot long branch sticking out of the window), all the way downtown, to their humble studio…

We had a great time shooting these! I’ve been doing mostly paid work lately (which you will most definitely not ever hear me even begin to complain about… hehe), and wanted a little break… I’ve had this idea for quite a while (taking a family portrait of my brother and I in this style), and finally…

I forgot, after checking my Flickr stream, that I hadn’t yet uploaded any more shots from my shoot with Stephen from a few months back, so I figured hey, why not throw a few more online? And, while I’m at it, why not practice my amazing book narrative styled blog writing, for no apparent reason?
The setup to that day, narrative style…
It was rainy, and quite dreary; for it was the day before “the Chase” shoot. We hadn’t yet known how it was to get trespassing charges, for we were…

Are you all jealous of my amazing new “custom” lightbox? It’s made out of the highest quality cardboard shipping box ever. In all seriousness, check out Strobist for more info on making a light box for next to nothing!
I love these two lenses, very, very much… They cover everything from wide angle to semi-telephoto, and macro work, and are definitely quite versatile! I shot my last wedding using primarily these two lenses, and they were definitely quite the performers! Instead of …