Oresteia
These images are of a great band from Hythe called Oresteia that I shot a few weeks ago.
This was the second attempt at the shot as on the first time round I had managed to leave my expensive flash triggers at the bottom of a set of stairs after shooting some skate photos in the morning. Luckily they were still there after 10 hours on their own and we rescheduled!
What I really like about these images are the fact they are are really different from what I normally shoot. To me they seem a lot more ‘mature’ and so suited the band really well. That is something I think is really important in photographing a band, actually listening to the band and shooting in accordance to that.
The chair idea actually came from the band, which I always love because it’s great when a band has ideas for the shoot instead of me telling them what to do all the time, it makes it feel like everyone is getting what they want out of the work. Anyway the reference for these images were bands like Flaming Lips, Talking Heads and the Pixies. All their images have this kind of weird, quirky feel to them without being what I call “Wacky”! Wacky is a scary term in the world of photography that should be avoided at all costs unless you know exactly what you’re doing!
These images were taken with my usually set up of my Metz and Vivitar flashes, but the main difference I think with this shoot was that it was one of the hot muggy days, at the end of the Volcanic Ashes first reign of terror. Obviously the sun is near setting, giving it that low, golden effect, but the air was really hazy and it appears to have softened the light. It all made for this really nice hazy pallet of colours in the image that we were all really happy with.
Sunset is really good for getting those golden lines around the edges of people.
Check out the band here:
