Cool band photos

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My band needs to update our band photos, possibly this upcoming weekend. We are looking for some cool new ideas. These would be used for booking packages, press releases, etc., but we will still go with the DIY approach.

So, anybody care to share their favorite band photo? Maybe a background you really like, or a particular composition, or lighting effect that worked well. Just for ideas, and because it would be fun to see.

I'd attach a photo if I knew how, but I don't so here's a link to the one we want to replace. I'm not sure it quite says the right thing about our band.

http://www.geocities.com/orangerobot/OR5_cropped-smaller.JPG

Anyway, let's see em!
 
here we are before our bass player
 

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yep thats me on the right



lol if you look closely im holding the remote that i used to take the picture with. in my left hand
 
You might try moving away from the straight band photo. I know it's pretty standard for press kits, but it's also a little boring. With photoshop and other commonly available digital tools, you can put your band in just about any context or background you like. Here's a couple bits of insanity that were sitting on my desktop.
 

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Cool. I like the one with the blue shades. Yeah, the "straight band photo" doesn't work for us or our music. The one I linked to was just a quicky trip into the woods just to have something.

We always sorta liked this one - but only 2 of the 3 of us are still in the band (the pic is several years old), and now we are a 4-piece. Fancy schmancy double exposure. I think you could see our faces better in the print compared to this fuzzyish jpeg.
http://www.geocities.com/orangerobot/bandtiles.html

Anyone else?
 
dwillis45 said:
You might try moving away from the straight band photo. I know it's pretty standard for press kits, but it's also a little boring. With photoshop and other commonly available digital tools, you can put your band in just about any context or background you like. Here's a couple bits of insanity that were sitting on my desktop.
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The TVs are awesome! Great idea.
 
Here's the one I like best from a recent shoot.

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My band (composed of me and one other guy) recently shot some band pictures for the inside part of our album cover. We took them with a polaroid (on purpose... i have a really nice SLR but i have a polaroid fetish).
I dont have them scanned to computer yet so i cant show them, but one is me and my friend sitting on two large rocks cross legged on the side of the highway. In the picture we are both wearing wolf masks.
In the other picture we are walking in a downtown area wearing outfits made completely out of cardboard boxes.
they turned out really cool.
 
Kasey said:
My band (composed of me and one other guy) recently shot some band pictures for the inside part of our album cover. We took them with a polaroid (on purpose... i have a really nice SLR but i have a polaroid fetish).
I dont have them scanned to computer yet so i cant show them, but one is me and my friend sitting on two large rocks cross legged on the side of the highway. In the picture we are both wearing wolf masks.
In the other picture we are walking in a downtown area wearing outfits made completely out of cardboard boxes.
they turned out really cool.
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Dude, get these scanned - I've got to see them!

Thanks for the posts so far guys.
 
I think it's an idea to try to stay away from the typical moody young men on a building site all looking in diferent directions type shots.

It's important to use pics on a site that will sell the band, that doesn't necessarily mean you have to include the drummer or bass player or whatever on every shot if the main focus and draw is the lead singer, for example. The criteria should be 'how cool is the picture' and 'does it sell the band', not 'well we have to use this one because it's the only pic where Joey doesn't have his eyes shut and tongue out' !

Getting to use a photo package is essential, like someone else suggested. By learning the techniques such as being able to crop a picture to cut out something which otherwise spoils it (like Joey with his eyes shut), or to tint the photo to give it more colour/contrast/etc. And to reduce the file size of the pic for website use. You can also 'feather' the edge of a photo so it blends into the background of the webpage rather than having a harsh edge, that can be useful too.

It's amazing how many unpromising photos can be made to look good by use of editing software.

A tip for live photos is to tell the photographer NOT to use flash. it kills the atmosphere. They should use the existing stage lights. Sure, you get some more blurred pics, but these too can be useful and give a feel of actions, rather than a static posed shot.

I'm no expert, just a few ideas.
 
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