Video and Stills ~ A Picture Portal by Zoe Milho: 2010

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Street Photography / Reportage

Factors to consider when photographing music groups for Promo / Publicity

1. Meet the band and get a feeling for their music.

2. Location casting with a personal connotation that speaks volume about the band, has meaning to the audience - socially, culturally and lyrically to illustrate a running theme of the musical genre and style (in this case Drone, Grunge and Noise)

" Drone music is a minimalist musical style^[2] that emphasizes the use of sustainedor repeated sounds, notes, or tone-clusters – called drones. It is typically characterized by lengthy audio programs with relatively slight harmonic variations throughout each piece compared to other musics. La Monte Young, one of its 1960s originators, defined it in 2000 as "the sustained tone branch of minimalism".
Source -Wikipedia

3. B Roll and look out for in-between candid moments between running through your shot list.

Shooting Digitally means you can take lots of photos, so go nuts.

Studio Photography with large light diffuser, Reflectors, Self Portrait.

Achieved with a tripod, timer and plenty of time. I varied lighting to my sitting positions.
2 upright stands with Umbrellas, 1 as Key 5 ft away and 1 as a Fill, set close to Lens axis to mimic natural shadows and be a flat frontal light.
2 shoot through Umbrellas as they give you a good mix between softness, efficiency and control.
by placing them really close to my face (in standard Fill positioning), this allowed for a soft-but-controlled light that works great for headshots.
1 backlight to diffuse background shadows