I caught up with indie/pop rockers The Academy Is… on their headlining tour with We The Kings and Hey Monday for a quick portrait session before their show.
Here are a few of the shots from the shoot:
In addition to the full band shots, we also did some very quick individual portraits. Here’s one of The Butcher that I liked:
Photographer’s Notes:
Time was tight and the sun was setting, but the guys were great in making this happen before their meet and greet. Nothing crazy, just a three-light set up and the evening sky.
You can actually see a bit of the progression of the daylight, even though this shoot was only about 15-25 minutes. By the end of the individual portraits, which we did last, I had the shutter speed dialed way down just to get some of the scene’s ambient light into the exposure.
For these, the Nikon D3 and 24-70mm f/2.8 did the trick.
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I just saw the last one on TAI’s MySpace, that’s such a TAI thing to do haha. I really like the third one, interesting how MGC and Sisky were not looking at the camera and the other three have different gaze. Beautiful.
Hey Jessie! Thanks for the comment.
Yeah, the last shot with Sisky’s floating head was one of the later shots after the band was pretty loosened up! Last time I looked that shot had something like 700 comments on the band’s Myspace…
Thanks for the feedback!
Great job with the lighting. This band really has it goin on when it comes to portraits.. just seem really lively.
I like 2, 3, and 4, but of course I like the wide angle the best, I imagine..
Yeah, lighting is great! I have one question, where do you find places for portrait sessions with bands?
Thanks.
Hey Chris, thanks for the feedback! William Beckett has all of his looks down, but all of the guys were great. Very nice to work with.
Hey Tracy, thanks! I’m really critical of my lighting, but glad to hear it works for you.
The situation dictated the location of the portraits, as we shot these just outside the venue, where the band was headlining. This made the scenes fairly limited, since the locations are all limited to two or three spots on one side of the venue, but I thought this one would be appropriate for the band.
Perfect time of the day to shoot! Not sure these beat the bus shot (I’m quite partial to that one), but still great! And floating head, ftw, for sure.
Hey Tasha! The timing of the start of the shoot actually worked out pretty well, I think. Just enough light in the sky to be interesting (and to see what we were doing!).
The floating head always wins.
These are really fun. This band always seems to be one of the best when it comes to photo shoots like these. They don’t just phone it in. Well, except Carden. Maybe he’s just bad at it. I don’t know. Regardless, nice job.
Hey Chris, thanks for the comment. At the very least, William Beckett definitely has his poses down, but all the guys were great during this shoot. I think Carden is just the strong silent type.
Chris tucker you’re so ridiculous. I like Carden’s face in the last shot… It makes me laugh. These are wonderful.
Hey Molly, thanks for the comment.
Great photos!
I really like these pictures. I thought you did them in a nice studio or something, but looking at them again, I realized that these were actually taken outside. Amazing. I can’t find the rest of the close ups though.
Hey Alex,
Thanks for the kind words. Nope, no studio here, these were just shot outside of the venue.
Which close ups are you looking for?