While it was freshly swept, I had my reservations: there’s only so clean a club’s tile floor can be. And yet, when I asked the members of Semi Precious Weapons to lie down, they were on all fours before I could even finish the sentence.
No one blinked when I asked guitarist Stevy Pyne to ride singer Justin Tranter, either. That’s rock ‘n roll. That’s Semi Precious Weapons.
Just before they took the stage, I caught up with the glam rock heroes to do a quick ‘n dirty shoot, starting in the green room.
For a performer who can drop into the splits just as fast as he’ll wink at you, Justin held the above pose as if it were the most natural thing in the world. I’m pretty sure he could take a nap like this.
After the green room, we moved into the club itself to a section that was closed off to the public for a contrasting look.
Photographer’s Notes:
Semi Precious Weapons and I have been wanting to do a shoot since the last time they were in town, but it didn’t all come together until this session.
Everyone in the band is great, so this was a really fun and easy shoot. Justin Tranter in particular is a superlative subject for the lens – he’s a superstar on-stage, off-stage, and everywhere in between.
We did all of these shots with two to three SB-600s, with the Nikon SB-900 acting as the wireless commander on the Nikon D3. The Nikon 14-24mm and Nikon 24-70mm.
End Notes:
I can’t wait to photograph these guys again. Moreover, I’m really excited to see them achieve all the success they deserve. I have the feeling 2009 is going to be big for this band, and I wish them all the best.
This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 at 11:40 pm and is filed under Portrait Photography and tagged with CLS, cole whittle, dan crean, justin tranter, nikon, Portrait Photography, promo, semi precious weapons, spw, stevy pyne. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
Welcome to ishootshows.com, your source for music photography featuring daily concert coverage, portrait features, and photo advice from professional music photographer Todd Owyoung.
Support this site by purchasing your photo equipment through my affiliate links to B&H Photo Video or Amazon.com
Learn more about how you can support the features of ishootshows.com.
Shooting Caitlin Rose and band before the Old 97s was a fantastic warm up, and a nice way to dust of…
Here’s a little preview from a recent shoot with my friends Option Control toward the end of l…
Today Adobe has released the beta version of Lightroom4, the successor to their popular image manage…
You’ve seen it before – weird, colored blobs in your photographs radiating outward from some…
About that time when I said about the megapixel war being over with the release of the Nikon D4 and …
Hot, sticky, sweet.
Ha! SPW in a nutshell…
I’m addicted to your portrait sessions, Todd. The first and second to last are my favs. Justin is a supermodel.
And I agree, they definitely deserve all success that come their way!
Hey Tasha, thanks. I’m having a lot of fun with the recent portrait shoots and want to pursue this big time in the next year.
Justin loves the camera, that much is fact. I think it’s a mutual adoration, really.
Another great set, its always good when a band actually want to do a shoot and enjoy doing it :)
Hey Christine, thank you. These guys were into it, especially Justin, which made it all the more fun. Definitely a change from some bands who just want to look “cool.”
These are great brah. SPW, FTW.
Thanks, Chris.
Man I love them. So much talent it can’t be contained. They will definitely hit it big. Cool set, love the lens, I won’t even bother on which ones I like :P
Ha, thanks. SPW, blowing up at a rock club near you in ’09.
WIDE
Yes. Wider is better.
These are as wonderful as anything I would expect from you Todd! Now you just have to get them to post the video! Can’t wait for February 9th!
Amy
Hey Amy, thanks! Yes, video!
[...] You can see the last set of promos I shot for Semi Precious Weapons here. [...]