Preview: The New Heathers

Here’s a preview from the promo shoot I had with the New Heathers, who are on tour now in support of their new EP – The Fuel, The Fire, The Spark.

I met up with the trio and we had a blast shooting in a great location. This is from the one exterior location we used – the rest in the set are from a really nice space, so stay tuned for those images soon.

We also shot a little video throughout the shoot, so I’ll be cutting that and posting some behinds the scenes action, too.

Photographer’s Notes:

We used all CLS for this shoot – all wireless flash. In this shot, there are four Nikon Speedlights at work – one SB-600 in an EZYbox softbox boomed over the group, one SB-600 into an umbrella for fill camera right, and two SB-600s as rimlights.

As always, working with Nikon’s speedlights was a breeze and they worked flawlessly. While we had some Alien Bees monoblocks on hand, the quick setup and portability of the speedlights was hard to beat.

About the author: Todd Owyoung is an internationally published music photographer specializing in concert photography and band portraits. He also grills a mean steak.

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This entry was posted on Sunday, October 25th, 2009 at 8:00 pm and is filed under Portrait Photography and tagged with band portraits, band promos, CLS, ludo, music photographer, Portrait Photography, promo, the new heathers. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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9 Responses to “Preview: The New Heathers”

1. Alex Brown says:

   July 20, 2009 at 4:56 am

   thats awesome.
   cant wait for the lion suit!

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   • Todd says:

     July 20, 2009 at 7:20 am

     Thanks, Alex. Lion suit is coming up.

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2. Kevin deLeon says:

   July 20, 2009 at 8:20 am

   Great shots as usual Todd. Lighting is superb in this shot, and it just goes to show you don’t have to spend a fortune to get quality results. Sky in the background shot in time, or added later (if you don’t mind me asking)?

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   • Todd says:

     July 20, 2009 at 9:07 am

     Hey Kevin,

     Thanks very much. As I mentioned, we had several Alien Bees units on hand, but the speedlights won out. It would have been a different story if it had been very bright daylight, I’m sure, but for the interior shots, the Nikon flashes were awesome.

     The light modifiers we used were umbrellas and a small EZYbox Softbox. Other than that, the flashes were shot bare.

     The sky was shot at the same time, this is from one RAW file.

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3. Todd Owyoung says:

   October 25, 2009 at 8:10 pm

   A preview of promos I shot for @TheNewHeathers, @strobist style: http://bit.ly/3ceBww

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4. Todd Owyoung says:

   October 26, 2009 at 3:10 am

   A preview of promos I shot for @TheNewHeathers, @strobist style: http://bit.ly/3ceBww

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5. gaisler says:

   October 27, 2009 at 12:59 pm

   EXCELLENT SHOOT TODD!!!!
   as usual :)

   can you bring us the light scheme in a graphic way?

   regards

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   • Todd says:

     October 27, 2009 at 1:52 pm

     Thanks – I’ll see what I can do about lighting diagrams. Right now, before I start creating the library for the diagrams, I think that a site redesign is my priority. Thanks for the comment.

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6. gaisler says:

   October 28, 2009 at 6:25 am

   thanks a lot Todd!

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