Photoshoot: Melissa Etheridge

Your favorite music photographer siblings had a great shoot with rock icon Melissa Etheridge as she celebrated the release of her tenth studio album, Fearless Love. Chris] and I did some stealthy backstage reportage of Melissa’s radio interview followed by a quick portrait shoot and coverage of an intimate performance for a lucky group of die-hard fans.

During the roughly 10 minutes allotted for portraits, we put together two simple on-location lighting setups consisting of the best DIY beauty dish design around and the Profoto Acute Ring flash.

This was a gig filled with highlights including Melissa’s 14 minute rendition of Like The Way I do (part 1 and part 2) and an absolutely incredible cover of Loraine Ellison’s Stay With Me.

More photos after the jump!

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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Craig Ferguson (@cfimages) says:

June 14, 2010 at 9:11 am

Another great set. I didn’t know she was still recording – I have her first couple of albums somewhere from my high school days but haven’t heard any of the others. Nice work.

Todd says:

June 14, 2010 at 9:12 am

Hey Craig, thanks! I have to say, Melissa is still rocking. Tremendous energy in her set, and the intimate crowd of fans loved every second of it. She only played five songs, but it was still a 45 minute set or so.

Lorraine says:

June 14, 2010 at 10:56 am

Why only 10 minutes?

Todd says:

June 14, 2010 at 11:10 am

Hey Lorraine,

10 minutes was all that allotted for the portrait shoot. With celebrity and band shoots like this, 5-10 minutes is often all a music photographer gets!

In total, we were probably shooting for less than 5 minutes with the portraits.

- Lorraine says:
  
  June 14, 2010 at 11:37 am
  
  Wow. No pressure or anything! Yeesh! Nice job on all the shots. Love how bright everything is. Especially love the closeup of her rocking out!