Before their show at the Firebird, I caught up with L.A.-based Everest, who gracefully endured rampant humidity for a portrait shoot. Having toured with the likes of Neil Young, My Morning Jacket, and Wilco, I was looking forward to meeting up with the guys and shooting with an approach that would compliment the band’s Americana-infused rock.
Everest’s video for “Let Go”:
Photographer’s Notes:
We took a short walk from the venue to a side street for the photoshoot, using a quick lighting set up of your favorite DIY beauty dish as a key light with ambient doing the rest. In this shot, the flash lighting effect is very subtle, with the beauty dish positioned high camera right to provide just a bit more snap and contrast to the band than would have been possible with just ambient light.
I shot this portrait with the Nikon 85mm f/1.4, and the lens did a beautiful job with the rendering of light from the Nikon SB-900 that was shot through the beauty dish. Rather than use Nikon CLS to trigger the speedlight or radio triggers, I used a Nikon SC-28 sync cord to trigger the flash.
Photo Gear Used:
End Notes:
Big thanks to all the guys in Everest and to Juliana for setting this up. If you’re in NYC, Everest were just tapped to open for My Morning Jacket’s five-day run at Terminal 5, so you can catch them there.
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I thought I saw you at the show! It was so damn crowded. Great shots as always, Todd.
Will you be at The Devil Wears Prada @ Pops this Thursday?
Matt
Hey Matt,
Thanks for the comment. Unfortunately, I wasn’t at/shooting the show – just these portraits – so it must have been someone else. I will be at TDWP tomorrow and, cross your fingers, shooting a portrait with the band before their set. I take it you’ll be there, too?
Yes! Im stoked. The picture you shot of my friend and I at the last prada/killswitch show is proudly gracing my fb profile in preparation for yet another killer prada show.
Good luck and thanks for the reply.
Matt
Going from Minus the Bear and Everest to The Devil Wears Prada. I like that.
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Awesome portrait Todd, love the fact that despite using flash, the lighting is really natural, but as you said, just that wee bit more punch.
very nice.
Hey Danny! Thanks very much, nice to hear from you here. Due to the band’s sound, I thought I’d go for a soft touch! Glad you think it worked. Cheers.
Hey Todd,
I have a question. How do you shoot bands? I mean I managed to shoot 3 shows so far (and hopefully more to come as I am just beginning to shoot live shows).
Anyway, my photopass gave me access to shoot from photo pit, but when I tried to get backstage to photograph/speak to bands I was stopped by security. Do you need to arrange whole thing with bands before actual show in advance or simply some events are more photographers friendly than others?
Kamil
Amazing what you can do with the Chinatown Special ;)
Hey Jamie, thanks very much. Been really liking the Chinatown Special for harder music acts, but even for more laid back sounds like Everest, it can work well!
Todd,
Do members of the band ever get upset when they’re out of focus like some of the shots above. I love them but I can see where the dude in the back might be a little upset.
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Fantastic portraits! Lovin’ your work with that beauty dish!
Hey groovehouse, thanks for the comment, as always. This reminds me, I need to do a retrospective/update on using the beauty dish over the last year.