Mara Conflict

Has it really been a week??? Geez, for those of you who are reading this blog, sorry. I have been really busy, working and shooting. The good part is, I have new stuff to post. I'll be posting older stuff as well.

My friend Ben asked me if I could come out and photograph his band so they can have some new photos for their band to put on their site and maybe an album. That band is Mara Conflict. Last Tuesday, Ben called me up and said that they were having practice and that I was more than welcome to come and hang out and maybe talk about what they were thinking about for their band photos. So I figure, why not bring my gear along and see if I can get some cool shots. This is how it turned out...

The lead singer wasn't able to make it, but they practiced anyway. Now, I used to be in a band and we practiced in an airplane hangar. These guys rents their own space in a warehouse for musicians. Its like their home away from home. I was pretty jealous. These first set of pics, I was trying out some a new look. Playing with action scripts in Photoshop. Makes things faster.

I personally like the high contrast and the vignetting going on in the photos.









For this set, I just did a standard duo tone with a warmer gray color. Just so you guys can see their faces. This is Ben.


Dylan, also a friend of mine, is the drummer.


You guys have to forgive me for forgetting these two guys' names. I'm pretty bad with names. =\
I love the way this photo turned out.




I had my three lights set up in the room, but to get a variety of shots, I went ahead and shot with a hand held light set to an optical trigger to get these shots.




One thing I love about taking photos, is sometimes you get to photograph guys like these and get treated to your own personal concert. It did however make me miss playing in a band.

More to come from these guys.

GZ