Todays Shoot - Adam D / All That Remains studio report day 4

Today I was doing another studio report day for my good friends in All That Remains, but was also doing an endorsement photo for the mighty Adam D of Killswitch Engage (who is currently recording the new and VERY KILLER - ATR record)

When I got to the studio Phil was out getting lunch, so I started off with a quick photo sesh with Adam for Takamine

I wanted to do something different with an acoustic guitar - it was a gloomy dark day - so I figured doing a very metal looking dismal image with an acoustic would make the warm tones pop a whole bunch and look very cool

I shot these with the mark 2 1ds 24-70 lens at F20 at a 160th - iso400. - I used to umbrellas almost split but pointed in a bit to make the lighting a bit flatter but to also blend the area a bit more and really get the lighting on the guitar perfect.

see two images below






































After that we went inside and I did some candids of him playing/hanging out with the guitar - this time natural light - again - its DARK in there so i shot at iso1600 f2.8 at a 30th and got some shots with a solid selective focus on the headstock - a couple unedited images below







































I haven't really been posting all the studio days on here - because - its alot of the same shot differently - so with that - for todays shoot im only going to post a couple shots real quick

I shot these with the 40D - using the 24-70 2.8 - at 2.8 at iso1600 (its super dark in there) - and at a 20th - 30th (skkeeetttchhhh).

Its so dark in that room that when phil was looking at his phone for a sec, the light on his phone was WAY brighter then the lighting in that room.

unedited photos below

Todays Shoot - Sadie (NSFW)

First off - did everyone see THIS?! - http://twitpic.com/1mpzop - thats right! REVOLVER MAGAZINE! has a small piece on my corpse paint project! - SHITS HUUUUGE!- way bigger then i had ever imagined.

anyhoo...

Neither of us could remember how we met - mayhem, twitter, who knows?! - anyway..

Sadie RULES! - Shes way into horror and being nerdy - my twin! haha.

2 things about this shoot - 1. all images are unedited 2. I will absolutely be working with this model again in the immediate future

I was SHOT from a very very very long day, and she had a shoot earlier in the day in NYC, so we were both kind of worn down.. So rather then doing an all out-full long shoot - we decided to do some quick stuff for the goth/fetish/fashion project then corpse paint.

I started off with split lighting - F10 - at a 160th - ISO100 - the entire shoot was ISO100 - on the mark 2 1ds - but in studio i shot with the 70-200 the entire time. - I used 2 profoto compact 300s at 50% power with 3x4 soft boxes on them.





































































































































After doing a bunch of sets on that I had her switch back into the cool leather/strip dress and did some shots with a boomed beauty dish from above - shot at F14 at a 160th - i should have shot it at a F16 to get that lighting a bit more selective - but thats always something i can sort out in post if need be












































































After shooting that we added CORPSE PAINT! - and tada - shot the same exact thing except this time I did jump my Fstop to F16






































After shooting on white i switched it over to black paper (not velvet) which usually reflects light and goes a bit grey - but I had the beauty dish far enough away from the paper so it would go to an almost pure black but not quite as dark as the velour black - same settings - 160th at F16






































We then switched to split lighting on white - two soft boxes - again the settings were F14 at a 160th

























































At this point i was very tired and she was yawning - but i figured - it was late enough in the day where we could hit the basement and do some shots real quick.

I loaded up two dynalite uni400s with cold tone umbrellas - i figured id shoot two umbrellas split and shoot her again in the future with just the beauty dish... it was so windy and cold that shooting outside wasnt even a thought... - we hit two spots - my settings for the entire shoot were F10 for the majority (last two shots - the horizontal ones - are F13). I shot all of these with the 24-70 2.8 - but has a huuuge issue with one of my fully charged dynalite batteries which just wouldnt recycle quickly at all - fully charged it was taking 30 seconds to recharge - UGH! - guess ill be sending THAT one in soon. - but alas - here are the photos



















































































all in all for a quick shoot - very successful - and shes not far away so im sure we will be shooting again in the very near future

Todays Shoot - Skatefest (live)

NOTE: Big Ups to LUMIQUEST!!!! who hooked me up with a couple new diffusion screens for my promax system! thank you!!!

Its been a few years since Skatefest has graced the festival scene, however this time around it was a bit of a different format.

In past years Skatefest was a two day venture full of massive national bands, mostly punk, pop punk, hardcore, scremo... etc.

The line up was a bit less glamorous in terms of... ya know, there was no band the same caliber of coheed, or something corporate, or good charlotte, or just - massssive national bands... BUT! it did have the reunion of The receiving end of sirens - which at one time were pretty massive - especially locally - so alot of people were pumped on that

I shot the entire show with a 40D and MOSTLY the 16-35 2.8 - but popped on the fisheye a bunch as well.

I mostly shot the mainstage - i went to second stage only to shoot the mighty TRAPPED UNDER ICE! but ill get to that later - for now - some main stage shots...

Each band had different lighting and my flash was effing with me, and decided to put out different light every time it went off... soooo im not the biggest fan of this 580ex 2... but luckily my 580 is repaired so - back to normal for me NEXT SHOW! woo!

Anyway - here are some photos! - first up Versa Emerge! and holy crap that girl can sing - these shots are F8-13 at an 8th (low light - wanted some movement)







































Next up were my good friends in Our Last Night - they just put a new record out - and it fucking KILLLLS - you need to get it - and listen to it - and check out the photo behind the cd - cause i took it (more info on that here = http://jeremysaffer.blogspot.com/2010/02/todays-shoot-our-last-night-day-1.html) - anyway - they had brighter lighting so i jumped to a 15th for a shutter speed

































































I then went upstairs for TRAPPED UNDER ICE! i was fully expected to get killed during their set - as they were the only heavy/hardcore band playing - and the entire hardcore crowd there was brewing waiting for the first note to hit! - i dropped my speed to a 10th and upped my fstop to a 9.5-13th - because i was much closer - and getting walked on haha.. i shot two songs - during the second song the entire crowd ended up on the stage and then jumped on and over me... woo. its called duck and shoot!

































































Next up were hometown heros - VANNA - who always put on an excellent show - the singer - davey was getting so close - my camera and the mic chord and even himself - collided a few times haha - for this the front lighting was SUPER hot - so i shot at a 20th




















































right after Vanna was the moment everyone had been waiting for - the reunion of TREOS! - for this the lighting was much more even - i was shooting at a 10th - F5.6-8.0 - during the first song - one of the guitarists got smacked HARD and was bleeding all over the place (not sure if you can really see it - but - its in there)








































































































All in all it was a decent show - my flash at first didnt want to really do what I wanted it to - but after the first band i got it in check. Hopefully skatefest will continue and grow back to its former glory!