Comments on: Live Music Portfolio (of sorts)

By: zack

zack — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:50:39 +0000

@Terry – I love BRMC. Saw them on their first major tour when they were opening for Spiritulized. Love to shoot them.

Cheers,
Zack

By: terry

terry — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:50:22 +0000

you need to shoot a brmc gig though, be the *first three songs* rule in place or not. srsly.

By: Squeeker

Squeeker — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:26:52 +0000

I’ve been doing a few live music shoots lately and for the first time I’ve actually got a paying gig taking photos at one! It’s just some local artists… but I’ve been requested for before, during and after shots! I’m excited and nervous! Do you have any tips that you wish someone had told you when you were first starting out?

Also, I’ve been “marketing” this stuff by word of mouth mostly… and I was thinking about how I would go about doing it differently. What did you do to market band photography specifically? I’ve got a small little nut to invest and I want to do it right! =)

Thanks as always! =)

By: zack

zack — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:23:40 +0000

Hey Marco! Thanks for the comment.

Number one… Flash would not screw up other photographers shots unless we snapped the shutter at the same exact fraction of a second.

Number two… I’m not a prima donna. I said I don’t like the policy and that is why I choose not to accept live work.

There ARE plenty of shooters who get “perfectly fine” photos. But the apex of the moment of a show. The final blow out of the band… all those images are missed. No one is allowed to get those photos any longer. Well, very few are.

It’s effing rock and roll man. The foundations are built on bending perceptions and rules. There’s a healthy amount of giving the finger to the man. And yet, the man now fully owns the process.

Finally…. I want access to the whole set. Plain and simple. If I can’t get it and they aren’t a foundational band of my love for music, screw it. I don’t want the job.

Not only do I want full access to the show, I want it on the bus, backstage, in the diner, in the hotel lobby. I want full unfettered access. That would be fantastic!

Cheers,
Zack

By: Marco

Marco — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:34:30 +0000

What a Prima Donna.

Everyone else shoots 3 songs only, but you think you deserve access to the whole set and can use flash (to screw up everyone else’s shots)? Get over yourself. You’re not Ross Halfin.

You don’t like the policy, do what you’ve been doing and don’t shoot it. There are plenty of shooters out there that get perfectly fine shots in those conditions.

By: Carly

Carly — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:04:02 +0000

Well, if it’s ever up to me and it’s a big tour like those, photographers will be able to shoot the whole stinkin’ show. Three songs is only a warm up! And when it comes to rock shows, you never know what’s going to happen or when Besides, I’m way more confident on stage than just standing in front of a camera, as many artists are! So that 3 song rule is really silly.

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By: Alessandro Rosa

Alessandro Rosa — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:33:09 +0000

I think the White Stripes and Avenge Vegas photos are incredible. Is the lighting all set up by the lighting guys or are you lighting the photo’s seperately? In the Clark Beasley photo you mention a Grid Spot. Do you have a studio strobe with you or is it a spot light for the concert? Thanks.

By: zack

zack — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:03:20 +0000

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!

The crazy eyed guy is none other than Bloc Party front man, Kele Okereke. I had him against the wall that night. I’ll post the photos soon.

Cheers,
Zack

By: Matt Adams

Matt Adams — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:34:40 +0000

The guy in the photo is Kele Okereke, lead singer of the UK band Bloc Party.

I remember you telling the Kid Rock story at the workshop, but not the one dealing with the Bloc Party photo.

The first three song rule is insane. if you think about it, if that rule was in effect a long time ago when Hendrix smashed his guitar and lit it on fire we would never have that image. Since that happened at the end of his set, publicist should realize that their bands look the best at the end of their set not the beginning.