Atlanta based editorial music photographer, Zack Arias.

Sometimes You Get Lucky ::
Fri , April 17th, 2009
Posted by zack
under Music Photography

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One day I was going by our local rental shop to pick up a lens and I noticed these two old dead trees behind their building. I’m always looking for interesting locations especially when they don’t look like anything you would normally find in the middle of a fairly large city. This is from a shoot I did with Surveil. Shot with an Alien Bee B1600 and a Westcott Apollo 50″ softbox.

I’m going back to just shoot the trees… provided they are still standing after this week’s wind storm.

Cheers,
Zack

Comments 25

25 Responses to “Sometimes You Get Lucky ::”

  1. Stacy Hughes, on April 17th, 2009 at 2:53 pm Said:

    I love trees and these are so cool. Great spot for a shoot! Awesome photo.

  2. Wayne Toshikazu, on April 17th, 2009 at 3:08 pm Said:

    Sweet image, Zack. And tonal quality of that black & white is killer!

  3. Gail Des Jardin, on April 17th, 2009 at 3:20 pm Said:

    Cool! I love old, dead trees. You had the weather in your corner that day, too!

  4. ashley, on April 17th, 2009 at 3:22 pm Said:

    Amazing Zack.

  5. sunith, on April 17th, 2009 at 3:32 pm Said:

    Wow!! Just wow! Great angle, wonderful shapes and beautiful lighting. The trees speak such a dramatic story.

  6. melissa, on April 17th, 2009 at 3:41 pm Said:

    I would say it’s probably less luck and much more your eye :) beautiful

  7. Ilan, on April 17th, 2009 at 3:52 pm Said:

    Superb location. The skies were on your side as well – The heavy clouds add to the drama. Great!

  8. Colin, on April 17th, 2009 at 3:53 pm Said:

    What lens were you renting?

  9. Tim Harman, on April 17th, 2009 at 3:59 pm Said:

    freaking love it.

  10. Martin, on April 17th, 2009 at 4:06 pm Said:

    Nice shot Zack. Hey I want to wish you all the best for the little one on the way. Enjoy every moment. It goes so fast. Mine turns 7 mos Sunday. Cheers, Martin

  11. Mike Boehmer, on April 17th, 2009 at 5:00 pm Said:

    I love finding things like this. Nice work.

  12. Matt Palmer, on April 17th, 2009 at 5:15 pm Said:

    It looks like some kind of other-worldly gateway. I could imagine an overly-dressed and made-up goth/metal band wanting to do a shoot there with the bird from the Dubai shot sitting on one of the branches looking menacing.

    I need a lie down after that rare display of creativity.

    Wonderful atmospheric image Zack.

  13. Chris nagy, on April 17th, 2009 at 5:20 pm Said:

    What is the power source

  14. Will, on April 17th, 2009 at 5:41 pm Said:

    holy mother mary..yet, another fine piece of work my friend.

  15. Alison Greenwood, on April 17th, 2009 at 5:45 pm Said:

    I say this everytime…your work is amazing!

  16. Robert Lewis, on April 17th, 2009 at 5:57 pm Said:

    Great shot.
    I love the way the light falls on the tree. Warmer areas, falling to cooler areas.

  17. Woody, on April 17th, 2009 at 6:07 pm Said:

    I have never looked behind PPR before and probably would not have had the vision to dream up this shot if I did. Good job Zack!

  18. zack, on April 17th, 2009 at 7:06 pm Said:

    @Colin – I was renting a wide lens because mine had to go in the shop due to some sort of nasty focus issue as in… it wouldn’t focus beyond 2 feet.

    @Chris N – The light was powered with the Alien Bee Vagabond II.

    @ Martin – I know! My oldest is 10 and I don’t know where the time went!

    Cheers,
    Zack

  19. SebastianP, on April 17th, 2009 at 8:06 pm Said:

    I agree totally with @melissa, this ain´t luck my friend… but a really good eye!

  20. blik, on April 18th, 2009 at 3:14 am Said:

    I ‘m completly fond of dead trees and this shot confirm it’s great…but if I shooted opne, they looked like very bad, yours are awesome!

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  22. matt haines, on April 21st, 2009 at 11:45 am Said:

    So why the softbox? With this shot, it must have been pretty far away from the subjects. Did it give you any soft light? Looks pretty hard from the web version, but I can’t zoom in to be sure.

  23. Curtis DeGidio, on April 23rd, 2009 at 12:43 am Said:

    Zack,
    That is incredible! Great job spotting that while just being out and about. It’s always a joy when you have your photographer eye on even when you don’t realize it!

    Curtis
    http://www.redphotogroup.com

  24. Bill Cawley (Olympia, WA), on April 29th, 2009 at 10:30 am Said:

    Zack, you inspire me. Everytime I touch you – I’m inspired. Thanks man.

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