I posted a while back photos I took of the band The Signet Ring… Well, since then, the band has a new drummer, a new name and a new EP coming out soon, so that all means they needed new photos!
Last night I spent some time with Ryan, Toph, Josh, Charlie and Camille in and around Valencia, CA . The only time they all had available to get together was pretty much right after sunset, so I experimented with some off-camera strobes and other creative techniques to shooting with minimal light.
I also brought my mom along on this shoot! My mom, as a graphic designer, is also very interested in photography and always wants to go with me on various shoots that I have. I knew I would need a little help with equipment, and I knew the band wouldn’t mind her tagging along, so she came with me to this shoot and got some great shots of both the band and of me in action. Thanks, Mom! It was a lot of fun to have you with me last night! 🙂
Here are some of my favorite images from the session.
This one we took at the very start of the session when we still had a little bit of light left…
For this one, I had a lot of fun with textures and blend modes. This effect was actually kind of an accident… I love when accidents turn out to be super cool!
Even less light for this one, but I love what it did for the sky (with the help of some post-production).
Here I am shooting the above shot (I think). Thanks, Mom!
You would think I was a wildlife photographer from seeing this shot… The places a photographer must go to get a shot. 🙂
When the light completely left us, we ventured over to this really cool tunnel that Charlie and Ryan had found the night before when scouting for shooting locations. Loved it! Great job, guys!
This is my favorite from the entire shoot. I knew we would be shooting at night, so I had thought of experimenting with using a strobe to backlight some of the shots. I’m so happy that it turned out how I had envisioned!
Here’s my mom… She was a great assistant and demonstrated some posing techniques to Camille. Good work, Mom!
Love this one and the texture of the tunnel wall.
To check out the band and to hear some of their older music, visit www.myspace.com/daggerdivide. Their new music should be out this summer!
AWESOME Heather!!!!!!!!! You have really got some of these lighting techniques down… love love love the one with the bright blue sky. Very cool, darling!
Nice…sometimes it’s good to venture out. I like the ones in the tunnel, especially the ones with the strobe lighting. Great as always.
The tunnel shots are amazing…made me want to listen to them! 😉