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Whats a photoblog worth if I didn’t have a picture? Shot in Golden BC this summer

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Any time I have the opportunity to watch live music I will consistently watch the drummer. Simply I find they are the most entertaining to watch, however they are the hardest to shoot well making their music.
The part that I love about watching drummers live is that their part of the show is honest, very little of what they are doing is a gimmick or dance, it really is just how cool they look no matter where they play. The part that becomes difficult when shooting is that single moments of a drummer playing often look really strange without seeing the whole show play out before you, as you watch their movement over the duration of a song.

I have a lot of respect for photographers who can capture drummers effectively in a couple frames. Especially for photographers shooting film too. For me I have the ability to check as I shoot to verify i’ve been capturing the ideas and frames I try to shoot. Capturing the split second moments when drummers are in a photogenic position, and have a expression on their face that doesn’t look like they are passing a gall stone is where the skill lies.
Two other points add a level of difficulty to capturing the point in time that you really want: shutter lag is one difficulty to address; although cameras are incredibly fast now, my subject Andrew Higgins is drumming really fast. Secondly my sense of rhythm isn’t very good, I am not a complete failure at it, but not a human metronome by any standards.

I also wanted to experiment with coloured lighting for this shoot. Two photographers who i really respect that use gels a lot: Joe McNally and Eric Seo, and I wanted to give it a try. The space we shot in posed a lot of little difficulties for shooting; mainly space, as well as what it looks like. It was the jam space for the band which really had about 2 feet around the drums on each side, and 4 feet infront the set to work in. The space is also not very pretty looking, although a classy place wasn’t needed its not quite a photogenic ugly space…. if that makes sense to anyone. Coloured lighting for the non-BW shot really made it a picture of interest compared to using un-gelled strobes.

I want you to hang prints of two of these images on your wall:

Snowboarding

Urban Skiing

POV MTB

Mountain Bike

BMX

Wakeboard

Beer

Fashion

Winter Lifestyle

Winter Mountain

Buena Vista Ranch

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The winner(s) will receive their print free of cost. If you are in Calgary i’ll bring it to you by hand, if anywhere else i’ll ship it to you. In your country of residence incoming goods may potentially be taxed as imported goods as it enters your country, if your winnings get taxed upon entering your county i will not be held responsible for the fees.
Contest closes for entries Sun Dec 20th 2009

This post is obviously very picture heavy and writing light. Three interior/design shoots in the past week have kept me on my toes. This shoot is from two weeks ago in downtown Calgary.
Stay tuned for next week, I’m setting up a little contest for some free swag.

Also check out my Weddings Gallery if you, or any of your friends are getting hitched I would love to photograph your wedding.