Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage

[DanOstergren33 2]

A few days ago a did a photo shoot with the lead singer of one of my top 3 favorite bands, Killswitch Engage. I have been wanting to photograph Jesse for a long time because he is exactly the type of guy that I like to photograph, despite being in one of my favorite bands, and a few days ago when I saw that they were coming to my city I sent him a message on instagram saying that I would love to take his portraits. He answered by saying he was intrigued, and two days later we met up and did a photo shoot. He then gave me VIP/backstage tickets to their show that same night, a photographers pit-pass, and a password for free merch at the merch table. I honestly have wanted to photograph him for a long time and never imagined he would even see my message, but I took a chance and really lucked out. I know some folks here get real mad when someone posts more than one or two photos their own threads, so I hope you can cope with that. I'll post photos from the show once I have them edited, and it'll be more than one photo, so by all means clutch your pearls.

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[Splitpair5 3]

Consider yourself to be very lucky and a darn good photographer.

 

[zombiesniper122 21]

Great set.

Now I want to see what you did with a pit pass.

 

[denum125 150]

Very nice set! #1 & 7 for me. Well done, but I must say I am off to the emergency room due to the very painful arthritis acting up in my index finger from all the scrolling I had to do to get to the bottom...just kidding! Must have been nice to get the backstage treatment.

 

[IpseLux3 2]

Nice job. I'm gonna have to look up this band.... How was the show? Bet it was terrific.

 

[terri43 14]

A few days ago a did a photo shoot with the lead singer of one of my top 3 favorite bands, Killswitch Engage. I have been wanting to photograph Jesse for a long time because he is exactly the type of guy that I like to photograph, despite being in one of my favorite bands, and a few days ago when I saw that they were coming to my city I sent him a message on instagram saying that I would love to take his portraits. He answered by saying he was intrigued, and two days later we met up and did a photo shoot. He then gave me VIP/backstage tickets to their show that same night, a photographers pit-pass, and a password for free merch at the merch table. I honestly have wanted to photograph him for a long time and never imagined he would even see my message, but I took a chance and really lucked out. I know some folks here get real mad when someone posts more than one or two photos their own threads, so I hope you can cope with that. I'll post photos from the show once I have them edited, and it'll be more than one photo, so by all means clutch your pearls.

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Great set! Can't wait to hear his reaction from it; did he have a favorite?

Very cool reaction on his part. I hope you were a well-behaved, nice boy at the show.