Shooting interiors of buildings...(recording studio)

[c.cloudwalker]

Considering how you went into this job, the 2nd one is not bad. I agree with your assessment of harsh light but you show both the studio and the control room in a way that most people will recognize even if they have never been in a recording facility. Didn't you get to shoot a few different tries? I would have turned down the power of the flash in the control room and gelled it. But if it's getting printed in B&W, the gel would make no difference, lol.

The first one, on the other hand, I would never had known it was a lounge. To me it's a portrait of some guy (the big shot?) and, I would have asked the person sitting behind him to move. His legs are annoying.

The fact that they wanted the lounge photo this way is of no importance. You of course shoot what the client wants, but then you shoot better and hope they pick the better one. And if you can show the client why it is better, they usually will pick your preferred shot. A lot of people who don't deal with photo very often need to be educated by you, the photographer.

And believe me, I know musicians can be a big pain. Because they are artists themselves they think they know it all but music and visual art are very different. As the photographer, you want to push them into using the best photos even if they are not the ones they want. After all it is your name associated with the work...

 

[Ub3rdoRK]

Im assuming they will be in black and white i have others in variation of flash power of in the control room as well. ive been playing with black and white a little to tone down the flash but im not sure what else i can do with the shots? the facial expression and body movement of the guy sitting in the chair was not always the best. It seemed as if this was the best one.

I think the lounge shot is where they wanted to make it about the owner of it, with kind of a sneak peak of the lounge area.

as for the comments i highly appreciate them. I am going to spend some time with the photos and if I cant get what i want out of it i may re stage it....yet it shouldnt be a problem either.

As for the band member it was Alex Pappas from Finch.

 

[Tbini87]

Loved Finch growing up!

 

[c.cloudwalker]

Ok, I'm gonna be harsh again but you seem to be able to take it...

You should not assume anything. You should know what it is you are shooting when you go into a job. A lot of shots can be converted to B&W when they are going to be printed in a cheap newspaper but, overall, it is better to know to shoot for it when that is going to be the end result. A shot that is planned as a B&W will most times look better than a conversion after the fact. B&W is just not shot quite the same way.

That said, don't spend too much time on those shots if they liked them. Just learn from what happened here and try to not let it happen again. For your sake.

As I said earlier, you did much better than I expected and if you learn something from the experience, :thumbup: because that is how most of us learn.

 

[Ub3rdoRK]

Wow thank you. I completely agree with you on that. I'm going it to them in saturday then I guess it might be all that they need. I'm not too sure. Thank you again.

 

[Ub3rdoRK]

I generally can take harsh comments because it's a good way to learn from mistakes. So yeah.

And yes finch was a good band!

 

[GeneralBenson]

I generally can take harsh comments because it's a good way to learn from mistakes. So yeah.

Man, we need more of this attitude on this forum! :thumbup:

Most people are just interested in being glad-handed and receiving compliments; and if you give any constructive criticism that even borders on negative, they freak out and get all pissy.

Well, done. You'll learn quickly with the attitude.

Good job on the images as well. But I think they are a little too posed for my taste. The first one, the guy up front is clearly only standing there to pose for the picture, and you can't see enough into the room to tell what the artist lounge is really about. And the second one is just way over the top posed, to the point of looking like it was intentionally looking like it was posed. Maybe that's what the client wanted. I don't know. But if it were me, I would have been trying to capture more authentic moments.

 

[Ub3rdoRK]

I agree with the posing but that's what they wanted. I could have done better with the lighting but they were happy. I'm obviously not a professional but extremely passionate about what I do with photography. It wasn't a paying job but I am getting advertisement for the bands that record and play shows there. So it'll work in my favor because that's what I strive at. So basically for a couple of shots I get a newspaper credit, website credit for their venue and recording....plus I got a free dinner out of it . I make pretty good side money shooting promos and live bands because of that venue so I feel it will all work out.