7/29/2019 Magazine Interviews with me about my photography Jenny Potter photographer.

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16ReactionsatisfactionTo convey the emotion and

atmosphere of a gig, be sure to

include the audiences reaction.

Festivals are particularly ideal for

this as the natural light works

wonders, but to catch the front

light of the audience in a darkened

concert hall you will have to

wait for the lighting to fall on the

crowd preparation is key.

15Movementhit and missIncorporating movement into a shot

can offer a dynamic tangibility, but

ensuring the image is still sharp

shooting handheld in the low-light

setting can be tricky.DP fan John

Jobling (www.dphotographer.

co.uk/user/johnjobling) offers us his

advice: Try and guess when the lights

are at their brightest and shoot on

Continuous, to get one sharp shot outof say three or four. I grabbed this still

using 1/60sec and 1SO 1600.

Promotional shotsBreak the rules and instead of offering one direction of leadinglines, layer the image with several directions of interest.Repetitive angles can create vivid lines of interest, which whencombined with the strata effect of offering contrasting sectionsof context, colour and texture, can generate an almost 3D effect.

19Be a location scoutDo your homework before a shoot, instructs JohnHalpern. Know all the names of the band mates and be familiar with

their music. I recently shot a CD package for a new singer-songwriter,

Manda Mosher. I spent the day before the shoot scouting locations

around Montauk, Long Island. I spotted two vacant beach houses,

one pink and one turquoise. On shoot day in the span of under an

hour, I was able to get front and back CD covers along with PR shots.

20Turning proIf you plan onmaking money from your

music photos, youll have to

be proactive. Be prepared to

work a good few hours after

the gig to upload images,

label each photo with the

details and send to various

people, informs Jenny.

Creative butconscientiousThink creatively:use a fisheyelens, play with

focus or tightly crop shots forarresting abstract shots butstyle the shoot, setting, props,outfits and overall connotation

of the image to exude thebands brand and not the otherway around. Play with anglesand vantage points, stagger thegroup to create interest or shooteach member individually, butcarry a theme across the shots.This is ideal for use on the CDsaccompanying booklet.

Howard Shooter

John Jobling

Chad Coombs

John Spence

John Spence

John Halpern

Jenny Potter

John Halpern

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