How does Jonathan Thorpe shoot one of the country most famous bands….? Neon Trees Photoshoot with BTS video and Lighting Diagram
A good friend of mine, Dustin Whitlow, has asked me last week to shoot
some video of the band Neon Trees at the 9:30 club in Washington DC for
Nylon Magazine.
![7555940446_e17fa1e9e4_b](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vCqJNfNgwSA4vqrEfr1Z1j03xvTzhlrD5jnAFZMatg5-Z6fe_eBEVUgR1LS27x16evHj4NVZj84fCkdlZeBRydF2QhXsgY6aZNDkVkoEcBit_D25V1KAFGpfQ1iFgDasCU_ab3YQu7dVqDqpsNpsiYiA=s0-d) |
Final Image |
WIth them being an Island Def Jam band, and Def Jam
being a client of mine, I sent out an email asking if I could get a
quick portrait shoot with the band before their show. I've shot a decent
amount of famous musicians in the past, (Nas, Jeremih, Clipse, We The
Kings to name a few), and one things is always the same. Get it done
fast, and get it done well. I arrived to the location about an hour
early with my buddy Shawn, to setup and get lights tested.
![Screen shot 2012-07-12 at 11.22.33 AM](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sXa3KNmuf99ebNGs0x_7s1nBGAHQE2-Bpoqz9cWcJwFSw9GvVRQmTCkWVOubWZqKpX-TXMSM-fpRwLFAlYWVLdPgD9LKLD_5VnBjLD9CwEq84SXWxuOd3_imF2EKrigWd-jy65jV3f1aLkFprkGWwvUTsaWBOrP5ssVfnLGgIrcw=s0-d) |
Neon Trees checking out the pics in the back of my camera
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![Screen shot 2012-07-12 at 11.21.39 AM](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_t1JHvLoe2UiGOUZfUaYBI6uHjUDRFbYGilsPP1zjVbpmw8OFJKKb80ima9s4sch4fu75E4_jUbME_ySqptLp4er8CVN6xPyj1ly2c10OfW4JlUJlypKLwbD6ZVacePs5ACVrcfDVph5rGvfliYHVdFwaxJJQ7HBFEDycfR6Q8=s0-d) |
BTS shot where you can see most of my lighting |
I did a few
different setups, but for some reason the old car wash by the 9:30 club
looked like a great place, the sun was coming down the side alley and
would act like a perfect rim/hair light. The above shot took literally 4
minutes to accomplish.
I had everything ready and tested by the time the band got there, so I
already knew what to expect which is a huge benefit of arriving early to
a shoot.
Always plan ahead when dealing with a high profile client. The fasted
you can produce a solid image, the better. You want to be remembered for
how good a job you did in a short period of time, not for how awkward
and slow you were.
![LD](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sGD2gBH_QSyBQ4FuBLD3uZ4OPb5Nik0AHj89BJ_ktMu7dDpcF4-MfAgkTAzLk1isygcdxKXOGqi8w_Lak6Ey2A3b1_pPtIuN8mCvO6i2CoHeOs4aVB_X62FM91jg=s0-d) |
Lighting Diagram
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Thank you Jonathan to share your post with our readers.
1 comments:
Great stuff Johnathan, enjoyed your comments at WPPI in Vegas,
Cheers,
Fernando Riviera
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