Photography Research

http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2012/12/19/band-photography-tips-for-taking-promo-shots-that-rock/3/

http://www.jordancurtishughes.co.uk/musicians#10

• Can use a fish eye lens to create depth and a frame filling impact.
• Line up pictures are the most common used positioning for band photos, all the band members stand in a line and face the camera. Their facial expressions and body language is what will make or break the photo and tell the audience what the band is like.
• Getting some candid shots can help with also setting an image of what the band is like to the audience. The background of the photo can also help with this as if a garage door was used that was dirty and in a city, it would represent to the audience that the band is rock as rock is associated stereo typically with messy backdrops.
• The aperture f/8 and f/11 will keep all the band members in focus but still give the photo depth. For example if the lead singer is in front and the rest behind everyone will still be in focus.

JORDAN CURTIS HUGHES

• Jordan Curtis Hughes is a music/band photographer that has worked with bands like Catfish and the Bottlemen, Slaves, Kasabian and Bring Me The Horizon.
• In most of his work he has used the typical band set up of the lead singer at the front of the photo and the rest of the band behind them but still in focus, so the audience can see that they are a group/band. 

 He has also used backdrops that represent the bands genres, for example for the shoot with Wolf Alice he has set the location in a café that looks simple and has a sort of rough look to it, which would indicate to the audience that the bands lyrics are simple and relatable but their melodies contain elements of rock as the setting looks rough which would be associated with rock.

In this final image it has been edited into a magazine. A lot of space has been used outside of the image so text can be added. The mise en scene in the image (clothing) is black and with slightly messy hair and it looks like a small amount of makeup is worn on the lead singer (Van McCann) this is stereotyped with rock music also which indicates to the audience that the bands genre of music is rock.