Louis and Freneau – Musicians (San Francisco Portrait Photography)

Chris Schmauch — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 07:55:57 +0000

Louis and Freneau are a loving couple that also happen to create some great spiritual music. Their goal for the photo shoot was to get some cover-worthy art for their next album. They picked the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco for the grand setting, where we met near sunset for our session. They were very easy to work with – playful, fun and didn’t take themselves too seriously (my kind of clients!). The Palace of Fine Arts has this amazing dome and lots of colossal columns, begging to be photographed. I’m glad we stayed long enough to see the deep orange glow of sunset gracing the pillars and dome – it was a beautiful site indeed.

View some of my favorite photos from the shoot below, or click through to see all 120 edited photos at www.GoodEyePhotography.com.

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Dredg, The Band

Chris Schmauch — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:46:00 +0000

Mitchell Alan Parker and I met up with local band Dredg today before they leave on tour for Europe. We met them at their new practice studio in Fremont – basically a largish room in an old storage complex. The place was crammed with musical gear and other “stuff,” so I had to try not to knock stuff down while setting my equipment up! I set up an Alien Bee shooting through a white umbrella for the main light (camera left), and added a little harsh kick with a pocketwizard-ed SB-800 camera right, mounted on some “stuff” with the “Justin Spring Clamp.” The nikon speedlight also made some neat cast shadows which added some edge to Dredg.

For the second group of photos I had the guys cram in the hobbit-like entrance to the room. It was overcast/rainy outside, so I just used natural light for the main light. I kept the umbrella firing without moving it to add some back illumination to the room, and I moved the SB-800 about 8′ behind the group of guys, firing towards them at knee-level. You can see the cool effects of the Alien Bee illuminating the colorful walls/ceiling, and the effects of the nikon near their feet from the wet reflection.

As always, the full gallery is on my main website here.

I thought this was a cool shot – I told them I was testing the lighting setup, so it was totally candid. Reading a mag, yawning, I couldn’t have tried to get this shot…

This shot shows some of the “stuff”

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