The Mares photo shoot

The Mares

I had a bunch of fun on Sunday afternoon photographing equine Sydney band The Mares. It was the second time i’ve taken shots in a proper photo studio, and the first time i’ve ever been paid for taking photos.

Taking the shots was a piece of piss really. The guys were perfect subjects, they knew how to pose, took direction well, had creative ideas of their own and approached it with the required sense of fun.

We did straight up serious like shots like this:

Some portraits like this:

Collect the whole set

Then some fun quirky ones like these:

Many thanks are owed to Cybele who helped immeasurably and supplied the studio (Blue Murder Studios – they rock).

Have a look at Flickr for more shots from the shoot.

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10 Responses to “The Mares photo shoot”

  1. Si says:
    July 12, 2005 at 10:54 am

    Hey, they’re great photos Dan!
    The studios look funky… and you got to play in a cyclorama – I’m jealous! :]

  2. Darp Hau says:
    July 12, 2005 at 1:02 pm

    and the first time i’ve ever been paid for taking photos.
    That’s a long overdue eventuality man.
    Nice work!

  3. chris says:
    July 12, 2005 at 1:06 pm

    impressive stuff.
    what kind of kit did you end up using for the shoot?

  4. Dan says:
    July 12, 2005 at 3:13 pm

    I was going to use my Canon EOS 350D but it wouldn’t work with the flash trigger at the studio. I ended up borrowing a Fuji S2 Pro, which took some getting used to. The interface on the Canon cameras is a lot more intuitive than others IMHO.
    There was two lights, one with a big softbox on it, and another from the side with a honeycomb filter. The lighting setup was thanks to Cybele.
    I wanted them to just be bathed in light so they could do whatever and i didn’t need to adjust the lighting at all as we worked.

  5. chris says:
    July 12, 2005 at 4:42 pm

    nice work, thanks for the additional info.

  6. zosia says:
    July 12, 2005 at 7:55 pm

    Yes! I saw them already and ‘favourited’ a couple. Had to resist from doing the whole set.
    “The guys were perfect subjects, they knew how to pose”
    I was thinking the same thing as I was looking at the photos: That they certainly aren’t camera shy. Looks like it was fun.

  7. fluffy says:
    July 12, 2005 at 8:56 pm

    nice shots!

  8. Jamie says:
    July 12, 2005 at 9:47 pm

    Nicely done. And I agree, it was only a matter of time before someone paid you for your awesome pics.

  9. Robert says:
    July 13, 2005 at 12:40 pm

    I quite like the last one, with the rope.

  10. Ben says:
    July 20, 2005 at 11:01 am

    Aha – so those studio photographers are just plain lazyz! Just as I always suspected… :)