Angus and Julia Stone and more

Daniel Boud — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:28:05 +0000

This is Angus and Julia Stone at The Great Escape festival.

Normally to take pictures of an established band or artist you need to go through a convoluted trail of publicists, managers, labels and assorted others. And if you’re not doing it for a publication of some sort then you’ll usually be out of luck.

In this case it was a simple case of getting a friend of mine who knows them to ask if i could take their photo, bypassing the usual rigmarole. They were happy to do so and i quickly snapped some pictures between their publicity commitments.

The following are some other acts i grabbed photos with at SXSW.

This is Yo Majesty from Florida, photographed out the back of a club they were performing at. I casually asked one of them if i could get a photo, she excitedly gathered the others to mug for the camera.

Badly Drawn Boy was having a pint by himself while another band played before his set. I politely asked if he minded having his photo taken, snapped 2 frames and let him get on with it.

Saul Williams was chatting with some people outside a venue. I politely interupted to ask for a photo and he happily obliged. I asked him to shuffle along a bit in order to get a better background, but all up it was done in 20 seconds. There’s another shot of him smiling here.

Each of these encounters were very brief. I made sure i was prepared (right lens, right camera settings, picture in my head of what i wanted) before approaching the person and did so in a friendly manner.

It goes to show that you don’t need to always go through the official channels for these things – just have the balls to approach people when the time is right. And of course be nice about it and respectful if they say no.

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Angus and Julia Stone and more

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