‘I play in a rock band’…pinch me!! 😎
At last nights sectional practice instead of playing I broke out my camera and lighting gear. This is part one of the photo session, part two will be with the horns at a later date.
The bands name is The Abominable Show Band and we are eight musicians who get together weekly to play mostly 70-80’s tunes. We are a rock band with horns. Think Chicago, Tower of Power, Boz Scaggs, KC, Stevie Wonder, Blues Bros., Toto and all the other great tunes from the past. We also have a few originals thanks to some super creative types in our group. On lead guitar we have Davers, Malcolm on bass, Ray on drums, and Chris on keyboards.
Our goal is to start playing gigs and to do that we need an online presence. For this photoshoot I wanted the band to shine through with a fun and retro look. I absolutely LOVE playing with these guys – the music is so good, and they are just an amazing bunch to play with – respectful, professional, inclusive and safe. No egos here just plain fun! To convey this, I decided to gel a few speed lights that I used as background lights as well as my key light. I used a combination of yellow, red and blue. I did start with a green but the bass player looked like Frankenstein so swapped it out. I chose to gel my main light yellow because I liked the warmth it gave and it just created a happy scene. Which is what our band is…we are a fun and happy group that love to play music. To create a retro papparazi edginess I kept the lighting simple with no modifiers and lit the players to create shadows.
For the horns we will be working in another studio that is a bit larger and perhaps I’ll throw on different coloured gels or set the lights up differently. I don’t really know until I get to the place and let it speak to me. I hope you like these pics and if you’d like to hire us (seriously, we’ll get the party going with tunes you know) feel free to contact me. In the meantime, part two with the horns will be coming up in a couple of weeks. Stay tuned!





