This is my fourth time doing these backstage portraits. Whether or not I can do the shoot depends on if the venue 3 white walls, a white ceiling, and a backstage area people actually hang out in. If it doesn’t at least have these, my shoot is going to be difficult. The first three times I did it everything worked out pretty well. I ran into a few problems but fixed em up, this time- not so lucky. I had been shooting Pierce The Veil all day and for their shoot I had purchased a white seamless roll or backdrop paper. It was the last day of the tour so I had to get the shots. I tried to make two more walls with the limited gear I had. Don’t just me. Long story short -here is what it looked like.
580ex on stand shot to left against white paper as main light, collapsed box as reflector for fill and white backdrop as a white backdrop. The main part that I failed on was placing the fill reflector, about half of my shots were too dark on the left side of the subjects face, our right. So I ended up scraping a good portion of the portraits. Apologies to the people I shot and didn’t end up using the images for, it’s not you – it’s me.
But, that is okay. I figure not making half a shoot out of four shoots work isn’t that bad of a track record. Here are the portraits I did get away with.
Mike Fuentes of Pierce The Veil – Purchased Limited Edition PrintCasey Ervin, drum tech for Pierce The VeilTyler Carter of IssuesTyler Carter of IssuesTony Perry of Pierce The Veil – Purchase Limited Edition PrintDave, guitar tech for Pierce The VeilMatt, guitar tech for Pierce The VeilAnthony of Memphis May FireDrew, merch master for Pierce The VeilDrew, merch master for Pierce The VeilJaime Preciado of Pierce The Veil – Purchase Limited Edition PrintJason Butler of letlive.Jason Butler of letlive. laughing his ass off about some tacos right after getting out of the showerVic Fuentes of Pierce The Veil – Purchase Limited Edition PrintVic Fuentes of Pierce The Veil – Purchase Limited Edition Print