No-TiTLE Magazine Issue 26 – Published Photos
Another issue of No-TiTLE Magazine is out and again I’ve contributed with a photo. This time it is the main feature with Black Diamond Bay, the band that won the No-TiTLE New Music Competition and therefore also a feature in the magazine. I caught up with them at the Moor Music Festival to take this picture which would end up in the magazine.
I’m really happy with the way it’s turned out. If you want to see the feature in the flesh, check out the No-TiTLE Magazine website for full details on where in Leeds the magazine can be picked up.
The Black Diamond Bay feature in the latest No-TiTLE Magazine
Black Diamond Bay Band Photos
Black Diamond Bay won the same competition that my band Our Fellow Astronauts also entered. After listening to their MySpace and seeing them live at the Moor Music Festival in Yorkshire, I’d have to say it was well deserved!
I got an opportunity to shoot them (photographically) at the festival for No-Title Magazine and below are the results. The non-gig photos are for the magazine, which is in black & white. You can check out the rest of the photos at my MySpace.
As usual I used my Canon 400D for the whole shoot. I mainly used the Canon 70-200mm for the gig shots and the 24-105mm for the promo shots. I also got to test my new8 inch LumiQuest Softbox III diffuser, which I’m very happy with although it sometimes blocks the lens zoom when I use it on my 430ex flash.
Anyways, hope you enjoy the photos…
Front Woman Agne in the centre of this Black Diamond Bay photo. As you probably guessed I've converted anything non-Agne into B&W to give her stand-out.
All credit to the band for adjusting their heights and standing in weird positions for about 20 minutes whilst I adjusted their faces to get the photo right.
I love this shot simply because of the pose 
Although quite a few distractions, namely a bottle of water (or some other substance), a bass guitar head, and a couple of microphone stands, the over exposure and pose of Agne gives this shots a cool and modern feel. Just gotta love it!
Just gotta love these shots. Remember to check out the rest on my MySpace.
Until next time…
No-Title Magazine – Issue 25
Sorry I’ve not been active for a while but I’m now back, starting off with some photos I recently got published in Leeds based No-Title Magazine. They published two sets of photos, one from the Hard Dance Awards and one from the Root One band shoot.
The Hard Dance Awards 2009 Feature in No-Title Magazine
The Root One Band Feature in No-Title Magazine
Root One Photos
As part of the photo work I do for No-Title Magazine I got to spend an evening with Leeds based Reggeae band Root One (previously called Roon Bokka) whilst they were rehearsing. The Root One bunch want to communicate a positive message through music which we tried to reflect in some of the shots and we managed to produce some nice shots despite limited space. Below are some of the shots – you can find the rest here and read more about the band in the next No-Title Magazine. It’s a Black & White set as No-Title is in B&W.
For the front men portraits and outdoor shots I used the Canon 24-105mm F4. Because of the limited space indoors I used the Sigma 10-20mm to be able to capture everyone.
The Two Root One Frontmen
I got the crew to do several expressions whilst posing. In this shot they're all supposed to look cool. Find more variations in my Smugmug.
I got all the boys to jump on each other without hurting one another. The result was natural smiles but one of the guys seems to have disappeared in the crowd somehow...
After a hard day's rehearsal the Root One guys like to gather around the bonfire in the garden to chill and talk.
