On Sunday 09 January 2005 01:30, frank theriault wrote: > Okay, now that I've gone and look at the photos, they're mostly okay - > maybe even pretty good. I think there are too many of them. You > could probably lose about 1/2 to 2/3 of them, and it would have much > more impact. For instance, the last of the series, the two fellows > playing acoustic guitar, are all pretty much the same. They could be > cut down to one, maybe two photos pretty easily, and those one or two > would be more effective. > > My opinions might be different if I either knew the band, or knew of > them, neither of which is the case. If the intention of these photos > is to show your friends, all of whom know the band, or are fans of the > band or some such thing, then the number of photos for that purpose > might be okay. > > I hope I'm making sense (but fear I'm not <g>).
No, you're making perfect sense. I know there are an awful lot of them on there. But I guess the non-PDML traffic on the my LJ page all know the guys in the band personally. They're just starting out, & I was there to take photos for the website. (which, incidentally, is <http://www.sandboxkings.com/ check 'em out.>....my stuff isn't up there yet though). The lead singer is an school friend of mine, and the two non-performance pictures are also school friends of mine. [begin self-criticism] The overkill was to give the band a choice of whatever they may have needed from the useable pictures I was able to get of the night.... Taking pictures of bands is tricky. I can't ever get them all lit and in the frame at once, so I have to take pictures of one member at a time. Don't know why--I just figure it's worth giving everybody equal time (or close to it). Drummers are notoriously hard for me. I'd have cut all the drummer pictures from this series, but I always try extra hard to get them into the picture. Getting a decent shot through all that drumkit is a pain. I probably should have put only two of the acoustic set up. *sigh* I'll admit it wasn't the best possible night out (photographically speaking, anyway). -Luigi
