On Jun 7, 2010, at 3:16 PM, Bob W wrote: >> I've been spending a fair amount of time photographing musicians >> lately. I've mostly been working on my technical skills, but I've >> noticed that the photos that the musicians will often snag as their >> facebook profile photo are often not the strongest technically. >> >> What do musicians like in photos of musicians? Are you speaking from >> the experience of a musician being photographed, someone who >> photographs them, or both? > > why would musicians be any different from the rest of the world? Presumably > they want a picture that they thinks makes them look good. Unfortunately > it's not necessarily predictable which of any given set this is going to be, > but they sure won't pick a photo which makes them look like shit, however > technically good it may be.
but do they want photos of themselves that specifically show their instruments? Other band members? The venue? Do they mind a slightly "off" expression if it conveys the intensity of the music? > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
