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Ephemeral Sun Rehearsal Shoot
Filed under Photos by Kim at 10:30 pm on Jan 25 2010
A friend of mine contacted me last week to see if I’d shoot his band Ephemeral Sun (myspace for listening purposes) during rehearsal so they could have some pictures of them actually playing their instruments. I guess being prog rock nerds they normally like to keep their identities secret, but from what I hear that doesn’t sell CDs and they just released a new one. Promotion is a bitch.
So I packed up my earplugs and headed out to Bristow Sunday to see if I could help. My amateur ass without any lighting shooting in a basement. Thankfully the guys are jackasses which is entertaining, and they bought me lunch, so this time I’m spending in Lightroom tagging and editing isn’t for nothing. I kid! Jackass is a term of affection. And their music is excellent. So check it out. And you can click through to see the selected anonymity-maintaining preview shots.
(I had that thing happen where I was looking at everything in the camera and loving it, got home, loaded it into Lightroom, and hated everything. I really hope I break through this at some point.)
1 kittenscribbleon 26 Jan 2010 at 6:13 am
hey wow, I picked up an Ephemeral Sun mp3 some time ago and have been enjoying it without really looking further into the band. Nice to know they’re a) still around, and b) local.
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Kim Reply:
January 26th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
oh neat! do you remember where you picked up the song?
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2 Jenon 26 Jan 2010 at 9:17 am
I saw those pics on the Flickr stream and was like, “oh hey cool!” I think they look great!
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Kim Reply:
January 26th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
thanks!!
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3 Patrickon 27 Jan 2010 at 9:38 am
I’m afraid you will never get over that feeling, there is a reason some awesome work of mine is still sitting on a hard drive…because everyone else thinks its awesome not me.
these though are fantastic.
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Kim Reply:
January 28th, 2010 at 8:50 am
You sir are frequently filled with self-deprecation. It is unfortunate! What I do to get over this is just post things and let them be “bad” in my own eyes because I like the exposure.
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Patrick Reply:
January 29th, 2010 at 8:40 am
thought that’s what you always liked in me 😉
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4 Telfon 27 Jan 2010 at 11:45 am
Yes, you have to get over it.
Rule #1
No matter if you are god with a camera there are only 1 or 2 “money shots” in every shoot.
Rule #2
You love everything when you take it because you are caught up in the thrill.
Rule #3
You hate everything the first time you look at it after that because it is not at cool as you remember it in the heat of the moment.
Rule #4
Wait at least 24 hrs after that disappointing viewing before editing so you can gain some objectivity.
Rule #5
Listen to other people. If you hate it but everyone else in the world loves it (for real, not just because they’re your mom) then someone will pay money for it.
Rule #6
NEVER EVER let the client know you think anything you shot is less than awesome.
Rule #7
Don’t let the client see the crappy shots. (NO, they aren’t all crappy. I’ve hated most every photo I’ve ever taken for a wedding and every time say I’ll never do it again because I suck. That’s not true, that’s me being overly critical. See rule #4)
Rule #8
People do not want your art, they want your crap. Or rather, they want what pleases them which since you are trying for awesome you probably think is crap.
Rule #9
Make sure you know the difference between shooting for yourself and shooting for a client. Invariably you will disagree on what are the best shots.
Rule #10
You are your own worst critic.
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Kim Reply:
January 28th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
Rule #2: That is so true.
Rule #4: I NEED TO LEARN THIS RULE AND STICK TO IT.
I’m not quite advanced enough for Rules 8/9 but I might get there someday.
Thanks for weighing in. You could make this one into a blog post.
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5 Brion 03 Feb 2010 at 9:22 pm
I love Telf’s rules. Also, everyone is their own harshest critic! Thirdly: I spend a lot of time in Bristow. That is not important to you at all but it’s kind of a small area and I didn’t think anyone cool (besides me of course, heh) lived or played music or visited there. Ha.
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