DIY Beauty Dish Portrait example
Here is a quick studio portrait (view larger) lit by my new “Chinatown Special” DIY beauty dish and taken with the Nikon D3 and the new Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII (my review).
The “Chinatown Special” is a new DIY speedlight beauty dish design by Todd Owyoung. As you can guess from the name, the majority of [...]
Breaking Benjamin
What better way to kick off 2010 than shooting a feature with Benjamin Burnley and Aaron Fink of the multi-platinum selling rock outfit Breaking Benjamin. I caught up with Ben and Aaron on-location in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania for the January cover of Guitar Edge magazine.
More photos from the article and all of the the how-to goodies [...]
Wedding Band Portraits
The overwhelming urge to shoot band portraits can strike anywhere at any time; even at a friend’s wedding in Canadian farm-country.
I caught up with Chris Culgin and Benj Rowland (a.k.a. Tin Can Chris and Banjo Benj) in the small town of Millbrook an hour east of Toronto. The duo was playing old country and bluegrass [...]
Band Portrait: August Burns Red
Hot off our series of band portraits at Vans Warped Tour, Todd and I caught up with metalcore savants August Burns Red for a quick shoot on-location. Shooting notes after the jump.
Warped Tour 2009 – Individual Portraits
One of my favorite aspects of music photography is photographing individual artists. Don’t get me wrong, photographing entire bands is awesome, but whether you’re trying to properly position the founding members of the group or make sure to photograph the drummer from his good side, band shoots often governed by rules and roles to play. [...]
Warped Tour 2009 – Band Portraits
So you’re standing backstage at an all day music festival with a bucket full of Nikon speedlights, a brother who happens to be one of the premier music photographers in the world and a few hours to kill – what would you do?
If you answered correctly, you’d shoot the hell out of whatever band was [...]
Joanna Levine
June 10, 2009 – Brooklyn singer/songwriter Joanna Levine commissioned me to shoot a series of portraits for her new promotional materials. Her shoot is a perfect example of the variety I try to achieve in my band photography sessions.
The Energy
March 28, 2009 – Last month, The Owyoung Brothers caught up with the guys from The Energy for a run-and-gun portrait session right before their sold-out show at The Fillmore at Irving Plaza. Here are some of the shots.
Preview: Joanna Levine
I caught up with Brooklyn singer/songwriter Joanna Levine to create a series of images for her band’s new press kit. The shoot was completed over a period of two days and featured a variety of looks and different locations in Williamsburg and Greenpoint. Stay tuned for the full set with extensive shooting notes.
Arthur Lewis
When I’m not furiously editing live shots from last night’s gig, I’m eating, sleeping and setting up promotional shoots for sickeningly talented individuals like Arthur Lewis.
Chris Owyoung is a New York City based music photographer specializing in concert photography and band portraits. 