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.
Aug 18, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography, Portrait Photography | Tags: 2009, august burns red, band photography, cls, Music Photography, nikon, Portrait Photography | 2 Comments »
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. [...]
Aug 18, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography, Portrait Photography | Tags: 2009, Music Photography, Portrait Photography, promos, warped tour | 5 Comments »
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 [...]
Aug 14, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography, Portrait Photography | Tags: 2009, Music Photography, Portrait Photography, warped tour | 17 Comments »
Preview: Warped Tour Portraits
I took a few days off planning my wedding (yes, it’s in a few days) and caught up with my brother Todd for a insane day of band portraits at Warped Tour. As you can see, TAT was one of our favorite bands to work with. The Owyoung Brothers knocked out a bunch of portraits [...]
Aug 10, 2009 | Categories: preview | Tags: 2009, concert photography, Music Photography, Portrait Photography, warped tour | 13 Comments »
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.
Jun 10, 2009 | Categories: Portrait Photography | Tags: band photography, brooklyn, clients, d3, headshots, new york, nikon, nyc, Portrait Photography | 10 Comments »
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.
May 01, 2009 | Categories: Portrait Photography | Tags: 2009, cls, d3, how-to, Lastolite EZYbox, Music Photography, nikon, Portrait Photography, speedlight, the energy, tutorial | 17 Comments »
Chris Owyoung is a New York City based music photographer specializing in concert photography and band portraits. 