Jason Maris Photography

I photographed the band Withered for Prosthetic Records last week.  They were in need of promotional photography for the release of their new album, Dualitas. We are in the process of retouching images here at the studio, so more to come soon.

However, while you wait, here is a single portrait of the bass guitar player Mike Longoria that I took using a Profoto ring light. Click to experience.

As promised, more. Below is a group shot of Withered, retouched by my partner at method3, Brad Kaye.

After we sat down and discussed concepts during a pre-production meeting with Withered, we decided to maintain some continuity between the new paintings for the record art, and the promo photography that they commissioned me to shoot. I felt the best way to achieve the desired look was through multiple exposures. Using various organic objects, and layering them with the band members portraits we were able to achieve the feel of the original art work by Paul Romano without copying him stylistically. We also opted for negative space in this group shot so that the image is capable of being cropped in various ways depending on the desired use. The result is extremely METAL. Click to experience.

Mike Geier and Georgie stopped by the studio recently for a portrait session involving the ever charismatic Puddles. www.puddlespityparty.com, www.bigmikegeier.com

We took some photographs inside the studio, and then ventured out into the hot weather and walked down the railroad tracks outside the studio for a portrait.  Thanks to the Profoto Pro 7-B 1200 for the light on the environmental portrait! In house retouching by Brad @ Method3.

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I like to visit the Library of Congress on occasion for inspiration. Here are a couple of links and some images to get you started. The pictures below are from the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, and were captured between 1939 and 1943 throughout the United States.

Jack Delano, Walker Evans, Dorthea Lange, Sheldon Dick, Russell Lee, Gordon Parks, Arthur Rothstein, John Vachon, and Marion Post Wolcott all shot for the Farm Security. Now go, Get Lost!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/

http://www.loc.gov/pictures