Tony Thaxton of Motion City Soundtrack

Tony Thaxton of Motion City Soundtrack:

Pink Converse! How can it get any better? Motion City Soundtrack's rockin' drummer Tony Thaxton braved the Florida sun and crowds of onlookers, many of which began taking photos of our Disney area shoot. Tony's focus was not broken at any point!   Thanks for being a good subject!



Strobist info: Canon 580EXII Photog/Camera left & eye level @ 1/16 power with 1/4 CTO gel, Canon 580EX Far Camera Right @ 1/8 power with 1/4 CTO gel. Triggered with Pocket Wizard II's.

Tony:

Phantom Photoshoot: Jeff Conrad

Jeff Conrad of Phantom Planet:

Shooting Jeff was a real pleasure. Besides playing for the band that has one of the most recognizable theme songs on TV right now ("California" on the O.C.), Jeff is an amateur documentary filmmaker, which gives him a fair amount of understanding of image & photography.

For the shoot with Jeff, we went Strobist key shift style!

Here's a video of the shoot:

Will Hawkins Photography: Jeff Conrad (Phantom Planet) shoot from Will Hawkins on Vimeo.



Strobist info (for the outdoor shots): Canon 580EXII Photog/Camera left & eye level @ 1/16 power with 1/4 CTO gel, Canon 580EX Far Camera Right @ 1/8 power with 1/4 CTO gel. Triggered with Pocket Wizard II's.

Panic at the Photoshoot: Spencer Smith

Ok ok, no panic at the photoshoot... but it was a photoshoot at Panic at the Disco :)


Spencer Smith of Panic at the Disco:
Panic at the Disco is one of the bands that has been getting very heavy rotation in my playlist for a while now. Creative, fun, catchy, unique, talented, I can listen to these guys for hours! The youngest member of the band, Spencer Smith, 20, was in need of new shots, so I traveled out to the Orlando area, camera gear in tow.

Due to multiple publicity obligations, there was no time for a 1 on 1. Climbing through a tangled maze of cables & gear, I sat in at the kit for two songs during their 2nd night of back-to-back sold-out House of Blues shows at Downtown Disney.

Light was extremely limited and flash was not an option, but we got some keepers! The below images are in dire need of sharpening. I hope to get time to clean them up soon!

Spencer:









Respect!

- Will