The guys of Marianas Trench look seriously into their futures...
I’ve photographed the awesome Vancouver band, Marianas Trench, a couple of times behind the scenes at music video filmings, but the shoot for the Beside You tour poster was the first of just them. I had the very small location of 604 Records to choose a room in which to shoot all four of them. The idea was that they were looking at themselves in a mirror or something similar, but the mirror side of them was doing something different than the other side. So, they were “beside” themselves for the “Beside You” tour. Get it? I only had 30-40 mins to shoot, so I lined them up in a row coming out from the wall and told them to look ahead as if they are looking at themselves. I set up two strobes with umbrellas, one in front and one slightly behind, the two lights barely fitting in the room. I wish I had more light on Matt’s face in the foreground, but it worked out ok.
In this version, I’ve raised the white levels significantly to remove the background, a white sheet on the wall. In the actual poster they’ve decided to keep the sheet and go with the full body shots, which looks great to me.