Sam Beggins

Designer. Photographer. Traveler.

The Coathangers.

Samantha BegginsComment

When I emailed out to see if it would be okay for me to shoot this band when they came through Orlando (at Will's Pub) I was asked to also shoot possible press shots. I was excited because I want to get into this more, but I was also nervous because I had never done a real actual photoshoot before. I said I could do it and was put in contact with the singer so we could meet up when they got to Will's. The girls, there were three of them, were naturals. They made it really easy and there were a couple good locations around the venue, a graffiti wall, a wall with painted runners, a garage with plants and a blank white wall. These photos may never get published for actual press shots but it was cool to do.

During the actual show I was a little discouraged because it was very dark (one of the spotlights overhead was turned off) and I didn't have a good vantage point. There was a main light and it was pink, and it was very pink and gave everything a weird tone so that was an obstacle I had to work with. I kept shooting anyways and tried to make it work as best as I could. The manager, my contact, had told me he was always looking for new, good shots of the band so I wanted to do a good job. When I got back home and loaded the pictures onto my computer and started editing I felt a little better. I was shooting mainly with my kit lens, 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 and it worked well, even though some of the pictures are very noisy, again, I did the best with the conditions I was in.