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The Meridian Hour Photoshoot 10/3/2010

Yesterday, our friend Yelena Kurich did us a favor by being our photographer.  We didn't want a big deal of a shoot but in our efforts to not take too long, the simple task of getting one band shot turned into a full shoot.  She brought her Muslin backdrop and we took photos in, our drummer, Justin's back yard.

Jelena is in the same boat as I am, she needs to build her portfolio and gain experience.  So this was even more fun for me to watch her take our photos.  She did my makeup also, and she is officially the second photographer who took our photos to do my makeup.  I could have done it myself but I love female bonding and she's good at it!

After taking possibly hundreds of photos, her memory card was full, so I took my camera out for her to use.  This is one of the photos she took... I photo shopped it to look more intense, the backdrop has to be cloned to fill out the sides, and I blended the backdrop with the ground.  I couldn't figure out what to do with that cactus but I did get rid of a lot of weeds that were in the way.  And of course I tweaked the color, contrast and darkened the backdrop as well.  I love it.


Brandon Crow, Justin Crowell, Nathan Stairs, Mat Cohen, and Maria "Syren" Morales Franco
The Meridian Hour
Photograph taken byJelena Kurich  Touch Up by Syren Franco (Maria Morales-Franco)

Guitar Line Up:
Brandon Crow, Nathan Stairs, and Mat Cohen
Maria "Syren" Morales Franco

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Location: Chatsworth, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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