Several weekends ago i spent a nice afternoon with Brendan Wixted, aka The Model School, taking some snapshots for his press materials.
The previous night i went to see him and his band play to a packed Hopetoun Hotel for the launch of his album. He’s got an Elliot Smith meets Eels sorta vibe. Have a listen to The Model School on myspace.
For the photos we wandered Surry Hills for a bit, then headed over to the inner west to a colurful wall Brendan liked the look of.
After the natural light street shots we did a few more with some lights set up in his lounge room.
I set up a light behind him to emphasise that great mop of hair. Brendan liked the idea of a weird prop so he hugged a golden photo frame he had laying around.
The Model School will be supporting Bluebottle Kiss and Pivot, this Saturday night at Manning Bar.
I LOVE these portraits!!!! The lighting is superb! My faves are the one in front of the mural on the wall and the very last one-I like how you get just a portion of his hand and the way that the hair is lit
oooh, i love the portraits.. and thats a rad photo frame to be just laying around
Very nice! Were those back light ones done with a professional studio light or just a basic lamp?
They were small 200 watt studio lights i borrowed from Cybele.
These are really good Dan. I like the backlit hairdo! Very cool.
Where’s that colourful wall?
Is it ‘Pigeon Ground’at Camperdown?
Got it in one š
woo hoo!
Trainspotter!
It even looks reminiscent of the cover of Elliott Smith’s ‘Figure 8’ album.
Nice.
Looking forward to catching his set at Manning. I like what I’ve heard so far.
a friend of his asked me to take these a few months ago and i freaked out and said no, glad i did!
I think the word spread far and wide that he wanted shots. Cybele was asked by someone else, and he even got a quote from Tony Mott!
Fab once again Dan. Love your use of colour n texture š