Back
in 2004 we were doing a photo shoot with the Liverpool Legends. Probably the finest Beatles cover band
ever. Our assignment was to emulate a
few of the Beatles famous album covers, which we did to such an effect that Sir
Paul McCartney sent a somewhat scathing letter to the band. Personally as the photographer, I was flattered.
They were too.
The
shoot took place at Bruce Starrenburgs Light Box studio in East Dundee. Bruce would do the film processing while we
were shooting. Not quite as fast as digital,
but pretty awesome having film processed while you shoot.
When
the band arrived, they brought along their biggest fan. Louise Harrison, George
Harrison’s older sister. The band was
awesome to work with. We enjoyed a day
of hard work; laughs and great hospitality from Bruce as Louise kept us
entertained with stories of the Beatles early days.
The
shot below was made using a minolta XE-7 and a Kamero 100mm 2.8 prime lens on
Astia 100F color reversal film. Studio
Lighting was three Photogenic Machine Studio master IIs along with an Impact
Luxbank 48” softbox as the main light, a Westcott 24” kick light and a 4” tube
hair light.
This
image was scanned using a Minolta Dimage 5400 full frame. No re-touching.
