#bleachbear

Speaking of capturing personality... this was a really fun interview, there was a lot of laughing from this trio who are all related to one another. There’s this duality within Bleachbear, there’s this immense love for the band and the opportunity to play with one another, but also this intense professionalism. They take the band as seriously (if not more so) than any other band I’ve interviewed, there was a list of rules tacked on the wall of their practice space, and those rules are rigidly enforced. But then back to this inbetweener shot that just shows how much fun they have too.

I’m really surprised I haven’t posted more shots from this shoot, because it was a lot of fun, and I think you can tell the band is having fun in the photos. This was one of those really rare shoots where I feel like both the “inbetween” candid shots are just as good as the already really great posed shots. This was another of those days where the band opted to do everything and there might have been a little loopyness after performing the same song 3 times, recording an hour long interview, and then doing a photoshoot. 

A more recent photograph from my interview with Bleachbear last summer. Their youth is totally hidden by their talent, the first time I saw them I had no idea that they were all still in their teens. For me to get an image of the artists having fun is my favorite kind of shot, great posed pictures can be really nice but a shot of the band laughing is magic. I have a few other images of the band that will pop up over the next year, they were all so good at posing that they just naturally slid into these perfect “band” images, but in a more fun candid moment this captures the spirit of the band that I will always remember.

"Bleachbear" at Fremont Fair 2012!!! Performing original music: Northern Lights, The Only One, and Like a Bird. youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBPZ2qWpZHY