Monthly Archives: July 2009

Singing the Blues | Musician Mark DuFresne

It’s been a while since I talked about the 6 degrees of separation thing. Trust me, it’s alive and well. The adventures of life and the people we met make the journey amazing. Mark DuFresne is one of those people. Mark and Laura were married 15 years ago and guess who photographed their wedding? Mark’s…

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Brian LaurentJuly 21, 2009 - 4:30 pm

wow, awesome lighting dude. i like the expressions and charisma conveyed too. the series has a very classic look, timeless. thanks for sharing.

RandyJuly 21, 2009 - 5:32 pm

Thanks Brian!

In my head, I saw it a bit darker and grittier, but I kept reigning myself back in because this needed to work commercially for Mark as a headshot. Album art is a whole ‘nother story brother!

:)

Brian LaurentJuly 22, 2009 - 9:48 am

Well, I see you entertained that darker, grittier vision in the last shot. Plus, Mark’s expression seems to fit the look of the image well on that one. (I’m guessing you had to actually add noise to that one, since the 5D is so clean. If you’d shot my D200 at ISO1600, you’d have had the same or more effect right out of the camera.) I’m sure if they cut you loose for the album artwork, that’s what they’d get: art.