I’ve done 2 shoots in the last year or so of my favorite band in the world – The Daylights. I’ve revealed photos from these shoots here and there but never posted a lot of them together, as a series. So here they are finally…
I’ve done 2 shoots in the last year or so of my favorite band in the world – The Daylights. I’ve revealed photos from these shoots here and there but never posted a lot of them together, as a series. So here they are finally…
A few months back I got a random bug to do a couple fashion shoots. So I found some models, both in Nashville and LA, grabbed my assistants and gear and we just went out and had some fun. There was no concept, no plan for either shoot. We just experimented. It was a blast. I don’t know why I don’t do this more often but I hope to start doing more of these soon. Here’s just a few random selections from these 2 shoots.
A few months back I got a random bug to do a couple fashion shoots. So I found some models, both in Nashville and LA, grabbed my assistants and gear and we just went out and had some fun. There was no concept, no plan for either shoot. We just experimented. It was a blast. I don’t know why I don’t do this more often but I hope to start doing more of these soon. Here’s just a few random selections from these 2 shoots.
July 30, 2010 1:52 am marvin: said: magnificent!!!
April 19, 2010 3:26 pm Colorado Wedding Photographer, JasonG: said: Wow... sweet work!
March 26, 2010 3:09 pm Brian H: said: Fantastic. Love the styles. It would be great to see the files straight from the camera, a before and after post. Think about it! Also did you use a fog machine in a few of those or was that natural? Thanks.
March 26, 2010 3:57 am Todd: said: awesome stuff. I especially love the first shot. great tones . real nice work
Relevant Magazine recently asked me to shoot the guys from Hillsong United in LA. Here are just a few of the my favorite shots from the shoot. I enjoyed the variety of images we got in such a small window of time.
Relevant Magazine recently asked me to shoot the guys from Hillsong United in LA. Here are just a few of the my favorite shots from the shoot. I enjoyed the variety of images we got in such a small window of time.
July 30, 2010 1:39 am marvin: said: awesome shots! love the concepts especially the shot of the band with the background of different photos with some laser lights and that silhouette photo
May 17, 2010 1:53 pm themisfit: said: great shots, I also like the first one. Not to mention this band is great.
May 11, 2010 12:51 pm Yura: said: Nice photos!
March 22, 2010 3:07 pm Jamie: said: Especially like that first shot. Love the colors!
March 22, 2010 2:10 pm T.J.: said: love that first shot, awesometown.
March 22, 2010 1:53 pm brent...: said: inspiring vision and originality... love hillsong - love your work. no better photog to give a workshop on "vision" THX for all you do and the spirit you do it with. cheers.
(Note: This is a post I wanted to make months ago but my blog wasn’t really up to par. So I saved it for now…)
Imogen Heap is one of my all-time favorite artists. She’s one of the few people that fits the word “Genius”. I think that word is way overused these days but not in Imogen’s case. Getting to witness her work in her home studio was truly like watching a master at work. She writes, records, produces, sings, mixes, you name it. It’s all her. Not many artists that I know wear all those hats these days, especially with such incredible results.
I’ve now photographed her 4 times… Nashville, 2 Days in LA and one day in London at her house. Below is a mix of some of my favorite images from these shoots. There’s tons more. I’m pretty sure I have a coffee table book’s worth. I love working with Imogen cause we’ve developed a great friendship. I feel like 2 kids exploring the world together. She’s often drawn to the same textures and light that I am. We spent a day just walking around LA together as she shopped. I had my camera along for the ride… literally. The 4th image below is in the car as we were on our way to another store. Several others were caught right outside a store or in an alleyway. No matter where we are or what kind of setup is involved, we always seem to find something interesting together.
This is an extreme Macro photo of Imogen’s eyeball…
‘ ‘(Note: This is a post I wanted to make months ago but my blog wasn’t really up to par. So I saved it for now…)
Imogen Heap is one of my all-time favorite artists. She’s one of the few people that fits the word “Genius”. I think that word is way overused these days but not in Imogen’s case. Getting to witness her work in her home studio was truly like watching a master at work. She writes, records, produces, sings, mixes, you name it. It’s all her. Not many artists that I know wear all those hats these days, especially with such incredible results.
I’ve now photographed her 4 times… Nashville, 2 Days in LA and one day in London at her house. Below is a mix of some of my favorite images from these shoots. There’s tons more. I’m pretty sure I have a coffee table book’s worth. I love working with Imogen cause we’ve developed a great friendship. I feel like 2 kids exploring the world together. She’s often drawn to the same textures and light that I am. We spent a day just walking around LA together as she shopped. I had my camera along for the ride… literally. The 4th image below is in the car as we were on our way to another store. Several others were caught right outside a store or in an alleyway. No matter where we are or what kind of setup is involved, we always seem to find something interesting together.
May 24, 2010 1:25 pm Denny: said: Great images, she really like being with you and it shows. Thanks for making those moments available to us. Denny
May 22, 2010 8:18 am Karl B: said: They are fantastic photos!!! Imogen is a very unique, beautiful person and you have captured her beauty wonderfully! Remember the days when you use to put your favorite band/artist posters on your wall?? Well I would love a framed shot of Imogen on my wall. Certainly would add some life to my room. Keep up the great work!
May 22, 2010 6:51 am Carmel: said: Wow they are amazing, you're so talented and Imogen looks beautiful:)
May 22, 2010 3:20 am Christopher M: said: Great pic, thank you for sharing your work with us! Have seen Imogen twice live, and had the pleasure of meeting her after the shows, she is AWESOME!
May 22, 2010 2:05 am NAME: said: God these are amazing.
May 13, 2010 1:36 am Royal Sapien: said: The shot of Immi in the car is gorgeous. All of them really capture a beautiful moment. Thank you for sharing them!
May 2, 2010 11:52 pm themisfit: said: what great use of textures. Amazing images.
March 22, 2010 7:24 pm Anika: said: I fully agree on your description of Imogen and you portray her so well. Both you and her are brilliant in your own art form. If anyone has the chance to see her live I HIGHLY recommend doing so, you get to hear and see the creation of her songs as she exhibits her geniusness .
March 20, 2010 9:32 pm Andrew R: said: I love the textures. The close macro one of her eye is insane. So cool!! Great shots Jeremy!
March 19, 2010 4:20 pm Jeff: said: Really love this. I have to say, with the launch of your new blog and seeing these photoshoots, I have to add you to my list of photog-crushes. These are great. I wish I had your eye for light and texture, these really speak to me.
March 19, 2010 4:02 pm Annie: said: I think you capture her genius with your photos. I love her music, and I can hear it when I look at these.
One of my favorite things about being a photographer is that you can barter. I recently approached a gym close to where I live about trading services. They train me and I do some shooting for them. It worked out and we’ve had a great working relationship for a couple years now. 2 weeks ago they had some guys fresh out of college, training for the NFL. Tim Tebow (Florida Quarterback) was one of those guys that I had a chance to shoot some portraits all the guys. Below are a few samples from the shoot.
One of my favorite things about being a photographer is that you can barter. I recently approached a gym close to where I live about trading services. They train me and I do some shooting for them. It worked out and we’ve had a great working relationship for a couple years now. 2 weeks ago they had some guys fresh out of college, training for the NFL. Tim Tebow (Florida Quarterback) was one of those guys that I had a chance to shoot some portraits all the guys. Below are a few samples from the shoot.
March 20, 2010 9:34 pm Andrew R: said: Love the shots. I really like the lighting in the gym.
March 17, 2010 9:49 pm Adam D: said: These are sick! Nice job! I never thought about that, bartering... Might give that a shot sometime soon :)
Fox recently had me shoot the Advertising for their new show “Past Life”. Unfortunately the show has already come and gone but that’s okay. I had a great time with this shoot. I shot this entirely on gray seamless. Usually seamless shoots can get pretty tiring cause you’re shooting with the same lighting on a gray background all day. But this shoot was different. They brought many different lighting references for me to accomplish throughout the day. Some of the references were my own work which was cool. Overall, it was an incredible challenge to achieve all their different lighting setups but I love a good challenge. Not everything is represented here in terms of what we did with lighting but this still gives you an idea. I also shot all the elements for the hallway shot below and we comped it together in post.
Fox recently had me shoot the Advertising for their new show “Past Life”. Unfortunately the show has already come and gone but that’s okay. I had a great time with this shoot. I shot this entirely on gray seamless. Usually seamless shoots can get pretty tiring cause you’re shooting with the same lighting on a gray background all day. But this shoot was different. They brought many different lighting references for me to accomplish throughout the day. Some of the references were my own work which was cool. Overall, it was an incredible challenge to achieve all their different lighting setups but I love a good challenge. Not everything is represented here in terms of what we did with lighting but this still gives you an idea. I also shot all the elements for the hallway shot below and we comped it together in post.
March 17, 2010 3:20 pm Chase: said: Beautiful work. Your stuff is so inspiring Jeremey, I love to break down yoru lighting in my head. Thanks for sharing, God bless!
Since we buy most of our music on iTunes these days and never really get to see CD Packaging as it’s supposed to be seen, I figured I would start showcasing CD Packages here on my blog that I’ve been a part of. Below is the package for Brandi Carlile. This is one of my favorite shoots for several reasons… Brandi is one of my favorite artists, we had a great team on this shoot, an amazing location, everyone was very laid back, the day was smooth… everything just went perfectly as planned. You can’t say that about every shoot but this was one of the few…
Since we buy most of our music on iTunes these days and never really get to see CD Packaging as it’s supposed to be seen, I figured I would start showcasing CD Packages here on my blog that I’ve been a part of. Below is the package for Brandi Carlile. This is one of my favorite shoots for several reasons… Brandi is one of my favorite artists, we had a great team on this shoot, an amazing location, everyone was very laid back, the day was smooth… everything just went perfectly as planned. You can’t say that about every shoot but this was one of the few…
July 30, 2010 2:00 am marvin: said: great album with a great lay-out, love every shots!
I recently had the chance to shoot Zachary Levi for the 4th time. Zach has become a good friend over the years and I can honestly say he’s my favorite male to shoot in the world. Guys are rarely good in front of the camera but Zach just has IT. I guess that’s why he’s so good on TV, right? This shoot was all done at his house. The place is gorgeous but there really wasn’t much to shoot. So what do you do? Well, the floor was the most interesting texture in his house so I had him lay down on his living room hardwood floors and wa-la! We have a magazine cover. I also had a blast riding on the back of his bike. Below are some behind the scenes shots…
I recently had the chance to shoot Zachary Levi for the 4th time. Zach has become a good friend over the years and I can honestly say he’s my favorite male to shoot in the world. Guys are rarely good in front of the camera but Zach just has IT. I guess that’s why he’s so good on TV, right? This shoot was all done at his house. The place is gorgeous but there really wasn’t much to shoot. So what do you do? Well, the floor was the most interesting texture in his house so I had him lay down on his living room hardwood floors and wa-la! We have a magazine cover. I also had a blast riding on the back of his bike. Below are some behind the scenes shots…
March 24, 2010 9:25 pm dorik: said: Awesome images!
March 22, 2010 4:00 pm mrsblankenship: said: OMG, I'm one degree of separation from Chuck! So awesome.
March 22, 2010 2:01 pm Daniel Chee: said: Not that you needed anything else - but this shoot with you and Z.Levi solidifies your awesomeness badge :) Congrats on another brilliant use of environment to fit the subject. You always bring simplicity to meet cutting edge.
March 19, 2010 1:27 pm Jeremy Mansfield: said: I'm normally not celebrity star struck, but merely appreciate beautiful photography and great artistry, but seeing you pal around with "CHUCK" is just chipped a hole in my wall of not being celebrity star struck. My wife and I absolutely love Zac Levi as Chuck. He is absolutely hilarious. Great work.
I’m extremely honored to once again have worked with my good friends/one of my favorite bands in existence, Paper Route. If you haven’t heard their music yet please check them out. We recently did a shoot for their upcoming album “Absence”. Here are some of the shots.
I’m extremely honored to once again have worked with my good friends/one of my favorite bands in existence, Paper Route. If you haven’t heard their music yet please check them out. We recently did a shoot for their upcoming album “Absence”. Here are some of the shots.
May 2, 2010 11:51 pm themisfit: said: Great photos!
April 1, 2009 12:23 am Ira Gatmaitan: said: Hey Jeremy! Is it okay to share your photos in my multiply site? I just want my friends to see how great you are! :)
March 29, 2009 9:26 pm Jeremy Holritz: said: Looks great, goes well with the music
March 26, 2009 10:28 pm Troy James Sobotka: said: Gobsmackingly gorgeous stuff. *clap clap*
March 26, 2009 6:43 pm Jamie Orillion: said: loving these images. great work!
March 26, 2009 8:34 am Flo: said: great work, keep up that superb work :)
March 25, 2009 9:26 pm Jamie: said: Insanely awesome work.
March 25, 2009 7:40 pm Michelle: said: I love the first image.... beautiful work!
March 25, 2009 5:19 pm Sara: said: i am completely in love with pic #2! so beautiful. i saw them play their new songs at SXSW and i'm so stoked for this album...
March 25, 2009 4:41 pm Chris: said: Simply amazing! You're such an incredible photographer
March 25, 2009 4:14 pm Brandon: said: WOW! really love these, cant wait for the album!
March 25, 2009 4:11 pm Anthony: said: great... great photos. great band. great photographer. ;-) I checked them out about 7 months ago when I heard they were opening for Paramore and really liked them. Can't wait for their new album next month!
March 25, 2009 4:04 pm beth: said: really love the film look of these
March 25, 2009 4:02 pm Max Oden: said: I dig these, man... Just brilliant.
March 25, 2009 3:58 pm LV: said: BEST! I LOVE THESE!!!
March 25, 2009 3:58 pm Grant: said: Whew - awesome stuff. Where is the hills location?
My favorite shoots are always the run-n-gun shoots. I love getting together with the artist I’m working with and just heading out together to explore whatever city we’re in. That was the case with Donald Miller (Author of Blue Like Jazz and several other great books). We spent 3 historic days in Washington D.C. last week attending the Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama, the Mid-Atlantic Inaugural Ball and the Inaugural Prayer Service. The whole experience is easily my favorite experience as a photographer thus far… cooler than shooting Sting or any big TV gig. It will be the story I tell when people say “So tell me some good photoshoot stories.”
I’m so thankful to Don for bringing me along the entire journey. Speaking of Don, he was kind enough to let me post some photos from his shoot on my blog. I rarely get to do that so I was excited when he gave me permission. This shoot is very different from the typical shoot. And that makes me happy. He also let me shoot him like people rarely allow… raw, tired, no hair or makeup team. Nothing you see here would be considered “flattering light”. These photos are the real deal. It’s cool when someone allows such transparency.
My favorite shoots are always the run-n-gun shoots. I love getting together with the artist I’m working with and just heading out together to explore whatever city we’re in. That was the case with Donald Miller (Author of Blue Like Jazz and several other great books). We spent 3 historic days in Washington D.C. last week attending the Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama, the Mid-Atlantic Inaugural Ball and the Inaugural Prayer Service. The whole experience is easily my favorite experience as a photographer thus far… cooler than shooting Sting or any big TV gig. It will be the story I tell when people say “So tell me some good photoshoot stories.”
March 23, 2010 6:12 pm Andrew: said: Great shots! I love Donald Miller's books. Rad.
May 22, 2009 10:52 pm Daniel: said: Thank you for such amazing images... Each one takes me to another place... I think you put magic in each one of your photos and that my friend is unique. Greeting from Argentina.
May 21, 2009 10:29 am Bekah Brown: said: Unbeleiveable! Simply breathtaking! God has given you the gifts of gifts!
May 18, 2009 11:38 pm marisa gross: said: you're amazing. my soul is touched on so many levels. your work is just dope.
May 14, 2009 3:52 pm Rick: said: Did you see Ryan Smith's photos? He shoots videos in Nashville but apparently has branched out into photography too. I think you'll like his work. Cool stuff.
May 12, 2009 12:32 pm Sabrina: said: wow - these are incredible. and i'm only on page one of your blog. i was just introduced to your stuff today and i love it. i love the natural lighting and the raw-ness of everything. thanks so much for sharing your talent!
May 11, 2009 10:52 am B.wright: said: Great shoot Jeremy! I really love the diversity in this post. What lenses were used? I would love to know what kinds of post production produces your organic effects. It's amazing the serendipitous textures you produce without film. You truly are a master of lighting. I was able to see don speak a ecclesia church here in Hollywood a couple weeks ago. He truly is a Davey Crocket of Christianity; questioning the establishment and affirming the foundational precepts that it was founded on. Peace like a river,
May 7, 2009 4:33 pm kyle steed: said: wow. jeez. man. what! these are amazing. I love Don's books and I love your photography. Seeing these two things together is like a mind overload. thanks for sharing these beauties.
March 31, 2009 2:33 pm Jen F.: said: Your work is amazing. I'm left speechless and in awe.
February 28, 2009 12:49 pm john Harder: said: Freakin' love these. You certainly have a nack for spotting the perfect lighting.
February 25, 2009 12:22 pm wrecklessgirl: said: i took the liberty of skipping past your words and right onto the images. to me, words are secondary to the dialogue images have with me when i see them for the first time. ...alas, and almost word-for-unspoken-word, you wrote what was said in my mind when i saw them. perfetto.
February 24, 2009 12:50 am Beth: said: You are so stinking creative.
February 17, 2009 10:26 pm jesse: said: I love your photography. I'm not sure how to create such intrigue and mystery with such simplicity in my photos. You are a great inspiration. Thanks!
January 30, 2009 10:14 am Amanda: said: Don is hot. No shame. He is hot.
January 30, 2009 4:09 am Mizzie Logan: said: These are really nice. Looks like it was cold. I love how you described the experience. Inspiring.
January 30, 2009 1:14 am Ira Gatmaitan: said: when i grow up, i want to be just like mr.cowart. :)
January 29, 2009 10:52 pm CAROLANNE EDWARD: said: Thank you, Mr. Jeremy Cowart, for these striking photos of the GORGEOUS Mr. Donald Miller. And he can write, too! WOW! I love the startling vulnerability you were able to draw into your lens; it is one of Mr. Miller's most attractive qualities. He photographs so well; the light surveys every delicate line and seems to be emanating from the contours of his handsomely-structured face. Just lovely.
January 29, 2009 8:07 pm Andy M: said: You, Jeremy Cowart, are a WINNER!!!!!
January 29, 2009 3:41 pm Lauren Schurr: said: these are awesome. i was over on don's blog looking at some of your inauguration pictures. i'd love to see more of those!
January 29, 2009 11:28 am trever: said: Yeah, amazing shoot. love how different it is. Great stuff as always!
January 29, 2009 10:28 am koo: said: it's just not fair.. all that talent :)
January 29, 2009 9:24 am rusty: said: great images jeremy! very nadav kander-esque, a la brad pitt in this month's rolling stone. love the use of the light.
January 29, 2009 9:09 am calaismarie: said: wow, guys
January 29, 2009 8:37 am patrick: said: so unbelievable.
January 29, 2009 8:05 am Allison: said: I love the picture with Abraham Lincoln in background. Very powerful pictures. You should be proud of yourself.
January 29, 2009 8:00 am stephen: said: honestly some of my favorite shots I've seen from you. I just love the raw nature of the shots and the character that they show. Having read a couple of Donald's books you get a sense of his introspective side and these photos portray that. really cool.
January 29, 2009 5:41 am David Burke: said: these are fantastic. i love the raw-real feeling. the pretty stuff is great too, but nothing beats reality. wonderful opportunity. how did you and don hook up? he is such a talented writer!
January 29, 2009 1:38 am taylor: said: really great stuff Jeremy. what an amazing opportunity.
January 29, 2009 12:13 am Branden Harvey: said: Incredible!
July 7, 2010 9:11 am Kathy: said: Oh goodness, those are so good.