Old Cabin...by GBP Creative Photography and VIdeo

Before heading out onto his most recent tour, our buddy Jona Barr of Old Cabin came over to the GBP studio to get some new photos done for his Press Kit...

We were stoked with the results...and if you're looking for some awesome new music and haven't already, go grab his album...it's wicked!   http://oldcabin.bandcamp.com

Canadian Music Week and Speed Control- GBP Yukon Photographer

As we've posted about many times before, we here at GBP love music.  Not only that,  we love working with artists to help them create images that represent their music and their style...images that in one glance, can give you a feel for what that artist is all about.

Over the past year in particular, we've started to do a lot more work within the Yukon music industry, in both still photography and videos. It's the creative/conceptual aspect to these shoots that we love the most as it becomes a brand new challenge with each artist to help create the artistic direction needed in order to really showcase their sound through imagery. 

It's because of this love of the music industry that we decided to attend the Music Summit as part of Canadian Music Week this March in Toronto! We are SO stoked to be able to be attending as part of the Yukon contingent that's heading down to network and learn from some of the best and brightest in the North American music industry.  (Huge thank you to both the Yukon Film and Sound Commission and the Department of Economic Development for your support in this opportunity)  From marketing directors to sound technicians, Music Week is filled with breakout sessions, workshops and keynotes that help provide music industry professionals with the tools and knowledge needed to advance in the field. 

We are so pumped for this opportunity, and can't wait to bring back the knowledge we gain into our future projects both locally and across Canada!  

SO in honour of the fact that we're only a month out from the trip, we wanted to share a few of our latest shots with local band Speed Control! 

And let me tell you...this may have taken the record for the loudest shoot our studio has had to date!

If you haven't already, check out Speed Control at:  http://speedcontrol.ca/site/

Fact: GBP loves music...

We therefore, also love it when we get to work with musicians.

Not only are they talented, but they also just so happen to often come to shoots with a ton of creative ideas on what exactly they're looking for...this helps us work with them in order to plan a concept for a shoot that can really showcase the persona that they bring to the stage when they perform.

Whether it's head shots, album work, or promo packages, we work with artists to really make sure we understand the emotion/style that they want to portray through their images.  Taking an audio based form of art and attempting to convert that into a strictly visual form can be challenging...which is exactly why we like it!  Photography is actually a huge part of how a band markets themselves.  We love it when we get to be a part of developing a 'brand' for them that they can cary forward throughout the various aspects of marketing and promotion that they will need.

We also like working with musicians because they tend to be open to us taking them to strange locations for shoots (such as this land-o-old things), AND we get to listen to their albums early...not a bad deal!

So here's a few sample shots from a recent shoot we did with local artist Declan O'Donovan.

And on that note, keep your ears open for his first full-length album being released this August!  We got a little sneak peak and it's gonna be sweet!


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