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Megan Adelsberger is an amazing dancer/ instructor/ choreographer. I had quite an honor taking her portraits just before she left maryland for her tour in LA. Love working with this chick, very energetic and one of the easiest person to work with.

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I never had the chance to shoot with film so on this one i attempted to make it as filmy as possible, there will be more of these in the future as i develop this style for certain portraits.

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Matt Halpern previously Animal As Leader's drummer joined Periphery two years ago. He was nominated as the Best Metal Drummer of the year by Modern Drummer magazine which i had the honor to take the photos for.

At the beginning of this year he launched his website BAND HAPPY in which he has spent a long time developing and still we keep hearing about cool new features popping up. It's a website for musicians who are willing to become teachers and share what they know and for students that are willing to learn from any musicians they wish to learn from anywhere in the world. It's so brilliant it makes me wanna think that this is what the internet is intended for. Matt Halpern himself has been a teacher for a long time and there are hundreds of his students around the world. I truly appreciate artists who also have a passion to share their knowledge and inspire younger generation. Thanks Matt!

Strobist info:
1x Westcott strobe behind subject to whiten the dirty wall and create a glow around his neck (this was unintentional, i wish i could pull him out forward a bit more but we had a small room to work with)
1x Westcott strobe to his left hand side to create rim light
1x SB-800 into Orbis ring flash above camera

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Jake Bowen is one of the original members of Periphery, he met Misha/ Bulb (the other original member and founder) through John Petrucci's forum. He then lived in NYC made the decision to move down to Maryland (Misha's hometown) and start from scratch. Seeing how much Periphery has progressed in the past 2 years Jake definitely made the right decision. He also has an amazing electronic music side project in which you can find a lot of his stuff on youtube.

Just like the rest of Periphery members Jake is available for teaching on BAND HAPPY, and he doesn't just teach guitar but also other stuff like electronic music production and band management. Go and check out his profile for further information.

Strobist info:
2x sb-800 into medium westcott softbox right and above camera and slightly feathered to the right for key
1x sb-28 behind model for rim and bounced to the wall behind me for added fill

After spending a whole day of editing, i developed new techniques which i very much like and it resulted in this very photo which reminds me of the work of Dragan known for his detailed portrait. Im nowhere close to what he has achieved but i will continue to improve.

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