I first came across Chalmer's work when he shot a lot of my favourite bands promotional images. His website showed galleries of his work for other bands too and I am always impressed by how he captures not only the character of the band but the energy of the show too like in this stage to crowd shot:
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| The Defiled at Sonisphere 2014 - © Scott Chalmers Photography * |
I have had the pleasure of meeting Chalmers on a couple of occasions and he is such a lovely and down to earth guy. I always remember asking him for some advice for a new photographer the first time I spoke with him and his answer was to learn how to use a flash properly. Something I still haven't done yet.
Chalmers can also be very artistic with his shots. He might choose a slightly different angle or focus on an alternative point to create images which have also been inspiring to me. This creates a unique style in his work that separates him from so many others. The shot I think of most is one that I compared with a shot of Glen E. Friedman's back on my learning log blog for Photography 1: People and place. I compared how the two styles were similar and how I was influenced to attempt my own version. You can find that blog post here.
A lot of the work I have seen, following Chalmers on social media, nowadays has been mainly portraiture and occasionally, band promotional shots. And beautiful portraiture it is. Again, Chalmers really focuses on the character of the individuals and brings it out to show it through his images.
This is something that we can all get inspiration from and even though I don't photograph many portraits, I can imagine in the future, if I ever come to start, thinking "lets have a look how Scott Chalmers does it".
You can find more information and images by Scott Chalmers at his website http://www.scottchalmers.co.uk/ or on his facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/Scott-Chalmers-Photography-96536687451/timeline/
*image courtesy of Scott Chalmers
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