On Saturday, I did a photo session in the attic with Cobra Verde. I like Cobra Verde. They play big dumb rock under some really clever lyrics. They have a lot of energy and are sloppy in a good, rock n roll way. However, they, like most bands, are a bunch of men who have never really progressed past the age of 15. They're just goofy. I was trying to take some serious pictures of them -- make them look like adults instead of goofballs, and picked the dark attic and opted for some really focused beams of light with some backlight from a window. Except they kept fidgeting. I felt completely inept. Two of them transformed from normal, friendly and genial guys into MEN WITH ATTITUDE just by the looks they wore when asked to pose. It was disconcerting - especially since they are all so nice and genial. Three of them maintained their ordinary goofball-ness, but I was pretty rattled by the innate ability of these men, just like children, to seize upon the fact that I was concerned over the changing light factor behind them - and they just messed around.
In the end, I'm sure we have enough good shots to live with. It was rather sunny outside and everyone put on their sunglasses and posed outdoors. They also posed in the kitchen around a pot of soup. How much you wanna bet that soup shot is what they go with?
ANYWAY..... this picture is of Stiv Bators and the band that backed him on his solo record, "Disconnected." They too were pranksters but they really came together for the photos in this session. And they're from Ohio too. What happened in the interim? Did someone say "Cleveland Rocks?"
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