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LAIKA VIRGIN promo 2015

Sometimes, the hardest thing to do is to make something look like you don't care how it looks.
Fake randomness. Or push someone to be random during a session. Make them forget the oh-so-usual
"what should i do? is it ok, if a stand like this? does my face look normal?"

It was the beginning of the summer and I was shooting Laika Virgin. Indrek told me to go nuts, do everything "wrong", "go random".
I thought, "cool, gonna be an easy task!"

Yeaaah....
Before we even got started, one of the band members sent a message that he couldn't come.
And just as I was thinking of a new date for the shoot, they decided Laika Virgin was going to be a 3-member-group.

It was my third time to shoot their promo material.
Back in 2012, there had been 5 of them and it was my first time ever in a professional photo studio so hands shaking and loads of faking. Then in 2013, I met up with 4 of them in some basement, and now - 3:3. It's an evil thing to say, but I was inspired in a second. Composition with 3 isn't something you can do too often when shooting bands.

The first photo you can see here is actually the last one we took and it ended up being on the cover of their new album "MINUS PLUS MINUS EQUALS PLUS" which you can check out here on their website.

Rest of it just happened. Kind of. I wouldn't know. Didn't pay any attention. Or. Something like that. I guess. ...






















 






















LAIKA VIRGIN basement 2013

First selection of the shoot. More coming when I get some time to work on the portraits. 




 








Laika Virgin @ Tartu Tudengipäevad 2012

It's always great to see Indrek. Took a few shots just because I had my camera with me.
Fredy looked cool. 

Laika Virgin - 2012 - Maris S
Laika Virgin - 2012 - Maris S

Laika Virgin - 2012 - Maris S

Laika Virgin - 2012 - Maris S

Laika Virgin - 2012 - Maris S

Laika Virgin - 2012 - Maris S

Laika Virgin - 2012 - Maris S
Laika Virgin - 2012 - Maris S

Laika Virgin - 2012 - Maris S

Laika Virgin - 2012 - Maris S

Laika Virgin - 2012 - Maris S

LAIKA VIRGIN plays on human instruments

The idea of a photo series where a band plays on human instruments striked me a little longer than a year ago. Since then I knew I had to make it happen. Someday, somehow...

Well...

An hour before the shoot, dressing room sure did look pretty awesome.
Huge bags full of clothes, shoes and jewellery. Pretty girls doing make-up, choosing outfits, streching legs. 
Oh- and one decently freaked out photographer running beteween the studio and the dressing room.
Here's a confession- I have no manners. Using markers to draw on people....
Whan an animal I've become...

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I will never forget the look on the guys faces when the girls first walked in the studio.
If these faces weren't... Well... Forget it. See for yourself...

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plays on human instruments
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Playin' it cool - 2012 - Maris S
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Fredy @ vocals - 2012 - Maris S

Indrek @ bass - 2012 - Maris S

Priit @ guitar - 2012 - Maris S

Andero @ synth - 2012 - Maris S

Joosep @ drums - 2012 - Maris S




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Unplanned picturebabies we took whilst waiting for Priit. As we were hanging out he was trying to reach Tartu from far-whereverthefuck. Didn't help that he constantly got lost...
Finally he arrived 15! minutes before the end of a 4h studio time...
... and everything still got done.





  

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Special thanks to all the girls! 

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PS!
Stay tuned for more pictures...
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