A while back I had Grammy Award Winner, Sir Mix-A-lot on chasejarvisLIVE. The guy is smart – dropped some pretty serious knowledge on the show [here’s the re-watch if you missed it].
At the end of the show, I shot the cover for his upcoming album, live, online. Here are the results.
The lead one that shows his face is my fav, but there’s plenty of debate, because the other shot is tough and mysterious. I’ll resist the temptation to make any real case for one or the other, and I’ll let this is a straight up survey – which photo do you like better A (top) or B (bottom)? (please answer in the post, not via other social channels so we don’t have to chase your feedback – thx!)
Here is photo A:
Here is photo B:
Thanks for your input.
||And if you missed it: Here’s the chasejarvisLIVE episode with Mix||
While I am not a huge fan of the fur, B is definately my choice. In A he has a desperate look on his face. In B it’s mysterious and the lines with the wine glass give it a cool dimension. The protrusion (I watched the show that day…a solder iron…I think) seems more of a distraction to me. You can’t tell what it is so it’s not necessary. I don’t think Mix wants to seem desperate!
B: it’s darker. But if I had it my way, the girl from A, the man from B but I would also want the lighting on the girl from B – just capturing the side of her face but without the fury coat thingy… this probably doesn’t help in anyway, sorry Chase.
B
The eyes punch you in the face.
I’ll go for B. He looks a lot cooler in it and I think it has more feeling (some atmosphere and mystery). Although I wish that B was framed a little closer to him (like A is but slightly farther away), can’t help feeling a little disconnected as he seems to far back into the scene. But I like B better than A.
Both really good images though.
I’m thinking A