Remember when I did the original chasejarvisLIVE photo shoot way back in winter? If you recall, I was shooting the album cover image for alt/punk country band Brent Amaker and the Rodeo. We also did post production and editing on the images LIVE as well a few weeks after the shoot. Well now it’s time to print these suckers on a limited edition run of vinyl and there is somewhat of a debate on which image is better.
Simply put, and with no further explanation, I thought I’d ask for your thoughts. So which is better, A or B?
Vote in the comments. Also love to know ‘why’ if you care to explain. 500 px wide images after the jump…
[ also, reminder that if you like music and you like chasejarvisLIVE, I’m hosting rising hip hip star RA Scion (of Common Market and Victor Shade) TODAY in 90 minutes at 10:30 pacific/1:30 eastern (GMT – 8). Interview with RA and Village Voice/Time Out/Stranger cultural critic Charles Mudede, plus RA performs LIVE at the end of the show. Hope to see you http://www.chasejarvis.com/live today….]A. With the foreground lady laying down…
OR.
B. With the foreground lady standing up…
Love to hear your thoughts.
A. With out a doubt. I jut want the lady in B to sit down. A is beautifully composed. Well done!
I like B much better. It’s a bit off balance where A looks like everyone was lined up with a protractor. I’m not sure what the guy in the background in the far left is doing in A. Making farting noises with his hands or playing with a lighter? It appears that he is lighting a cigarette in the second hanging out by the other dude, which looks a bit more natural. I also like the lighting on the faces of the two sitting on opposite ends much better in B.
A. B doesn’t seem like the focus is on the band enough.
i agree – A. however B does has better copy space which is important if this is a cover. if not, I’d go with A.
Well to be brutally honest neither, but to chose one I would go with B, my question for A is what is the model to represent a drunk?
Image B is too tighly cropped (models head and the guys on the sides are too close to sides). I guess I’m trying to figure out what is the image really saying.
Enjoy both but gotta go with B… What draws me to B most is that I can see the faces of the band. In A some of the band is in the shadows to much and it is hard to see their faces.