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 for content. It is more selectively sparse, each character given their own space. It is ambiguous and dark whereas B is gritty and has a more unsavoury feel about what is taking place.
B is more immediately appealing, but A rewards a second and third look.
i like the B standing girl in the A lighting enviroment….
(sorry for posting the first reply in the wrong place :s )
B. For two huge reasons. First, I do think the composition is more dynamic and catching, but more than that…
it really bothers me that the lady lying down in exhibit A is seemingly out of it but yet with it enough to keep her wine glass up-right. You can’t go back in time but I would have love to see the wine spilling to the floor or something. As it is, you can tell she’s faking.
Having said that. Dude, I love your work.
I would go with B because just glancing at both photos B caught my attention first. My eye can latch onto the vertical woman, which will make me stop and look at the rest. Since the album cover is part of the marketing, I would go with the one that catches the eye first. If you really like the other one put it on the back, then people can look at it more in depth while they read all the stuff on the back.
A is better. B makes it look like the woman is the leader of the band.