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I met my friend Jack through his older sister Sarah. Jack plays bass in a band called Sam Champion and asked me if I'd shoot press photos for them! I was happy to oblige so on Sunday morning I headed out DUMBO to meet the band at their practice space!
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We did a whole bunch of dark, and gloomy shots like these indoors, and then decided to head outdoors...
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We ended the shoot at some tiny taco shop that was closed that had really great murals on its walls. Things were going great until...
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Standing in a doorway that was painted a crazy, bright shade of blue that I thought looked neat.
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Down on the esplanade near the Brooklyn Bridge.
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...to do some exploring around DUMBO. Here's the guys standing in front of some gated mansion that I think might actually have been the NYC governor's mansion way, way back in the day.
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Medium.
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Close.
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...Sean took his shirt off and broke one of the cardinal rules of rock. ("A band member may go shirtless OR wear a quirky hat, never both.")
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The next three are my faves. DUMBO is filled with so many cool, quirky buildings. Far.
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Sean, Jack, Ryan and Noah. I started out snapping a bunch of pics of the boys in front of a pile of their instruments.
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