A completely new project for me this week, I was asked by a friend of mine who is a member of a rock music band if I would like to do some photographs for their new website. The brief was to produce a set of images with a ‘gritty’ feel of the band and individual band profile images. The name of the band is ‘fallout’ so we wanted a nuclear bunker type feel for the images. We found a local canal bridge to emulate this location and I shot the images in 16:9 format as the final images will be used full screen on a website. For the band images I opted for the Kowa 8.5mm lens – the super-wide angle lens proved to be very effective in creating the effect that the band wanted. The field of view transformed the bridge in to a feeling of a bunker with the arch sweeping overhead. Some Photoshop work brought out the gritty feel of the brickwork and I airbrushed the band’s logo on to wall for more atmosphere. After the super wide-angle shots, I switched to the Kowa 12mm lens for individual band member images. The lens captured amazing detail and I was able to create images for each band member with the same bunker effect. Photoshop was once again used to enhance the images with a vignetting effect and band member profile names airbrushed on to the images – below is a selection of photographs from the shoot. 
The Kowa 8.5mm lens creates the perfect effect with the arch of the bridge swooping over-head.
The Kowa 8.5mm super-wide angle creates a striking effect under the arch of the bridge
The Kowa 12mm f1.8 lens was perfect for individual band member profile images
Some Photoshop work brings out the detail in every brick, and airbrushing techniques add additional drama.