Here’s a photo shoot idea that you probably shouldn’t try yourself. Photographer Jake Harsh recently did a wild photo shoot with the electro-pop band Hand of Hearts that involved 18 pounds of fireworks exploding around the three band members. The short behind-the-scenes video above shows what the intense shoot was like.
“[W]hen you’ve got something so unpredictable involved, sometimes its about getting lucky and being okay with imperfection,†Harsh writes.
The three “very brave†band members each word sunglasses for eye protection, and a fire extinguisher was ready nearby in case anything caught fire. “Luckily the only casualties were a few burn marks and some hair smoldering,†the photographer says.
Figuring out how to properly expose the sparks and strobes together in the same shot required quite a bit of trial, error, and chance. Here are the band portraits that resulted:
Again, be extremely careful when mixing fireworks into your photography. The wrong kinds of fireworks can be disastrous if handled improperly.
Image credits: Video and photographs by Jake Harsh and used with permission
Started out doing photography at the age of 6 using an uncle's old 1940 kodak brownie box camera. At 15 years of age, I decided to buy my very own 1975 Praktica SLR camera. I now shoot with a Nikon D850. I do unpaid TFP and commercial paid work.