Posts Tagged ‘Bands’

Toronto Band Promotional Portrait Photos | August 7, 2010 | Maybe Refuge

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

It’s interesting, my good friend Joey, known as Ni to some started this band Maybe Refuge and two of my other good friends Hiu and John also joined the band. As the band progressed in this music world, I’ve taken the honour to be shooting their first band promo shoot. This was taken in around Newmarket, in the east end. One of the hardest challenges of performing an on location photo shoot is the unstable sunlight. With the sun soaring at us and at times it staying behind clouds to give us some gorgeous light, every moment was a waiting game and the shoot took a lot longer than we expected. In the end, we have pulled through and got some amazing photos for the shoot. The actual photos will not be posted in this entry just so it’ll remain mysterious, but I assure you these photos will surface all over their myspace, facebook pages really soon.

Even though, I’m not posting those images, but here’s a few behind the scene photos. As you can tell, we had tons of fun.

John the guitarist from Maybe Refuge, having his glamour moments with my umbrella.

John the guitarist from Maybe Refuge, having his glamour moments with my umbrella.

Light test, with Joey the vocalist and John the guitarist of Maybe Refuge

Light test, with Joey the vocalist and John the guitarist and producer of Maybe Refuge

Hiu, bassist of Maybe Refuge showing his sexy side.

Hiu, bassist of Maybe Refuge showing his sexy side.

We also documented our shoot with some stop motion videos. Enjoy the video, song by Maybe Refuge.

20100807 Maybe Refuge band promo shoot video. from Chris Pun on Vimeo.

Toronto Indies Music – Maybe Refuge | Band Practice Time Lapse | April 30, 2010

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

A couple of weeks ago, I was looking for some sort of suction cup I can use to mount on my car to take time lapse video. As it turns out, I found the Delkin Fat Gecko suction cup and started playing around with it. I mounted it on the side of the inside window and drove off to my friend’s band (Maybe Refuge) practice before their show.

The whole video was shot on a Canon 5D Mark I on manual, the whole series of photos took about 3 hours.
Here’s a quick time lapse video from that band practice.

Toronto Indies Music – Maybe Refuge | Band | May 1, 2010

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

My friends at Maybe Refuge was asked to play two sets at Chimeira Lounge the past saturday. As usual it was very fun witnessing them play yet another great acoustic show. As they have not found their drummer for the band, Kevin Mok of Violets and Viruses was featured as this show’s guest drummer.

Here are a few photos from the show.

Joey, vocalist of Maybe Refuge playing an acoustic set at Chimaira Lounge

John, guitarist of Maybe Refuge playing an acoustic set at Chimaira Lounge

Hiu, Bassist of Maybe Refuge playing an acoustic set at Chimaira Lounge

Kevin Mok, Special guest percusionist for Maybe Refuge playing an acoustic set at Chimaira Lounge

Maybe Refuge playing an acoustic set at Chimaira Lounge

Maybe Refuge playing an acoustic set at Chimaira Lounge

More photos can be seen in my facebook gallery.

Toronto Indies Music – Maybe Refuge | Band | April 17, 2010

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

On a Toronto saturday with breaks of sunshine and rain, my friend’s Maybe Refuge played another show at Aspetta Caffe at the Kensington Market. This time, they played in the middle of the afternoon for a very good cause, to be a part of the fundraiser for World Wildlife Foundation.

Yesterday, Kevin Mok from Violets and Viruses filled in for as a guest drummer/percussionist for this occasion. If any drummers are interested, Maybe Refuge are currently looking for a dedicated drummer.

Enough words, on to a few photos.

Joey, Lead Vocalist and Guitars, Maybe Refuge, Toronto Indies Band

John, Guitarist, Maybe Refuge, Toronto Indies Band

Hiu, Bassist and Guitarist, Maybe Refuge, Toronto Indies Band playing a show at Aspetta Caffe

Mok, Session drummer, Maybe Refuge, Toronto Indies Band playing a show at Aspetta Caffe

They will be playing on May 1, 2010 at Chimaira Lounge! Check them out and for more information, take a look at their Facebook fan page.

More photos posted in my Facebook page.

Music Recording Session – Maybe Refuge | Indies Music | April 1, 2010

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

I’ve been involved in the Toronto Indies Band scene as a documentary/music photographer for quite a while now, it’s very interesting to see how many bands come and go. One of the newest band in the scene is Maybe Refuge, although the the members all played and are still playing in different bands, I’m hoping this band will last. With the dedication they have put forth, I’m sure they will grow together and make some serious strides in their music career. Last thursday, April 1st, I was at their recording session and me, being a photographer, took some photos of this session.

Maybe Refuge

Maybe Refuge

Bassist Hiu during recording

Bassist Hiu during recording

Guitarist/Producer John

Guitarist/Producer John

Vocalist hiding from the lens - Ni

Vocalist hiding from the lens - Ni

Here’s a short video clip of Maybe Refuge at their recording session.

Very excited to taking some promo photos for this band in the near future.