I’m a bit behind on these posts, so I’m going to be uploading quite a few in the coming weeks. This is a shoot I was commissioned to do with my friend Polly. We were asked to recreate a scene from a horror movie, and being that I am a HUGE fan of the horror genre, I jumped at the opportunity. 1968′s “Night of the Living Dead” remains one of my all time favorite movies, especially in the horror genre itself, and I’ve always loved the very beginning scene with Johnny and Barbara visiting their mother in the cemetery. So Polly and I got together a couple of our friends, dressed one of them up like a zombie, and went out into a cemetery here in Nashville and had a fun afternoon. Here are the results!

I have been friends with the guys in Haste the Day for a long time now. I went to high school with Stephen Keech and Dave Krysl and we were actually in a band together during that time before they joined up with Haste the Day. I’ve known Stephen for over 10 years, we grew up together playing music in Denver, and now we both live in Nashville and remain great friends.

Some time ago, Haste the Day recorded a live album featuring old and new members of the band, and it just finally got released as a live CD/DVD combo called Haste the Day vs. Haste the Day. Stephen asked me to shoot the images of him that were going to be used for the album artwork, which I was more than happy to do. I didn’t shoot the images of Jimmy for this, because he lives in Indianapolis, but those shots are based on the ones Stephen and I took.

The label wanted something that would look like a showdown, so I borrowed some lighting and image influence from muscle magazines and old school fight posters. First will be the images I shot of Stephen, and then all the artwork put together. We had a lot of fun on this one. Enjoy!

I got the chance to go to the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, TN this past summer with my good friends in Deas Vail. They let me tag along and shoot the couple sets they played at the Festival. They are some of my favorite people ever, and I had a blast getting to hang with them for the time we were there. They just came out with a new record, and it’s phenomenal. Be sure to check them out, you won’t be disappointed. Here are some of my favorite shots. Enjoy!

I just keep getting behind on these blogs. This is from a shoot in early July with my dear friend Kait Rich. She was kind enough to let me come up with a theme and photograph her. I’ve had a bathtub shoot in my head for a while now, and Kait had just cut and colored her hair, and I thought it was perfect for what I had in mind. I wanted something that felt heavy and emotional, gritty, which was a challenge considering this room is actually bright pink. It took a decent amount of tone work to get these right. I’m pretty stoked on how they came out. Check it!

Chris Ramos is an artist manager here in Nashville. He approached me recently about getting some new and different headshots for his website. These are a few of my favorites. Enjoy!

Recently, hip-hop artist Talib Kweli played a show here in Nashville at the Cannery. I had the opportunity to go and shoot the show, thanks to my friend Stix Izza who was the local opener. Along with Talib and Stix, Nashville local Openmic played as well. Here are a few of my favorites from the show. Enjoy!

In addition to the introduction video I made for my good friend Stephen Albert Joseph Keech, I was also able to do all the photography for his new project as well. We got a bit experimental with the project. All black and white images were shot with 35mm film, and the color images are digital. This is the first commercial type project I’ve gotten to use film for, and I had a blast. 35mm black and white is how I learned photography starting back in 2002, so it’s been awesome to be able to pick it up and use it again. Lots more blogs coming soon! Enjoy! Be sure to check out Stephen’s awesome music over at www.stephenalbertjosephkeech.com

This is my first video project I’ve ever made, done for my good friend Stephen Keech and his new music project. Enjoy! And check him out at www.stephenalbertjosephkeech.com

Stephen Albert Joseph Keech – An Intro from Marcus Baney on Vimeo.

A local artist here in Nashville named Lauren Winans recently approached me about doing some new promotional images for her. After discussing ideas and directions for the shoot, we met up for an afternoon and just shot around my house. Here are a few of my favorites. Be sure to check out Lauren’s music. Enjoy!

My family came to Nashville to visit me recently. They still live in Denver, so they wanted to see the city where I now reside. My mom asked me to do some family photos while they were here (of course). I obliged her, but me and my brother definitely let our personalities shine through a bit in the pictures. Here are a couple of my favorites.