Jeremy Charles Photography + Design

I’ve become friends with Crocodile, an 80’s-inspired electropop band based in Oklahoma City. Husband/wife team Derek and Raechel Brown collaborate in fronting the band, backed by the super-tight drummer Dusty Nelson. We got together some time ago to shoot promo portraits to accompany the release of the single Head Over Heels, available here.

I try to cook up unique ideas for every shoot. This time I had the idea to play with a cheesy old effect made by a Multi-image filter, a goofy thing that was popular in the 1960s and 70s. When used as intended, it mirrors a centered image, usually a face around the frame, like a prism. I decided to misuse it for my purposes. Trying to get it to work for me was like Jazz – improvising in the moment, as any slight movement would completely change the composition. None of these images were created in photoshop, it’s all in-camera besides some levels and color adjustments, etc.

To add to the psychedelic effect, we incorporated quirky birds, nests, horns, feathers, flowers and colors. I think the shoot was a total success.