Dan Amato is Tired Together
๐๐ฆ’๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ
๐๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ
๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ตย ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ & ๐ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ
๐๐ฆ๐ต’๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ…
In the vein of Sinatra’s ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ….you can just see the narrator of Dan Amato’s new song, ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, sitting in a booth in a New Jersey diner, 2 a.m., cup of coffee at hand, half eaten plate of pancakes in front, talking to a gal across the table. A lot of Jack Daniels has been sipped over the evening prior, but now thoughts turn inwards.
This wasn’t one of those raucousย Jersey Shore nights at a bar that ends with everyoneย singingย ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆย orย ๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅย at the top of their lungs. No, this is a drizzly, chilly Fall evening-turn-night in a little neighborhood joint. The juke box isย ย played out. The bartender, wiping down his office, pours a last one for the two left at the bar.ย After they drink up, they head out intoย theย drizzle to the nearby diner. Just two folks passing a rainy night.
Or a lifetime.
Listen here:
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When Dan contacted me about partnering with him on some photos for his latest single, I was stoked. He had some great conceptual ideas to get us started.. So, back in late June, on a warm Point Pleasant evening , we worked together to bring those concepts to life.
Dan’s is as good “in character” as he is a singer. And the very coolย retro Benz also helped too! Knew of a local diner that, though closed, would give us a good backdrop to the loneliness of the songs he’s producing (Seriously, he does all the vocals and production in his basement!)
As we worked that scene for a bit, it was time to hope in the Benz and go to our “set” – an empty parking lot where I could set up my big soft box and try to get the cover out of the shoot there.
Before getting there though, we pulled down a quiet street so that I could some of him with the car and that nice summer evening light behind him.
Natural light, bumped up a bit in post processing.ย Maybe crushed the blacks a bit too much. The unfurled flag bothers me, but it was all tangled up in the pool. I tried to untangle it, but it would come loose. I thought about going to the house and explainning our predicament, but I just left it. Still bothers me.
Anyway…
The empty parking lot was perfect. I had some light – which was fading fast – behind Dan but also set up my Neewer strobe with the 46″ octobox.
An unlight shot:
Once I set the strobe up, it started to come together.
The photo aboveย was the one Dan picked for the album cover. He then did his own processing and font choice to make it his. I loved his outcome.
The Fuji XT3 with the 16-35mm lens did the heavy lifting here. When I needed light, I again used my Neewer Vision 4 monolight and the Neewer 47″ octogonal softbox. Pretty much my go-to set up.
Tired Together...A song for the tired and the lonely. Those just trying to see the dawn come, hopefully with their hand in some else’s.
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After the shoot was done, we headed back to his house in Point Pleasant so that he could change out of that jean jacket and jeans. It cooled down alittle…but not much.. From there, being just a couple of blocks away, we went up to the boardwalk, which is one of the best in New Jersey.
I had to do a few shots up there, even if they weren’t for this album shoot.
They may come in handy though. Dan said he may use them for end-of-summer gig announcements.
It was great nice in a dusty beach town. Dan brought so many good ideas to the shoot, all I had to do was execute on some of them.
Check out Dan’s song here, or wherever you get your online music from. Click my LinkeTree to find him on Spotify. He’s a stellar New Jersey talent and you’ll be hearing from him for years to come!
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I donโt know the musician. The black and white portrait from the car is my favourite. I donโt do noisy boardwalks. I much prefer the scene further south, e.g. Wildwood.
You don’t consider Wildwood noisy, Khurt?
I should have been more clear. Wildwood Crest.
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