Johanna Pavia & SoulDrive

Back in January I first met the members of a local blues-inspired band, Johanna Pavia & SoulDrive. They performed at the Voices Carry event that I photographed back in January and a few months after that they had an album release show at the Boathouse in Victoria Park which I also shot. Johanna contacted me after that about getting some publicity shots of the band. It was the middle of an awfully cold winter so we decided to wait until it got warmer to do the shoot. We were finally able to find an evening where we were all free recently so we met up in the small town of Elora and got shooting.

The band consists of Johanna Pavia, Chris Paleshi, and Nick Rorai McNeil. Johanna joked during the shoot that they’ve had more drummers than Spinal Tap, so the shoot just focused on the three founding members. The village was the perfect spot to shoot as it had everything from gritty buildings to green space to an actual gorge.

They were a lot of fun to work with and I found them all to be quite natural in front of the camera (Chris and Nick pretty much have the best shirts, I might add). We got a good selection of shots for them to use for their promo material which will hopefully help them in what has already been a busy and eventful 2015.

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