Promos: Legion of Air

My good friend Walker Walmus [pictured far left] is a fantastic graphic designer, excellent musician, and all around good guy.  His newest musical endeavor is a band called Legion of Air, and he literally talked his way into the band.  Walker has always been supportive of my creative endeavors, which is tremendously reassuring because I know he possesses good taste.  So when Legion of Air decided they needed some promotional photos, I became the go-to guy.

When Walker first contacted me about photos we chatted about their music, the overall feel he wanted the photos to have, and the stylistic traits he was looking for in a location.  I knew right away where I wanted to do the photo shoot.  The band was in town at the end of June, playing back-to-back dates on the fringes of Houston, so one Saturday morning we all climbed into a car and made the relatively short drive down to Galveston, Texas.

The building I selected as our location is Two Moody Plaza, the second tallest building in downtown Galveston, as far as I can tell, and you guessed it – that shot is taken from the roof.  If you have ever been down to Galveston you have most likely seen One Moody Plaza before, instantly recognizable as the large building on the island.  Two Moody Plaza is, if you haven’t figured it out yet, across the street – that black and white photo of OMP on flickr was actually taken from TMP’s parking lot.  It is currently vacant, stuck in what seems to be post-Ike renovation limbo – the interior has been gutted, but no evidence of current construction/demolition was readily evident.  The roof is accesible, obviously, as are the massive circuit boards that controlled the elevators, which made excellent backgrounds for some portraits of the band members.

I certainly hope that some sort of salvage plan exists for the building, because I think it happens to be very interesting.  The exterior seems to be in fine shape as well.  Hopefully some worthy cause will come along to finish the renovations and inhabit the building.  Here’s one last pair of photos from the shoot.

Go give Legion of Air a listen, and if you like what you hear then stop by their page on Facebook, or their Twitter and show them some love.