https://www.perthopenmic.com.au/perth-open-mic-blog daily 0.75 2026-06-02 https://www.perthopenmic.com.au/perth-open-mic-blog/a-picture-says-a-thousand-words monthly 0.5 2026-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9eecf4fc66031137e58ffd/26da9a5f-7f8c-43c7-a1a9-db8284a6741d/example+1.jpg Perth Open Mic Blog - A picture says a thousand words - Make it stand out This is too dark. Great clothes, cool pose, good background, but way too dark for use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9eecf4fc66031137e58ffd/e512c45b-175d-4b0c-adef-8556e3fad7c1/example+2.jpg Perth Open Mic Blog - A picture says a thousand words - Make it stand out This is how you’ve chosen to show your music to the world?!! I didn’t really need to cover the artist’s face because he’s looking down anyway. A foreground of literal trash, poor framing, regular street clothes. When you consider he could have sat on the ground behind him and taken any photo to achieve a better result. Ok, so this clearly wasn’t taken as a promo pic. But then it shouldn’t have been sent to us to use as one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9eecf4fc66031137e58ffd/7f59f085-f0ef-4eda-a2ad-8baf927f8df5/example.png Perth Open Mic Blog - A picture says a thousand words - Make it stand out This is interesting. It’s too cool to use in my opinion. It could be anyone. We didn’t even need to disguise their face! Might not even be a guitar…? Very cool setting, but there’s nothing there to help the audience figure out anything about the artist. Yeah, we may hate having to put a picture on our sound, but this is unusable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9eecf4fc66031137e58ffd/b8a84eae-3d3b-43dc-802b-4b068fcec5de/jamie+wilson.jpg Perth Open Mic Blog - A picture says a thousand words - Make it stand out I think this is great. Cool clothes, interesting but not distracting background with a single colour scheme. Shadow is cool. Good framing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9eecf4fc66031137e58ffd/15755667-0c32-4870-b20b-263fcda9ed86/Example.jpg Perth Open Mic Blog - A picture says a thousand words - Make it stand out Stage shots are good and this one is pretty cool. The sunglasses are cool, nice outfit and background. I just wish stage shots didn’t contain non-stage related stuff. My eye is drawn to the white box under the chair and the orange file on the music stand. I may be wrong here, but I find that distracting. Maybe with a bit of cropping this would work better? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9eecf4fc66031137e58ffd/51d41974-02c3-4eb4-9138-2a4b8956ffe3/Rowan+Watt.jpg Perth Open Mic Blog - A picture says a thousand words - Make it stand out I like this stage shot. Dude looks cool, lighting is great. Out of focus trees look great. The gig looks like it’s important. Nothing distracting in the shot. I think it could be cropped for better framing of the Artist though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9eecf4fc66031137e58ffd/47eefc04-dcda-41b6-a4d3-7d14a05d1c81/example.jpeg Perth Open Mic Blog - A picture says a thousand words - Make it stand out Sorry mate. A bit too casual. Good for your socials feed, but not a promo pic. Unless you cropped it better, but it’s a bit grainy already. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9eecf4fc66031137e58ffd/f249ec4c-977f-4be0-b395-805eb7ad61a6/aj.jpg Perth Open Mic Blog - A picture says a thousand words - Make it stand out I think this is a great example of how you don’t need an exotic location or fancy camera to capture the essence of an Artist. Great outfit, big smile and very effective promo shot for a fledgling artist. Gritty, real. Love it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9eecf4fc66031137e58ffd/7b0b24d4-05ee-4bd1-a36f-1dfbd7cdb446/Andy+Kinder.jpeg Perth Open Mic Blog - A picture says a thousand words - Make it stand out I don’t see anything wrong with this. His shirt matches the bunting. Stage shots are cool because they show the viewer that you’ve done this before. I just wish people wouldn’t leave mic cables dangling like that though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9eecf4fc66031137e58ffd/825f7052-48fa-4d8a-92f3-4870ba494578/example.jpeg Perth Open Mic Blog - A picture says a thousand words - Make it stand out I’m genuinely not sure about this one. I can’t see his face, but do I need to? The clothing choice tells a story, so that’s good. Love the indoor plants. It’s clearly a home studio, so the dude is putting out serious muso vibes. But it doesn’t really give me an idea of what this Artist might sound like on stage. Studio is very different to stage, so this is kind of putting him into a box before I’ve even heard him. I really don’t know. Interested to know what you think. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9eecf4fc66031137e58ffd/9e3013c5-bb7c-4dfc-ae99-293f07177ad8/example+3.jpg Perth Open Mic Blog - A picture says a thousand words - Make it stand out Ok, this is hard to say because the original photo has this lovely smiling young lady enjoying a moment. But this isn’t a promo pic. Kind of grainy, clearly sitting on a bed in a bedroom. It’s not what promoters or potential fans want to see. They want to see you’ve made an effort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9eecf4fc66031137e58ffd/b31a7bc5-880e-41c0-8cb9-49d8c01bdce1/frederick.png Perth Open Mic Blog - A picture says a thousand words - Make it stand out Pretty great really. Awesome lighting. How simple and effective is that location? I want to hear how this Frederick sounds from looking at the picture. Easy to crop into different sizes for various applications. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9eecf4fc66031137e58ffd/dea98179-533b-4284-b87c-71999e0d4c0f/ollie+simmons.jpeg Perth Open Mic Blog - A picture says a thousand words - Make it stand out Pretty good really! Great clothing and colour scheme. Shows this person has been on stage before, but man, what a shame we can’t see her whole face. Otherwise it’s ideal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9eecf4fc66031137e58ffd/4280d08a-18ae-4e20-a9f3-f3ee903422d7/luke+k.jpeg Perth Open Mic Blog - A picture says a thousand words - Make it stand out How simple and effective is this pic!? I reckon it’s great. No need for an exotic location. Captures a moment. Nothing fancy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9eecf4fc66031137e58ffd/d231f3c4-b94e-4fdc-89de-0d3c9dad77c9/Susan+Shoobert.jpg Perth Open Mic Blog - A picture says a thousand words - Make it stand out Excellent. No notes. You can already start to imagine how these Artists sound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9eecf4fc66031137e58ffd/e5ee70d2-5377-4700-a28b-041993243b90/example.jpg Perth Open Mic Blog - A picture says a thousand words - Make it stand out Yes. Someone actually sent this through as a promo pic for open mic. 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