RETRO REVIEWS
Broken Bells -Broken Bells
When this album came out Danger Mouse was arguably one of the hottest producers. In late 2009, Paste Magazine named him the best producer of the decade (2000-2009). In 2004 he released The Grey Album, a combination of a capella versions of Jay Z’s Black Album and Instrumental samples from The Beatles’ White Album. The album led to collaborations with Damon Albarn of Gorillaz, MF Doom, CeeLo Green, Jack White, Beck, and The Black Keys all before eventually collaborating with The Shins frontman, James Mercer as Broken Bells in 2010.
SOUNDTRACK: 41
For my 41st year, I (Brian), will be posting weekly playlists of anything that catches my ear.
Sometimes I’ll just put my music library on shuffle for hours, but sometimes the first song will send me down a genre or artist rabbit hole. Other days, I’ll hear something that will remind me to listen to something I’ve forgotten about. I also have a habit of listening to bands a bit before I photograph them or dig into a festival lineup in the weeks leading up to it.
Follow along for some new discoveries, forgotten classics, and maybe even a few that would surprise you.
Concert Photos
behind the edit
Behind every photo is a story. Read the stories behind some of our favorite photos, how we approach photographing and editing and much more!
Before / After – Almost Monday
This one is a look at how powerful editing software is today. As with most arena shows, the lights were changing a lot and I was constantly changing settings to try to account for them. When I took this photo, I had no idea that the color was so jacked up because I have my in-camera previews set to show me monochromatic images. I have little, if any control over the white balance of my images while shooting because the lighting changes so often. So instead of seeing color previews that would have probably caused me to discard this image, I use monochrome because it allows me to see the worst case scenario where I can't get close on the color adjustments and make it black and white. This allows me to focus solely on the things I have control of while I'm shooting, focus, exposure and composition.
