Before / After – Twenty One Pilots

Over the last eleven years, I have had the chance to photograph Twenty One Pilots five times. From a daytime set at a fledgling music festival, to a 1,500 capacity room, to a sold out arena, it's been incredible to watch them evolve as showmen and to see their stage show change with them. Photographing them can often be a challenge with lots of fog and fully saturated colored lights, but some of my favorite shots I’ve ever taken are from their sets. Tonight’s show at Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati was no different. The stage was tall and there was a lot of production items lining the edge of it (smoke canons, lights, etc. that further complicated things. But I weaved in and out of the other photographers in the pit to find sight lines and interesting angles that I felt I could make work...