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The Hold Steady – Almost Killed Me
P ositive Jam, the first song on “Almost Killed Me”, sets the stage for the rest of the album by taking us on a walk through decades past – from the 1920s through 1990s and into the present day of the early 2000s – and reminds us that every era has its own counterculture living […]
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Before / After – Joe Satriani
When I began doing photography I was (and still am) enamored with the crazy high contrast and details of Anton Corbin’s work. If you’re not familiar, I highly recommend you check him out. The look of his work has greatly inspired how I approach my editing. Obviously I start the basics, proper exposure and white balancing. For a photo like this one where the light itself is pretty neutral, it was only a minor tweak. To create the high contrast look, I pumped up the contrast a bit and and lowered the black levels significantly. I then lowered the shadows a bit as well to set Joe off from the background...
