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Iron Maiden – Fear of the Dark
I was first exposed to Iron Maiden in Mr Miller’s middle school art class where he let students paint 7' x 7' album covers on the wall. If they were great, they would remain. Eddie was painted in his padded cell for 1983’s Piece of Mind for all three years I was there. In my head he still remains. I graduated high school in May of 1992. Iron Maiden had already released 8 albums, and established Bruce Dickinson as their lead singer for 10 years by the time Fear of the Dark was released that same month.
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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.
