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  1. Its worth traveling for. I do

    I'm going to be driving 15 hours one way. Stopping in New Orleans on the way there, and Houston on the way back. To top it all off, with camping it's still under $300 for that insane lineup. Ty Segall, Brian Wilson, Animal Collective, Carribou, Flying Lotus, The Black Angels, Melody's Echo Chamber, Sunno)), Sleep, and more. Hell... even the smaller artists are incredible. So pumped for this. I don't know how I feel about Ween headlining, but that's whatever. 

     

    It was a no brainer to go to this over the local Shaky Knees this year.

  2. I agree, if that's your style than more power to you but don't be afraid to let those colors pop. Also I would pay closer attention to your composition. Some of those shots are pretty well composed, but others maybe not so much (just my personal opinion, I'm not flaming you). Composition is everything especially when shooting live music.

    Color popping is tough with harsh and hazy bar situations. Almost every live photographer I know currently pretty much goes solely B & W because of the harsh light. Originally I was using just my kit lens, an 18-55. As you should know, that thing sucks for dark subject matter. I've moved on to a 50mm 1.4 Nikon lens and the results are becoming much more satisfying. The fixed lens aspect is a game changer for composition. For instance - the Julien Baker show was in a club that held maybe 250 and the audience was right up against the stage. I was in the very front, but it's not like I could really move right or left once she started. It's totally different versus shooting in the daytime at a festival with barricades with the ability to zoom into whatever I wanted and circle the entire stage. 

    I'm growing...slowly, and finding my style. I've come a long ways from when I was out in California shooting Ariel Pink and Gang of Four. 

    Example of harsh light:

     

    (Unedited)

    HDRoY88.jpg

    (Editied)

    julien-baker2-aisle5.jpg

     

  3. The images look a little over cooked in my opinion. If that's the look you like though then that's fine, your style is your style. I suggest getting to know the camera a little better so you can avoid having to ramp up your sliders too much in post. That practice tends to make it very obvious that your images are heavily edited. If you aren't already, I recommend using a lossless editing software like Lightroom. The image quality is visibly decreased based on what I can see on your site.

    I appreciate that.

    That was my style for a bit, but now I'm shooting raw and avoiding some of my flaws that I had in my earlier work.

    The first photo set "Immersive" is my most recent (last month or so) work. I've grown significantly from what you can see at the "Modern Sky" and "Quartyard" photos. In my earlier works I had a tendency to use Vingette and also oversharpening. It was basically my way of correcting the flaws of how I shot the pictures. Steadily I'm learning at least the core basics and developing my style.

    Here is my most recent photo set: http://immersiveatlanta.com/photos-julien-baker-old-sea-brigade-at-aisle-5/

    Let me know what you think. Cheers!

  4. Hi all,

    I finally got my new room setup and am finally able to enjoy my turntable again. That being said, I would love to grab a couple of new records to keep on rotation.

     

    The Beach Boys- Pet Sounds

    Brian Wilson- SMILE

    The Cure- Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
    Dr Octagon- Dr Octagonecologyst

    Jay Reatard- Better Than Something

    Julien Baker- Sprained Ankle (1st Pressing)

    Kool Keith- Sex Style

    MF Doom- Operation Doomsday
    Outkast- ATLiens

    Run the Jewels- RTJ2

    Sparklehorse- It's a Wonderful Life

    Summer Cannibals- Show Us Your Mind (Pink)

    St. Vincent- Strange Mercy

    Tycho- Awake 

    Wavves- King of the Beach (Glow in the Dark)

     

     

    Willing to Sell/Trade:

     

    Lillington's - 1995-2006 (Colored Vinyl box set)
    Bayside- Live at the Social Club (White)

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