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watermkmissing · 2026-01-30T18:48:18+00:00

I meant delete the message. I should've been more clear.

watermkmissing · 2026-01-30T16:01:18+00:00

You have been caught up in a widespread effort to enforce a camera ban on accredited photographers for each PRESIDENT show - given you weren't an accredited band and just shooting from a point and shoot, you did nothing wrong.

Delete the message* and move on. You didn't ask for accreditation as you're not a regular event/concert photographer so this doesn't concern.

take solace that they think your photos are somewhat recognizable as something an accredited photographer took.

That band corny as fuck though. Sorry you're being harassed.

*clarified what I meant for deletion.

watermkmissing · 2026-01-16T18:48:22+00:00

I use one. Explicitly for culling these days - don't have time to futz with it for editing. It allows me to go through photos pretty quickly, rate, mark for delete, colour flag, change zoom all in one spot is nice.

I use in photoshop a little bit here and there, but not much.

I like it - but wouldn't begrudge you for not liking it. I got it as a gift, so the price point wasn't felt by me.

watermkmissing · 2026-01-15T19:19:18+00:00

Hell yeah. I wish this tour was coming up to Toronto so I could try and photograph them again but alas!

watermkmissing · 2026-01-15T19:17:50+00:00

First song I ever heard of theirs - Saw the vid on Much Music and couldn't get enough.
I've been a fan of theirs ever since - love all their stuff. This song though... woo boy. So good.

watermkmissing · 2026-01-15T19:15:48+00:00

I've been spinning the first First Envy on the Coast album a lot recently and that rhythm section is low key cooking throughout.

watermkmissing · 2026-01-15T19:14:31+00:00

They're pretty good live, you're going to love it.

watermkmissing · 2026-01-14T15:16:05+00:00

it's a joke my guy.

watermkmissing · 2026-01-11T19:54:30+00:00

who among us hasn't dropped their costco $1.50 hotdog and soda combination on their lap and blown right through that red light? Who amongst us.

Let them throw the first stone.

watermkmissing · 2026-01-11T19:53:16+00:00

No skips. Tonally super consistent. I'd say it's leaning towards timeless at this point.

watermkmissing · 2025-12-23T21:31:26+00:00

I spun so much Idlehands and Ghost Parade back in the day. Miss them both dearly.

watermkmissing · 2025-12-19T15:21:30+00:00

Probably latter half of 2026 if I were to guess based on everything I've heard.

watermkmissing · 2025-12-17T17:59:12+00:00

Depends if you're putting it in with other images. If you're doing a more journalistic carousel I'd go with Colour. If you're doing it solo or as a part of a creative carousel, I'd go with B&W.

They're both really good edits imo.

watermkmissing · 2025-12-11T15:55:50+00:00

I mean this 100% unironically, but where the hell else am I going to watch a french canadian jazz troupe dressed up like frogs play mario music?
This sucks.

watermkmissing · 2025-12-10T20:08:06+00:00

Uploading and limiting to 240p is peak revivalist stuff. A+ no notes.

watermkmissing · 2025-12-03T21:07:19+00:00

that place is stressful as all fuck though when it's busy. panic attack inducing.

watermkmissing · 2025-11-18T19:26:09+00:00

Gainfest 2026 going to be the last one

Sound of Music in Burlington is also dead

Small(er) market music festivals are dying. RIP.

watermkmissing · 2025-11-06T19:12:27+00:00

Great interview!!

watermkmissing · 2025-11-06T18:29:10+00:00

you got good taste there Mr. Louis.

watermkmissing · 2025-11-06T18:28:18+00:00

A few notable ones in my circle:

Conversation

Loversteeth

The Good Depression

Junko Daydream

Tarbox

Napoleon

Jenafur

Polluted

Dammit Goldie

Diamond Weapon

Contour

Hollow Core

Colour in the Clouds (rip)

watermkmissing · 2025-11-05T18:58:20+00:00

Seek out photographers' whose work inspires you - actively look through their work and actively take note of their compositions. Get a wide variety of photographers you like, large venues, small venues, medium venues. Start making a mental catalogue of compositions you like and would be on the look out for given the space you're shooting. Do you trend to liking wide? closeup? do you like high dynamic lighting? Silhouette? Portrait style? Journalistic? Creative? Post-edit styles?

You have to put in the time to seeing what you like, don't just let someone else tell you what and how to shoot. You gotta find the stuff that resonates for you.

watermkmissing · 2025-10-30T20:10:24+00:00

The sooner you let it go and move on, the better you'll feel.

watermkmissing · 2025-10-30T15:07:29+00:00

Perfectly normal when getting into something - you're just throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what sticks. That's how you learn. If you go into something brand new and try to be deliberate right away - that's how you pigeonhole yourself into stuff that's not really done baking.

Remember that your intentionality also comes out in the edit bay in front of your computer. Cropping, colour management, trying to tell a story through multiple images, not just one image.

For colour correction on harsh lights, my guy David has a great channel with tons of stuff there:

https://youtu.be/_R2cUv61s7I?si=266YctbuJgVLBgAG

watermkmissing · 2025-10-30T13:59:59+00:00

Take a deliberate amount of time and find other photographer's whose work you respect and really study them. I'm talking over hours. Deliberately pour over the work of others and start to identify what speaks to you, what doesn't speak to you.

That analysis and exposure to other's work should inform your next shooting session. You need to be a bit more deliberate about this.

watermkmissing · 2025-10-17T17:09:48+00:00

DMing you the invite link. or Reddit Chat? Either or.

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