It's Gotta Be Right: What a Metal Band's Recording Philosophy Taught Me About Studio Discipline

It's Gotta Be Right: What a Metal Band's Recording Philosophy Taught Me About Studio Discipline

There’s a version of my job where I cut corners and nobody knows. Wrong color temperature, slightly soft focus, a speedlight flagged with gaffer tape instead of a proper grid. Half the time the client would never catch it. I know this because early in my career I did exactly that, and most of those images got approved without comment. The problem wasn’t the client’s eye. The problem was mine. Once I knew what I’d let slide, I couldn’t stop seeing it.