Comments on: Techniques – Concert Photography Tips http://www.slrlounge.com/techniques-concert-photography-tips Photography tips and photography tutorials and more Fri, 24 May 2013 12:20:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: illogical42 http://www.slrlounge.com/techniques-concert-photography-tips#comment-16636 illogical42 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:28:11 +0000 http://www.slrlounge.com/?p=2147#comment-16636 - Earplugs – dont forget them!
- Concert shooting can be seen as one of the hardest kind of shooting. Think of a worst case scenario: extremely low light, lots of motion, loud noise, not a lot of room, heat, sweat, beer flying around, “hostile” crowd, mosh pits… it can be a war zone!
- I shoot RAW instead of JPG, because of it has a couple of stops more range.
- Know at least a couple of the popular songs going to be performed, so you can follow the music. A good light show follows the music as well, so you can “predict” repetition in light setups based on the music. This also gives you a chances to wait for “bursts” of light at climaxes in the music. At those moments you know there’s going to be lots of light.
- Watch for interaction between musicians: laughing, singing together, moving in sync make good images
- Try to capture the whole band in one shot and the performers all individually. Even the drummer who’s almost always “left in the (semi)dark”
- Shooting in a small venue with a terrible light setup? Go strobist and bring small flashes. Change settings, gel and move the flashes around between songs to change the mood of the images.
- As the article already states: dont forget the audience. Look around you, not all interesting interaction is happening on stage.
- I try to keep the interrupt of the show to a minimum. Being 6feet something & constantly standing in front of other ppl (who are trying to enjoy the act as well) is a big distraction. The visitors are coming for the act on stage, I’m just a visitor too.
- Not invited by band or venue? Check them first. Shooting the show might be prohibited or restricted.
- Flares are a bit like the Force: I try to use them wisely
- Last words of advice: Don’t forget to enjoy the show. There’s no law against enjoying yourself while doing your job :)

]]> By: Radosław Raduński http://www.slrlounge.com/techniques-concert-photography-tips#comment-13634 Radosław Raduński Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:59:06 +0000 http://www.slrlounge.com/?p=2147#comment-13634 In my experience the best results when focal length 70-200 mm 2.8 L Nice blur and good capture of emotion. However, if you have the opportunity to get closer to 85 mm 1.4 L

]]> By: Greg Taylor http://www.slrlounge.com/techniques-concert-photography-tips#comment-9390 Greg Taylor Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:25:01 +0000 http://www.slrlounge.com/?p=2147#comment-9390 Great concert photos capture emotion. You want everyone to view the photo and feel like thetbare there.
My main concert photo lens is a 24-70mm 2.8 – fast enough and good focal length.

Practice is the key to good low light photos and I like to shoot in a live view mode. Go to your local bar or club and give it a shot. The low light will he a challenge but when you get that shot it’ll all be worth it.

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