Comments on: Tips for live music / concert photography

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:05:56 +0000

Thanks for all your comments everyone. I've now turned off comments. If you'd like to comment please check out my new entry on concert photography.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 11:26:50 +0000

Hi There!
Thanx for all the really useful info!!
I’m just starting out and have recently got the
Fuji FinePix S5600 Zoom Digital Camera [5.0MP,10xOptical Zoom] as a gift!
In yr opinion,Is this any good for music photography?
Many thanx again!

By: Shawn

Shawn — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:52:10 +0000

Nice article and good tips. The two things I would add is to try and try again, for me it has been all about trial and error, trying harder and making more errors until you find what works, then tweak the levels in photoshop to make it better. I really like your advice about narrowing down to two or three shots, rarely are there more than five moments in a show that have different emotions and come out in the camera clearly. The newest thing I have been trying is your advice about underexposing to get a clear shot and fixing the levels in photoshop and it has opened a whole new door for me. Also if you have a digital SLR, shoot in RAW.

By: scott

scott — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:49:33 +0000

Hi Dan
great tips – thanks a million! after reading this i went for the canon 350d & picked up a f2 50mm fixed lens. while i miss the zoom, i think it gets some pretty good shots.. the only problem is, as people have said before on here, getting an slr into a venue..
ach well, I can keep trying
posted some shots at http://www.flickr.com/photos/scooooter
Cheers,
Scott

By: Girish Menon

Girish Menon — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:25:25 +0000

Hi, I've shot some concerts too, would love your thoughts on my work... http://www.girishmenon.com

By: Porsh

Porsh — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:53:32 +0000

This article was a great help,
Wicked images.
Thanks

By: antzpantz

antzpantz — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:57:52 +0000

Just wanted to let you know, just now when Googling “music photography”, this link was on top of the list.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:34:10 +0000

Hi, thanks your website was very helpful, I go to so many concerts its so not funny, I cant always get a camera in, but now that i have a deceint camera i am looking forward to taking more pics, I bought a Kodak Z612 12x optical zoom and 6.1mp, maybe take a look at my site http://m420swed.spaces.live.com/ and let me know what you think. all the INXS pics are with the new cam from about 200 yards back, the Def Leoppard are with the old camera from 2nd row lol what a difference!!

By: Yusuf Stark

Yusuf Stark — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 02:46:54 +0000

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By: Pedro Delossantos

Pedro Delossantos — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:50:56 +0000

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