Concert Photography & Red Lights
Seeing red? The red wash may just be the most dreaded treatment to ever grace the stage in the eyes of the concert photographer. Here are some suggestions for dealing with excessive red lighting for gig photography.
How much do you shoot?
How much do you shoot, and what factors determine the success and failure of your images? A look at the “hit rate” for concert photography.
Erykah Badu @ the Fox Theatre — 2008.05.29
Performing in support of her 2008 release, New Amerykah Part One (4th World War), Erykah Badu delivered an electrifying performance of jazz-tinged Neo-Soul at the Fox Theatre to joyous reception.
Concert Photography How-To: Metering & Exposure, pt. 2
In part one of this series, I covered my basic four-step approach to determining exposure that might otherwise prove difficult if one were to rely on the in-camera meter. In this second installment, I’ll cover a few other techniques I use in addition to that feedback loop method.
Concert Photography How-To: Metering & Exposure, pt. 1
Between the dim, monochrome washes of basement dives and the explosive lighting of arena shows, achieving the correct exposure for concert photography can be one of the biggest challenges for beginning and experienced shooters alike. Here’s a basic four-step breakdown for how I set exposure shooting gigs.
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