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Concert Photography: Tutorial Series

Concert Photography: Gear Guide
How-To: Metering & Exposure, pt. 1
How-To: Metering & Exposure, pt. 2
How-To: Shooting with Telephoto Lenses
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• 1. Chris  |  October 29th, 2008 at 11:02 pm

  Cool set and lighting accents. I really like 2, 3 and 5 with 3 being my favorite. Nice emotion, tight framing, and if I may say so - cool cotton candy coloured hair [how's that for an alliteration?!].

  It’s pretty similar to Jack’s Mannequin in some regards, though probably less movement — but I would imagine 2 mics would be harder than 1. Regardless, the longer end of telephotos seemed to be used for piano artists I’ve noticed…. ?

• 2. Todd  |  October 29th, 2008 at 11:07 pm

  Hey Chris,

  Compared to Jack’s Mannequin, this show was just different. Each had their own challenges. I would say that Andrew McMahon is much more of an animated performer, so the shoot is difficult, but it also presents more opportunity for variety.

  Also, McMahon is much closer to the front of the stage, which adds to the dynamism.

  I would say that the use of the 70-200mm was a necessity of the distance more than anything, just as was the case for Ben Folds. With Jack’s Mannequin, I utilized the 24-70mm more.

  Thanks for the comment.

• 3. Chris  |  October 30th, 2008 at 2:06 pm

  Might be the best photos of her I’ve seen to date!

• 4. Todd  |  October 30th, 2008 at 2:25 pm

  Hey Chris, thanks. That’s always the plan! :)

• 5. Amy  |  October 30th, 2008 at 6:05 pm

  hey Todd! these are gorgeous! I had alot of fun shooting Underoath as you said I would, but it definitely was difficult. We only got about 2 songs for Saosin and The Devil Wears Prada, most likey because the crowdsurfers were in high numbers, but we got 3 for Underoath which I was happy about. The lighting at my venue was not the greatest but I tried my best with it, alot of red but every once in a while there was a burst of white or yellow or something to make it a little better. Overall I wasn’t in love with my performance but it was a great first shooting experience and I put a few shots that I like on my flickr, I put the link in the part where it asks for your website up there, which I hope you can see.. I cant wait to see the result from when you shoot them in a few days! good luck to you, not that you need it!

• 6. Todd  |  October 31st, 2008 at 11:33 am

  Hey Amy, thanks!

  I’m glad to hear Underoath worked out for you. Strange that the shooting time for the openers was cut short, but sometimes that also happens if the set time isn’t very long.

  Red lighting is always a huge hassle – the bane of concert photogs everywhere.

  I’ll check out your Underoath shots – I’m set to photograph them this Sunday, so we’ll have to see how that goes. If all goes well, I’ll be doing a portrait of the band as well.

• 7. Amy  |  November 2nd, 2008 at 4:28 pm

  that’s awesome, I really hope it all works out so you get to do that!

• 8. Todd  |  November 3rd, 2008 at 12:59 pm

  Hey Amy, everything did work out with Underoath, so I did a quick portrait setup with the band before their performance. I’ll be posting those images later this week.

• 9. Amy  |  November 3rd, 2008 at 10:16 pm

  so glad to hear it, can’t wait to see them!

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